The Tapestry of Deception

Tutored by Michael Vincent

0:02:15 Academy Welcome
0:02:50 Lesson Introduction
0:09:00 Misdirection
0:12:15 The Tapestry of Deception
0:16:30 Overview
0:22:05 The Individual Threads of Magic
0:28:10 Strong Magic
0:46:25 Strong Effects
0:47:05 Meeting the Master - Slydini
0:49:50 Derek Dingle - Card under Glass
0:52:25 What is Misdirection?
0:54:30 Funner Color Stunner - Paul Harris/David Williamson
1:06:50 Alan Alan - “The Initiation of Trains of Thought”
1:11:10 Fred Kaps - “I mis-direct even when I don’t need to”
1:16:40 Performing Context
1:21:45 Darwin Ortiz
1:23:20 Sky Hooks - from John Ramsay’s Coins in the Hand routine
1:37:45 Question: How to stop the coins “talking”
1:40:55 Break (Ends: 1:42:15)
1:42:55 Question: How does scripting help with the clarity of the effect?
1:44:25 Question: Do you have an example of a routine that you know the audience will care about?
1:44:50 Smiling Mule - Roy Walton
1:53:35 Question: Do you recommend any gaff coins for anyone not used to coin magic?
1:54:30 The Greatest Computer Ever Invented
2:00:30 The Ebb and Flow of Tension and Relaxation
2:04:40 Card under Glass - Loading the card - Derek Dingles handling of Larry Jenning’s Angle Steal
2:07:45 The Changeling
2:15:05 Two Card Monte
2:22:05 Recap of Bluff Shift and Ultra move from The Changeling
2:23:20 Misdirection and physical technique
2:27:05 Tommy Tucker Pass
2:31:00 Application
2:31:30 Signed Card to Sealed Envelope - Ron Wilson
2:46:20 The Signed Card - Brother John Hamman
2:55:10 Recap of the Angle Steal
2:59:10 Midnight Shift and Turnover Pass
3:02:35 Question: Are there moments when performing strong magic that the spectator feels they are left mentally challenged leading to feelings of frustration rather than feelings of wonderment?
3:06:45 Question: Thoughts on grip pressure
3:09:00 The final piece of the jigsaw
3:13:00 Further Study (Included in the References on the next page)
3:14:35 Final thought
3:15:35 The End