Friday, August 13, 2010

essencial magic conference (EMC) review part 2

session 5
the host for this session is mr. Marco Tempest

good practice makes good magician (Carlos Vaquera)
- tips on getting more in your practice session and talks about the theory of Arturo Ascanio about study of magic


apollo robins performed and explained his close up coin production.

not my kind of coin magic but an interesting approach

the mind of doctor frost (david britland) - watch t.a waters do his mentalism routine in television

although this video performanced is very old its routine/effect is very nice

de'vo performed and explained "the ring" an extreme ring manipulation

he only explained the different kinds of rings and the basic ring move

five effects you never see in magic show (paul kieves) - he talks about different kinds of magic done in theater but never seen in any magic shows

dani da ortiz performanced another of his impromtu magic and a very nice triumph effect which i think can be found in fat brothers 2 dvd

panel discussion
max maven
topaz
helder guimaraes
richard macdougall
eric eswin


in this discussion hosted by max maven they talk all about the FISM, what they expect in fism and many advice if you want to join the FISM competition.

guy hollingworth performed his legendary torned and restored card effect called reformation

session 6
the host for this session is mr. stan allen

how to use internet to be popular/known (marco tempest) - many many tips on how to get many views. how to make your videos interesting etc. very informative after the he performed his version of sam the bell hop plus technology in 3D (you have to see this)

who was the first close up magician (max maven) - story of maven searching for the first close up magician

finn jon performed his beautiful smoking thumb & bubble magic

the mental path (helder guimaraes) - theory about deception. very interesting talk on why we fool laymans/magicians with our magic

the tricked brain: explorations into psychology and magic (richard wiseman) - about deception using psychology, plus many illusion diagram and videos. very entertaining even though its not magic you will still be fooled.

cyril takayama performed card manipulation as a tribute to his teacher mahka tendo

de'vo talks about the history of XCM manipulation

session 7

max maven is the host for this session

original magic (finn jon) - he talks about impromptu magic and when is the appropriate time you perform each of your effects

better than natural (gene matsuura) - he teaches the technique of slydini how hes misdirection works

paulino gil performed a beautiful string/cord magic. i want to learn that :D

7 lessons i've learned froma packet trick (guy hollingworth) - he talks about how can you improve a trick much better with what he learned.

anton lopez performed and explained his very elegant/beautiful effect called "the tenebrio". this is the very best performance in EMC (just my opinion). he makes an origami boat and swan then it moves by themselves. Also a chosen card outjog itself in the middle of a spread. note he doesnt use any I.T or MAGNET.

jason england told a story about the greatest magic he ever heard.

past, present and future of fism (eric eswin) - the president of the FISM talks about the history of FISM, what they do to improve it and their future plans to take it to another level.

session 8
my favorite card magician mr. guy hollingworth is the host for this session :D

miguel angel gea performed and explained a coin magic using an okito type of box & his coin through glass

barry and stuart performed and explained worlds coolest party trick :P

cyril takayama talks about performing his television magic into theater.

richard wiseman performed an iphone magic, nice idea :D

hokasen the 1764 japanese work on magic (ton onosaka) - he talks about the oldest japanese magic book he has and what its content

gaetan bloom performed and explained a selfworking russian roulette style magic. i like his idea mr gaetan bloom is really genius :P

panel discussion
eric mead
max maven
william kalush
mike caveney

they discussed how they got interested in researching the history magic

lennart green performed a card magic tribute to his friend

session 9
luis de matos is the host of this last session

ton onosaka performed a very visual card magic. too bad he doesnt explain it.

luis de matos shows some of the pictures of EMC subscriber

the secret way to secrets, or what i asked alexander(william kalush) - he talks and share his secret what tool hes using to research about magic, what site, its like a online library of magic books + google search capability. he gave a free 1 month trial to all those EMC subscriber.

mike caveney performed an egg bag magic routine

gazzo performed his cups and balls routine very funny hehehe

luis de matos performed his sand in the dessert effect(i think thats the name of that effect?)

after that luis de matos challege cyril takayama perform his cigarette routine live :D
and cyril does it beatifully.

thats the end of the EMC 2010 till next year :D

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