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Easy Magic Tricks

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

The most famous magicians in entertainment such as Criss Angel, David Copperfield always know to renew their performances in order to avoid to make audiance boring and get their sucessful. You are not a professional magician but there are any number of easy magical tricks which you can do at home.

For the “Film Prediction” trick, ask several people to each name a movie and you write each of the titles on sperate slips of paper. Fold the pieces of paper and throw them into a container. After writing down the titles, you write the name of one of the films on a final slip and show it to everyone.

Have a volunteer reach into the container, randomly select a piece of paper and read it aloud. It will be the movie you predicted. How is this possible? When the first volunteer names a movie, say “Pirates Of The Caribbean”, write it down.

When the other volunteers name a movie, you continue to write “Pirates Of The Caribbean” on each slip of paper. This is the secret. Just be casual about it make sure no one sees what you’re writing!

One of the easiest magic tricks to perform is called “Cold As Ice”. This takes a little preparation but is very simple to do. Pour some water into a cup and whisper magical words. When you turn over the cup, all that comes out is a chunk of ice!

The secret is the cup contains a sponge that absorbs the water and prevents the water from spilling out. The ice is already on top of the sponge and simply falls out. Beforehand, stuff the sponge into the mug and make sure that it rests on the bottom.

Place the ice on top and you’re ready to go. Before you perform the trick, you’ll have to experiment with the amount of water to pour into the mug. The more water that you pour in, the more impressive the trick will be, but beware, if you pour too much water into the cup the sponge won’t be able to absorb it all.

These are simple magic tricks but there are a few things that can make your act seem like it came straight from a magical world! Remember that a magician never shares his secrets.

Resist the temptation to reveal how the trick worked and never do the same trick more than once for the same audience. It makes it too easy for the audience to guess how it was done.

Wherever you can, borrow the objects from the audience. Borrowing from the audience makes it seem like the magician hasn’t had time to do anything sneaky to the item.

Creating the magical aura of illusions can make you a hit at any gathering but it’s important that you practice your magic tricks first. Never do a trick in front of an audience unless you are thoroughly familiar with the routine.

Making your performance lively and enthusiastic is important. Do that well, your audience will enjoy your performance excitedly as well as being impressed with your suprising skills.

What Kinds Do Magic Have?

Wednesday, May 13th, 2009

Magic develop more and more in recent years to serve audiences’ entertainment needs. It seems that the popularity of magic goes in cycles. Magic has once again surged in popularity thanks in large part to the street magic performed by illusionists like David Blaine. Because of the mystery involved and the shear entertainment, magic will always be a welcomed form of entertainment. These are the most common kinds of magic.

Child Magic

You can probably guess the types of magic that is involved with each of these. The names are self-explanatory and “child magic” is no different.

Child magic is magic that’s used to entertain children. These types of magic tricks should be more focused on holding the attention of children rather than on pure skill. A magician might have a great trick to perform but if he takes too long to perform the trick then he’ll lose the audience. Therefore, child magic must consist of quick tricks.

Up-Close Magic

Once again, you can tell what is meant by this type of magic. Up-close magic is performed for one person or a small group of people within a small space. The magician will be sitting or standing with the person (or people) or right next to the person (or people).

Tricks that are performed with this type of magic include card tricks, tricks with coins, and other small items.

Stage Magic

The last of the three popular types of magic involves performing on a stage. This means the magician is separate from the audience and is usually performing tricks for large crowds. Stage magic must include tricks that are large enough in size so that everyone in the audience can see and know what is happening.

Tricks performed with this type of magic can be and often are grand in scale. Sawing a woman in half, turning a lady into a lion, and causing large objects to disappear are all part of stage magic. Stage magicians also must be great entertainers so that they keep the entire audience involved during the show.

These above types are the most popular types of magic. Each type of magic have each way to perform different because each one will serve each type of various audience. Thus each of these types of magic requires each of these types of magic requires a different skill set from the magician. However, the common of these types is that audiences are entertaining.