Price$35.00
Media TypeDVD
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedJul 16, 2009
Killer Close Up Magic
Cameron Francis
Big Blind Media
(Based on 1 review)
- Aldo Colombini
Cameron Francis (star of The Omega Mutation, Rehab, Red Hot Prediction, Twists & Turns, Fresh Mint etc) is BACK! And this time he is breaking out his very best close-up material.
You want easy magic? You want heart popping spectacle? You want material that you will perform for years to come? Then you have come to the right place.
Twelve routines, Over TWO HOURS of content. And more fun than you can shake a stick at!
ACE-EQUENCE - A high octane, multi-phased routine with a selection and the four aces!
SPACE SAVER - Five photos of small objects are shown. One is selected. It vanishes from the photo and appears in the magician's pocket! This mindblower could have been sold as a stand alone effect!
NO PROBLEM - Two selections and a whole heap of magic. An ideal opener!
WILD ROUTINE - A two phase stunner that starts off as a Wild Card effect and ends with an impossible teleportation!
SCORCHED! - A smokin' double prediction with eight number cards and a book of matches!
AN EXTRA TWIST - The Kings, twist, assemble and trap a selection. Tons of magic with very little effort!
T&R BILL - The spectator's bill can be signed and the best part is, you don't actually destroy anything!
INSIGNED OUT - An insanely visual version of Roy Walton's Carp Warp plot with a signed card!
TEAR IT UP! - A torn and restored card guaranteed to leave your spectators speechless!
COPPER/SILVER TWIST - A penny and a dime transpose under impossible conditions... and then things get reeeeeeeeeeally weird!
IN-TENS - Two jokers trap a selection, perform an elevator routine, capture the mate of the selection and then turn into the other two mates! All without breaking a sweat!
SUPER EASY CAAN - Freely selected card. Freely selected number. Borrowed, shuffled deck. The spectator deals and the best part is, you don't know the number or the selection until the cards are out of your hands! It doesn't get much more direct or powerful than this!
But there's more - included free on Killer CloseUp is 'Sleight School'. Cameron takes you through EIGHTEEN different magical sleights. This is like ninja school (if magic was martial arts and Cameron was a ninja, which it isn't and he isn't - but you know what we mean).
Learn -
- Double Lift
- Elmsley Count
- Touch Force
- Tilt
- Jordan Count
- Hammon Count
- Vernon Substitute Transfer
- Flushtration Count
- Mercury Card Fold
- Diminishing Lift
- Diminishing Count
- Braue Reversal
- Thru The Fist Flourish
- Erdnase Colour Change
- Atfus
- Twirl Change
- Paddle Move
- Alignment Move
Reviews
(Top ▲)
After hating almost every second of Killer Gaft Magic, I was expecting the worst when I put this in the DVD player. While it has many of the same flaws and the same look as the Gaft DVD, the effects are much clearer for the most part, and they are usually fairly good.
Some of the effects are still a mess. T&R Bill is an effect that won’t fool anybody, and Copper/Silver Twist is totally useless in a real performance where people will definitely open their hand during the second phase.
Cameron is still trying to be funny, and barely pulls off some of the moves in his own material. The Sleight School section is exactly the same as on the Gaft DVD, and does very little in teaching deceptive sleight of hand. The style of the production is also exactly the same as Killer Gaft Magic. The main difference is that Cameron has some good ideas to share with us this time.
Unlike the Gaft DVD, the card material is impromptu, clear, and most of it can be understood by a layperson. I still feel that many of the effects are unfinished, but they are at least uncluttered and provide some fun new ideas to add to your arsenal. It also includes a few non card items.
Space Saver is a neat effect using several photos of objects. One is chosen, and the object vanishes from the photo and appears in the magicians pocket. While it would be a better effect to make the object appear out of the picture instead of taking it out of your pocket (which Cameron offers the spectator to examine), it still uses a solid method, that even allows you to repeat the effect with a different object. Big Blind Media also provides a PDF file with the required photos on the disk. All you have to do is put the DVD in your computer, save the file, print, laminate, and practice. This is a very useful aspect of the DVD, I just wish it was for a more fleshed out performance piece.
Scorched is a mental magic effect that is a little confusing, but novel and clever. It uses matches and cards numbered from one to 8. The cards are mixed, the spectator lays a match box on any two cards, and when we add the two numbers on the cards, it’s the same as the number of matches in the box. The kicker is that the two chosen cards are the only ones with burn marks on them. I’ll admit the method might be better than the effect here. You are going to have to decide exactly what the effect is if you are going to perform it for a paying audience. Is it a prediction effect? Coincidence? Influence over your spectators? An effect is in here, you just have to make it clear for your audience.
Ace-equence is a fun impromptu routine with the four aces and a free selection. I like this effect, but not crazy about the fourth phase. Not only do I think three is enough, but the third phase is definitely the most surprising, and should be the end.
Wild Routine is the first ungimmicked Wild Card I’ve ever seen, and is surprisingly clear, uncluttered, and easy. Fans of the premise will definitely want to take a look at this effect. I’m not a fan of the second phase, but I still enjoyed the first phase enough to take the time to run though it in my hands.
Super Easy CAAN is definitely the best item on here. Imagine a ‘card at any number’ effect with a borrowed deck, no moves, free selection, you barely handle the deck, they don’t tell you the number, and they can even deal through the cards to the thought of number where they find the selection! That’s a worthwhile effect on any magic DVD. It’s also one of the few versions of Card At Any Number that I would consider showing to laypeople.
In closing, this DVD is far from perfect. You are going to have to decide whether you feel this small heap of worthwhile yet unpolished material is worth the cost of the DVD, and if it’s worth sitting through Cameron’s goofy performances. However, whether you are an amateur or professional, this has some decent ideas that you can incorporate into your work.
Two Stars
Some of the effects are still a mess. T&R Bill is an effect that won’t fool anybody, and Copper/Silver Twist is totally useless in a real performance where people will definitely open their hand during the second phase.
Cameron is still trying to be funny, and barely pulls off some of the moves in his own material. The Sleight School section is exactly the same as on the Gaft DVD, and does very little in teaching deceptive sleight of hand. The style of the production is also exactly the same as Killer Gaft Magic. The main difference is that Cameron has some good ideas to share with us this time.
Unlike the Gaft DVD, the card material is impromptu, clear, and most of it can be understood by a layperson. I still feel that many of the effects are unfinished, but they are at least uncluttered and provide some fun new ideas to add to your arsenal. It also includes a few non card items.
Space Saver is a neat effect using several photos of objects. One is chosen, and the object vanishes from the photo and appears in the magicians pocket. While it would be a better effect to make the object appear out of the picture instead of taking it out of your pocket (which Cameron offers the spectator to examine), it still uses a solid method, that even allows you to repeat the effect with a different object. Big Blind Media also provides a PDF file with the required photos on the disk. All you have to do is put the DVD in your computer, save the file, print, laminate, and practice. This is a very useful aspect of the DVD, I just wish it was for a more fleshed out performance piece.
Scorched is a mental magic effect that is a little confusing, but novel and clever. It uses matches and cards numbered from one to 8. The cards are mixed, the spectator lays a match box on any two cards, and when we add the two numbers on the cards, it’s the same as the number of matches in the box. The kicker is that the two chosen cards are the only ones with burn marks on them. I’ll admit the method might be better than the effect here. You are going to have to decide exactly what the effect is if you are going to perform it for a paying audience. Is it a prediction effect? Coincidence? Influence over your spectators? An effect is in here, you just have to make it clear for your audience.
Ace-equence is a fun impromptu routine with the four aces and a free selection. I like this effect, but not crazy about the fourth phase. Not only do I think three is enough, but the third phase is definitely the most surprising, and should be the end.
Wild Routine is the first ungimmicked Wild Card I’ve ever seen, and is surprisingly clear, uncluttered, and easy. Fans of the premise will definitely want to take a look at this effect. I’m not a fan of the second phase, but I still enjoyed the first phase enough to take the time to run though it in my hands.
Super Easy CAAN is definitely the best item on here. Imagine a ‘card at any number’ effect with a borrowed deck, no moves, free selection, you barely handle the deck, they don’t tell you the number, and they can even deal through the cards to the thought of number where they find the selection! That’s a worthwhile effect on any magic DVD. It’s also one of the few versions of Card At Any Number that I would consider showing to laypeople.
In closing, this DVD is far from perfect. You are going to have to decide whether you feel this small heap of worthwhile yet unpolished material is worth the cost of the DVD, and if it’s worth sitting through Cameron’s goofy performances. However, whether you are an amateur or professional, this has some decent ideas that you can incorporate into your work.
Two Stars