BOLD. METHODS.
Effects that shouldn’t work – but do. The routines on this DVD will show you just how much you can get away with as a magician.
Justin teaches you how to incorporate the crucial parts of the routine into everyday gestures, offbeat moments – and even having spectators do the ‘dirty work’ for you. From the seemingly brave to out-right-gutsy, Justin shows just what performing ‘Bold’ magic can do for you.
BOLD. PRESENTATIONS.
By breaking every rule we know regarding performing, Justin shows that magicians are completely WRONG about how spectators should react, and how much you can ‘get away with’ by mirroring the energy of your audience.
His presentations challenge the perceptions of both spectators and magicians, taking classic plots and turning them upside down, with moves and changes that appear to break the laws of physics, using everyday impromptu objects.
BOLD. REACTIONS.
Bold is about real people with real reactions, getting the most out of your audience, and understanding that every person reacts differently. Bold is about bringing out what Justin calls the ‘I gotta go to Church NOW’ reactions.
Effects that have a visible psychological effect on the face of the spectators as the brain seems to ‘break’ and recover, and then break again, as it tries to process what has just happened.
ON THE DVD
Bloodlink A indentation made with a ring in one hand moves across to link on the palm of the other hand. This goes beyond card tricks. This is an effect that steps you out of your comfort zone straight away.
Card to Shoe The performance alone is a masterclass on audience management. Justin doing what he does best. This is the trick Justin ends every card set with, a signed card disappears from the deck and appears, cleanly, impossibly, in your shoe.
Descent A torn and restored card that comes from nowhere. A signed card is cleanly torn into four separate segments. With a wave over the pieces, the card has instantly and visibly restored. The fastest T’n’R you’ll ever see.
8 Card Transpo An Oil and Water routine like you’ve never seen. A packet of four Kings are clearly alternated with a packet of four sevens, to create a mixed packet of 8 cards. When turned over, the packets have instantly separated again. The kicker on this effect comes when the packets visually change in the blink of an eye.
Torn Abroad A fun torn and restored bill routine built around the classic ‘sawing a lady in half’. A borrowed and signed bill is placed into a folded card before being torn in half. Both halves are shown to contain half the bill, before they are brought back together, and cleanly restored -signature and all.
Riven A torn and restored rubber band that pieces itself back together on their outstretched hand. The concept behind this method has multiple applications, and this is just one Justin came up with as a startling piece of magic that happens ‘off the cuff’.
Drunken Monkey A flashy palm that can be used to change one card for another in the center of the deck, or used by itself as a series of card changes. This effect is a brilliant exploration of how a trick comes to be and how Justin’s creative process works through experimentation.
Cab 2.0 A complete turnaround of the classic collectors. This is an effect that shatters the understanding of even the most observant of spectators – it’s a beautiful routine for absolutely throwing magicians. Three chosen cards are ‘lost’ in the deck, to be found by four kings. Cards that change into double backers, cards that disappear from the packet and blind alley after blind alley. This is an effect that will completely surprise.
Cave Control A truly deceptive control based on an idea from Harry Lorayne. A card is chosen from the center of the pack, placed back in the center by the spectator, and before the deck is squared – the card has been controlled to the top of the deck. Used as a card force or as a phase in an ambitious card routine, this is a deceptive an easy move you’ll be playing with for the fun of it.
