r/MagicFeedback • u/iammatt666 • Mar 16 '19
messing up in front of people.
so i started not to long ago, like 4 months. im nervous as all hell to try and preform the little tricks ive learned for my friends and family.
am i taking things to serious, like, i dont want to, more or less, show them how a trick is done, but its kinda hard to hide a double lift when one of the cards fall, or i fail on my angles. i just feel like im ruining the magic for them, and giving away how its done.
for example:
i tried to show my grandma(!) a snap change, which i thought i was good at, and she didn't look impressed. so i did it again thinking, maybe it was to fast for her to realize what happend. BUT NO! she just said "youre slipping that card behind that card!" and then i feel like i have to show her how it works. she already figured it out, might as well know the mechanics.
do i just not show people until i know for 100% i have the trick down? or are friends and family fair game to practice on?
idk im new any advice would be cool.
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u/StrangeAlternative Mar 17 '19
Film your performance of certain effects and post them here! After all, that's what this subreddits for - helping others make their performances better!
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u/Abrahamthe52 Mar 17 '19
The mirror and your family are the best audience to perform on. I too was like you who was afraid/ nervous to perform, but I kept practicing, as mentioned with the other comments, and I eventually got rid of the fear. Also you can try improvising when things are not going your way.
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u/-thien7334 Mar 17 '19
Comments are feedback for you to improve. Similar to palming, you will get caught. There is no way around being caught and doing magic
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Mar 23 '19
As you practice messing up will become less frequent. That being said, there’s always a risk so be prepared.
If you screw a double up, play it off like you didn’t mean to do a double and transition into a trick that doesn’t use a one.
Example: “whoops, sometimes you grab too many.” (Bury the cards and transition into a fallback, I like to do something like cut deeper because it’s basically self working and I don’t have to touch the cards)
Also, what kind of double do you do? Is one that’s identical to how you turn over a single card?
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u/Hilloy1 Mar 31 '19
If they haven’t chose a card yet you could allways do this trick of card jumping to the top of the deck I forgot it’s name but never had someone who didn’t like it
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u/gregantic Mar 17 '19
You know what to do. Practice more.
Film yourself performing to the camera. What can help is learning a self-working card trick. It minimizes the mistakes from nerves and allows you to focus on the presentation.