Being a Magician
We’re you astonished by vanishing acts, card tricks, coin tricks and various magic trick you see on different occasions? Young boys and girls birthdays, magical events, dinner shows, parties, and carnivals are among the events where magicians are popular.
Given the effect of magic on people, lots of would like to try magic just for their entertainment. There are lots of websites on the internet that offers how you can get started doing magic. Most people please themselves with ready-made gimmicks they found at magic shops. However if you are serious into magic, these online magic sites may offer quite a few choices so that you can dive in the art. They typically offer videos and you may get an idea what is the basic tricks that you really want to master. Commonly they offer courses too. A newbie magician really should consider that as the courses would accelerate your process of learning.
Before beginning to learn magic, it is best to know why are you doing magic. It is important to understand why people fascinate with magic. Magic firstly brings happiness to individuals. The feeling of mysterious is the thing that fascinates people. Secondly, a baffling magic makes audience remembers it.
The best place to have your first magic trick is in the local magic shop. Chat with the magician in the shop and try asking him questions about magic. Request him to demonstrate a few tricks to you. Magicians usually are helpful towards beginners.
Magicians do not repeat tricks to the very same audience. There’s a simple reason behind that. It is because usually in the very first time that you show the trick, the audience doesn’t expect what is the effect is. It puts an element of surprise to the trick. Once you repeat it, the element of surprise isn’t there. The viewers will now aim to figure out your trick rather then enjoying it. They will know what you will do next simply because they have seen it before. This what makes the trick becomes boring.
Here are some ideas:
a. Always practice your magic. Allocate time everyday to practice.
b. If you’re trying to videotape your act, you should make sure there are no mirrors near you because they change views also it maybe different from what the audience sees.
C. Ask other magicians to look at you perform then request for feedback. This is truly a good way to improve.
d. Master one trick first before learning another one.
e. Anywhere you are going, make it a habit to take magic props. Try taking some coins and a deck of cards with you with the intention that whenever you have extra time, you can use it to practice tricks.
Kimi Petrello runs a magic shop for magicians worldwide.
June 7, 2011 at 4:28 am Comments (0)