Useable Close-Up Mentalism Day 2

Tutored by: Paul Brook

Timestamp Description
0:02:45 Academy Welcome
0:03:30 Lesson Introduction
Overview of Professional Close-Up Mentalism
0:08:25 Selling yourself for events
0:19:30 Increasing your audience at a walk around gig
0:24:55 Reducing the length of an effect
0:27:45 Using a direct method
0:33:15 Instant reset effects
0:35:00 Pocket friendly & managing your items
0:44:30 Introducing yourself
0:51:30 Dealing with difficult people
1:02:00 Dealing with being busted
1:07:55 Dark situations, sounds and light
1:10:50 Being surrounded
Questions
1:12:40 When you've finished an effect, how do you react?
1:20:45 How do you pick routines that suit a certain situation?
1:27:05 If you're approaching a table, how do you get the attention of
everybody?
1:28:50 What do you do if people have their hands full when doing walk
around?
1:31:30 Do you have a certain routined set in mind when performing?
1:37:45 Break (Ends: 1:40:20)
Routine 1 - Creative Thoughts
1:41:05 Performance
1:48:50 Explanations
1:49:20 Approaching a closed group
1:50:25 Psychological Forces - Vegetable, Shapes & Colour
1:54:20 37 Force
1:58:55 Drawing Duplication & One Ahead Duplication
2:14:55 Alternative peek methods - centre tear justification idea
2:16:10 Question: Have you ever had the two spectators think of the same
picture?
2:18:45 Question: What are the angles on the privacy screen in the
wallet like?
2:21:55 Double Undercut peek idea
Routine 2 - The Power of Money
2:24:45 Performance
2:30:55 Explanations
2:32:30 12p Riddle
2:35:30 One in the Hand (See Day 1)
2:37:35 Cash Cabaret
2:42:00 PIN Peek
2:46:55 Summary
2:50:15 Final thoughts on modular routines
Questions
2:55:50 What is your take on Banachek's Brain Game for word divination?
3:02:00 What are your favourite effects from other creators?
3:19:45 When do you use your scientist character and how do you select
effects?
3:24:30 How do you go about putting the client's product or message into
a trade show act?
3:31:30 Have you had any spectators with extreme reactions?
3:38:45 Final comments
3:48:55 End