Saturday 5 November 2011

Waking though the great wall of China

Effect: The magician is seen disappearing from on side of the great wall if china and then appears on the other

Skill level: 0/10 for magic, 10/10 for rock climbing, 8/10 sculpting

Tutorial: You will need to sculpt a gigantic yeti monster and cover it with a piece of gigantic cloth that has leaves stuck to it so it camouflages. During the trick, have your assistant remove the cloth and while the spectators are shocked, put on a fancy disguise and Rick climb over to the other side. Remove the disguise and get some attention. Your trick is now completed

Side note: If you strike a conversation during your rock climb over to the other side and fail to complete your trick, simply flee the scene as they won't care less about your trick once they see the yeti monster

Moon disappearance

Effect: The magician covers the moon with his hand an it is seen to vanish as he removes the hand

Skill level: 0/10 for magic,10/10 for negotiating

Tutorial: Hire Chuck Norris to push the moon away for you when you cover it. As simple as that. Do watch out for any traps in Chuck Norris' contract as you do not want to get into a quarrel with him.

Slicing a person in half

Effect: A person is sliced into half but seen later as a whole

Skill level: 10/10

Items needed:
Twins
Turkey
Real Saw

Tutorial: You simply slice one of the twins into half with the saw an throw the turkey into the crowd. The turkey distracts the crowd and you can take the opportunity to switch the dead body with the other twin.

TV levitation

Effect: On TV, a magician is seen levitating

Skill level: 1/10 for magic, 3/10 for video editing

Tutorial: Contrary to popular belief, you do not need strings. Simply record yourself jumping into the air and then use a video editing software to make you jump in super slow-motion to make it seem like you are levitating!!!

Appearing elephant

Effect: This trick is seen on television where a group of spectators holding hands surround a spot with nothing in the middle. An elephant is seen soon after to have appeared within some tent in the middle of the group

Skill level: 2

Tutorial: This is a pipedream! You will need a baby elephant. Hide the baby elephant somewhere in the tent and show the tent empty as the baby elephant is still quite small. Pay your spectators and fat forward the film, come back after 2 years and be sure to contact the same spectators. Now you can show that an elephant has appeared.

Warning: High level of patience required

Disappearing deck

Effect: The cards are shown and inspected by the spectator. They are then put into the card box and with a wave of the hand, the cards disappear

Skill level: 8/10

Tutorial: There are no gimmicks involved. All you need to do is to place the cards into the box with part of it sticking out and while you are waving downwards, pull the cards out. Then when you are waving upwards, fling the entire deck up into the sky with all your might then show that the deck has disappeared. Quickly flee with them from the scene so that they don't see the cards fall from the sky.

Warning: High agility and strength need to perform this amazing trick