Price$29.95
Media TypeDVD
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedJan 01, 2010
The Shark
Christopher Ballinger
Magic Geek
(Based on 1 review)
A card completely changes while trapped between two other cards. The change is visual, instant, angle-proof, and happens in plain sight. The card can is instantly examinable and can even be signed.
The Shark uses a utility gimmick that will open up a sea of possibilities.
Instructional DVD Covers:
Standard Shark Routine - A card trapped between two others visually morphs into the spectator's selection.
Great White - Uses the Shark gimmick to turn an entire deck blank.
Megalodon Vanish - The perfect, visual ending to an ambitious card routine. The signed selection instantly vanishes and appears in the spectator's hand.
Dorsal Force - A new way to force a card which simultaneously vanishes the card from an examinable deck. The selection can be found at any location.
Hammerhead Change - A change that is so clean, it will take a few moments for your audience to realize it has happened.
Cage-Dive Change - A card changes in the spectator's hand without you touching it.
Megamouth Change - A flash change that starts clean and ends clean.
Bonus Material:
Quantum Flux - The original handlings for the Shark Gimmick where cards transpose in the spectator's hands.
The shark is an undetectable gimmick that allows for visual changes without tricky sleight of hand or awkward gimmicks.
There's no palming, ditching, magnets, strings, pulls, bad angles, forcing or complicated sleights. Just strong, visual magic like your audience has never seen.
Running Time Approximately 82 min
Reviews
(Top ▲)
This is a gimmick to add to your card work to make your spectators’ JAWS drop. I’m not sure this gimmicked card will clean up any of your existing routines, but the routines on the disk are interesting enough to justify their existence. Many of the routines presented on the DVD look pretty good, and get okay reactions from the audience. If you collect gimmicks, this may be for you, but let me give you a few warnings before you enter these waters.
The DVD is an “Ellusionist” wanna be product. The street performances, the reactions, and audio commentary on this DVD are such blatant imitations, it cheapens the moments that are actually quite good. The commentary during one of the performances adds absolutely nothing. It just repeats what we’ve already been taught in the studio. He claims the spectators are ‘shocked’ at one point. Really looking at these people and their reactions, I believe these people are more surprised and puzzled than shocked.
The gimmick I was supplied with was not well made. Because of the misplacement of the ‘secret something’ on my gimmick, I was not able to make the routines look as good as they do in the street demos. You are supplied with only one gimmick, which I’m sure would not last a week in daily real world use. It’s a gimmick that has to be babied and handled gently, because it could easily be torn, ripped, or damaged in performance, or even in your pocket. For thirty dollars, at least five gimmicks should be included.
However, I do think there are some worthwhile ideas that some card trick junkies or gimmick collectors will have fun playing with. If you think you’ll like this, have thirty bucks to burn on one gimmick and a DVD, and feel like taking a risk, dive in with caution. If you aren’t satisfied, don’t say the life guard didn’t warn you. Oh, and if you found my water and shark jokes annoying, be warned! There are several on the DVD, so you may want to stay out of the water completely.
The DVD is an “Ellusionist” wanna be product. The street performances, the reactions, and audio commentary on this DVD are such blatant imitations, it cheapens the moments that are actually quite good. The commentary during one of the performances adds absolutely nothing. It just repeats what we’ve already been taught in the studio. He claims the spectators are ‘shocked’ at one point. Really looking at these people and their reactions, I believe these people are more surprised and puzzled than shocked.
The gimmick I was supplied with was not well made. Because of the misplacement of the ‘secret something’ on my gimmick, I was not able to make the routines look as good as they do in the street demos. You are supplied with only one gimmick, which I’m sure would not last a week in daily real world use. It’s a gimmick that has to be babied and handled gently, because it could easily be torn, ripped, or damaged in performance, or even in your pocket. For thirty dollars, at least five gimmicks should be included.
However, I do think there are some worthwhile ideas that some card trick junkies or gimmick collectors will have fun playing with. If you think you’ll like this, have thirty bucks to burn on one gimmick and a DVD, and feel like taking a risk, dive in with caution. If you aren’t satisfied, don’t say the life guard didn’t warn you. Oh, and if you found my water and shark jokes annoying, be warned! There are several on the DVD, so you may want to stay out of the water completely.