Reviewed by Sam Fitton.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEqAKkXeDNM&feature=player_embedded#at=72
21 Jul 2011
12 Jul 2011
7 Jul 2011
Void, Kevin Schaller (Video & Text Review)
Reviewed by Sam Fitton.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mugQWWd0d1k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mugQWWd0d1k
What Kevin has done with Void is present the reader with the opportunity to explore his methods to develop their own effects and to expand beyond his own. I like that thought.
This ebook is simplistic in design yet covers all that is necessary for one to understand and learn the material. There are 3 ‘effects’ in this PDF and I say that with inverted comma’s as the first, called ‘Streak,’ is more of a gimmick that can be used in numerous ways. You have to do a bit of cut and sticking and dig out some other bits and pieces from the back of the cupboard but after that you have a pretty neat gimmick to play around with. Some effects possible include colour changing cards/card, prediction effects and transpositions. This gimmick is limited only by your own creativity and I relish the challenge to have fun with it. Once more Kevin has discovered a solution, or at least a silver lining, to that poor and overcast new back design from bicycle.
The second effect in this ebook is ‘MobileCoin’ a transposition of signed coin and mobile phone battery. I thought this was quite creative and certainly something I had never seen before. It did remind me a little of Rene Jensen’s FISM act at Blackpool this year where a signed card and battery (in a computer mouse) change places but never the less Kevin’s idea has brought this into the realm of close up magic. Once again the effect offered the opportunity for the reader to develop it further however if you want to perform Kevin’s routine then the pictures and explanation are clear and easy to follow so you could be routining this in no time at all.
The last effect is ‘Credit2Card’ which is certainly, in my opinion, the weaker of the three offerings. However it is a respectable effect and Kevin explains how to customise your credit card holder so that it can appear as though you have given your credit card to the spectator to hold. The downside also being is that I don’t use credit card holders and I’m not aware of anyone that does so perhaps this could arouse suspicion in some cases. In your part of the county/world these cases might be more wide spread in which case this does not apply.
Down to business: Is this worth the money? Yes. Will I use this material? I am certainly going to road test ‘Streak’ and a version of ‘MobileCoin’ as I feel these two effects are the strongest. Well done Kevin. Nice, easy to read, straightforward magic PDF which gives the reader something to think about.
5 Jul 2011
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