Price$10.00
Media TypeVideo Download
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedJul 27, 2014
Pop Fly
Bizau, Cristian
Vanishing, Inc.
(Based on 2 reviews)
Vanishing Inc. has collaborated with Blue Crown to bring you this EXCLUSIVE download for POP FLY. Watch the video and you'll understand exactly what this versatile revelation does: cause any card (or two, or a double) to fly from the pack as you dribble the cards gently to the table. The mechanics are not hard to master, and it can be done with a borrowed, shuffled pack--no threads. POP FLY is the kind of sleight you can incorporate into your repertoire immediately.
Reviews
(Top ▲)
Bizau Christian, or Biz as he is known is a super creative card guy that really pushes the art of card magic forward with unique sleights and effects. Pop fly is a single pop out move with tons of applications. He teaches a ton of applications and misses a couple that are shown on the trailer. Many of the applications are similar so excuse me if I go through them quickly.
Basic Pop: He explains how to make the card pop out of the deck as you just dribble the cards onto the table. The move is tough but not impossible. It may take a couple weeks to get down smoothly.
Prep: He covers 3 or 4 ways to prepare for the “pop” and how to watch your angles. The angles are fair in this effect but it can not be performed completely surrounded. As long as your audience is in front of you you should be good.
The Invisible Thread: He teaches you or a spectator, how to “pull” the card out of the using a supposedly invisible thread. Of course this and all of the other effects on the download are accomplished with a perfectly normal deck of cards, no actual thread is used at all.
The Now Method: In this he has a spectator yell “Now” as he dribbles the cards. Of course at that moment the card goes flying out of the deck. He goes over some nice tips on audience management here.
The Spread: In this as he spreads the cards the selection pops out. This was featured in the trailer but he does not explain how to perform it with smoke. This is more difficult than the original move and the spread needs to be tossed down on the table rather than slowly spread.
The Pop: In this the cards are not dribbled at all. Instead the selection just pops out. Because of the way you need to perform this the card cannot get near as much distance as in the original move. In Fact it kind of swings out of the deck still touching.
Sandwich: Here he shows how to shoot the card in between 2 other cards. This he doesn’t explain very well. The technique to catch the card is used a lot in cardistry but many will not be able to learn it from Biz’s explanation.
Multiple Cards: Here he walks through how to shoot cards out of the deck consecutively. Once again this is considerably more difficult than the main move but I can see many uses for it. It should be noted that on the trailer it shows you being able to shoot out double cards as one, this is not taught on the download, although with some practice I could see you being able to learn it after understanding the Pop Fly.
Sandwich 2: Here he shows how to shoot a card from one half of the deck and impossibly catch it in the other half. This is very cool and look like a stunt more than a magic trick. It is much easier than it sounds once you get the Pop Fly down
4 Card Production: Here you learn how to make 4 cards pop out of the deck in different ways. You lear 3 pop out moves besides the pop fly and a smooth way to execute them consecutively. This will require some practice to get right and it has a fairly advanced get ready but you can do it in front of a spectator.
In the Hands: He teaches 2 ways to perform the effect without a table. In the first you launch a card into the spectators hand and in the second you launch a card from one hand to the other. I personally like the first and would use something like the top shot for the second. Both are doable but are fairly difficult.
So that’s it, this is a slick pop out move that looks great and is tough to do. For the most part Biz is a great teacher but there are somethings shown on the trailer that are not taught on the download. I can see this working in a close up setting.
Basic Pop: He explains how to make the card pop out of the deck as you just dribble the cards onto the table. The move is tough but not impossible. It may take a couple weeks to get down smoothly.
Prep: He covers 3 or 4 ways to prepare for the “pop” and how to watch your angles. The angles are fair in this effect but it can not be performed completely surrounded. As long as your audience is in front of you you should be good.
The Invisible Thread: He teaches you or a spectator, how to “pull” the card out of the using a supposedly invisible thread. Of course this and all of the other effects on the download are accomplished with a perfectly normal deck of cards, no actual thread is used at all.
The Now Method: In this he has a spectator yell “Now” as he dribbles the cards. Of course at that moment the card goes flying out of the deck. He goes over some nice tips on audience management here.
The Spread: In this as he spreads the cards the selection pops out. This was featured in the trailer but he does not explain how to perform it with smoke. This is more difficult than the original move and the spread needs to be tossed down on the table rather than slowly spread.
The Pop: In this the cards are not dribbled at all. Instead the selection just pops out. Because of the way you need to perform this the card cannot get near as much distance as in the original move. In Fact it kind of swings out of the deck still touching.
Sandwich: Here he shows how to shoot the card in between 2 other cards. This he doesn’t explain very well. The technique to catch the card is used a lot in cardistry but many will not be able to learn it from Biz’s explanation.
Multiple Cards: Here he walks through how to shoot cards out of the deck consecutively. Once again this is considerably more difficult than the main move but I can see many uses for it. It should be noted that on the trailer it shows you being able to shoot out double cards as one, this is not taught on the download, although with some practice I could see you being able to learn it after understanding the Pop Fly.
Sandwich 2: Here he shows how to shoot a card from one half of the deck and impossibly catch it in the other half. This is very cool and look like a stunt more than a magic trick. It is much easier than it sounds once you get the Pop Fly down
4 Card Production: Here you learn how to make 4 cards pop out of the deck in different ways. You lear 3 pop out moves besides the pop fly and a smooth way to execute them consecutively. This will require some practice to get right and it has a fairly advanced get ready but you can do it in front of a spectator.
In the Hands: He teaches 2 ways to perform the effect without a table. In the first you launch a card into the spectators hand and in the second you launch a card from one hand to the other. I personally like the first and would use something like the top shot for the second. Both are doable but are fairly difficult.
So that’s it, this is a slick pop out move that looks great and is tough to do. For the most part Biz is a great teacher but there are somethings shown on the trailer that are not taught on the download. I can see this working in a close up setting.
(Top ▲)
Pop Fly is a 33 minute video that teaches a method in which a selected card literally flies out of any deck of cards as it is being riffled in one hand. It is impressive to your spectators and gratifying to perform. Christian Bizau is the young creator of this and a few other new worthwhile sleights and effects. There are no gimmicks and this a magician controlled sleight.
The quick intro clip to the effect demonstrates the effect from the spectator’s point of view and Bizau’s instruction switches from both the performer’s point of view and the spectator’s point of view. He clearly shows how to hold the cards and position your fingers to make the cards “pop” out of the deck. There are no graphic overlays or freeze frames to emphasize certain aspect of the move, but the instruction is straight forward and understandable. The basic method may take some practice, but it is worth the time investment to master.
Bizau suggest some patter as an explanation as to why the card flies out of the deck which also involves the spectator’s participation, which makes the method seem more like a trick in of itself. He also suggest some variation on the pop, including a double pop where two different cards fly out of the deck, one at a time. One of the more impressive variations of the method is shooting the selected card into the spectator’s open and cupped hands. Some of the variations of the basic effect can be a bit tricky and will require a bit more card handling skills.
The video quality is nothing out of the ordinary and the audio sounds a bit hollow, but it is not that noticeable. The ad copy is accurate and the claim that Pop Fly is a “ridiculously cool-looking sleight” is something I wholeheartedly agree with. This effect looks much better in person than it does on the promotional video.
The quick intro clip to the effect demonstrates the effect from the spectator’s point of view and Bizau’s instruction switches from both the performer’s point of view and the spectator’s point of view. He clearly shows how to hold the cards and position your fingers to make the cards “pop” out of the deck. There are no graphic overlays or freeze frames to emphasize certain aspect of the move, but the instruction is straight forward and understandable. The basic method may take some practice, but it is worth the time investment to master.
Bizau suggest some patter as an explanation as to why the card flies out of the deck which also involves the spectator’s participation, which makes the method seem more like a trick in of itself. He also suggest some variation on the pop, including a double pop where two different cards fly out of the deck, one at a time. One of the more impressive variations of the method is shooting the selected card into the spectator’s open and cupped hands. Some of the variations of the basic effect can be a bit tricky and will require a bit more card handling skills.
The video quality is nothing out of the ordinary and the audio sounds a bit hollow, but it is not that noticeable. The ad copy is accurate and the claim that Pop Fly is a “ridiculously cool-looking sleight” is something I wholeheartedly agree with. This effect looks much better in person than it does on the promotional video.