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Same as above , but you ask the spectator to write the name of one person you don't know, that she likes very much .You ask her if this person is still alive .

If yes, you ask her now to write the names of other persons who are dead.

If no, you ask her to write the names of other persons who are still alive.

(Of course, you should not know those persons )

You are going to guess the person with the following sentence :

« Mary likes xxxxx . »

(replace xxxxx by one of the names she wrote )

« ADDITION V2»

The addition principle,with a new twist

Introduction

I called this method « Addition » because it adds a card on top of the spectator's card .This is what I use to peek any information written on a business card (or to peek a chosen card during a card trick).

It can be used for pre-show or for a drawing duplication ,for any type of divination, for cold reading,etc.

Effect :

The Spectator examines some business cards .While the performer turns his back, he draws anything he wants ( object , number, word, etc.) on one of them , and turns the card face down on the stack.

The performer shows the card to the audience (without looking) and gives it to the spectator to guard in his pocket or under an object on the table, etc..He does all this without looking of course.

The performer then duplicates the drawing on a blank card.

Method :

It is based on a sleight I called the « GZ control ».It moves a selection from first to second position .

If you know of another way to accomplish the same thing and move the spectator's card in second position when it is replaced in the deck , that's fine.But it has to look VERY FAIR and nothing « fishy » .

There are other moves I am sure, but this is the one I use all the time, and I can guarantee you it is very deceptive and nobody has ever suspected anything fishy.

Another sleight that would work, is « the Venus trap » by Chris BROWN .

He mentions a pass by Chris Kenner in « Out of control », and a 1949 substitute for the double lift by George Pughe.

A great performer and cards expert ,Julien MANRY ,told me that Lennart GREEN and Guy PARDILLOS also had moves that can be used instead of the « GZ control ».

The boldest way would be the LePaul « Bluff pass », but you cannot use it for all the effects.

Here is a link to get more ideas : http://forums.geniimagazine.com/viewtopic.php?

t=24729#p170430

The new GZ control :

I will teach in this ebook another way to do the GZ control.This is the one I use with business cards or for mental card tricks.

Here is the new move :

Have a stack of thirty business cards or so, (or double blank cards cards).

Here is a bold ,but very useful idea : I bought a lot of double blank Bicycle decks and had the cards cut at a dimension slightly bigger than business cards.You just need to have the long sides cut actually .

They look like blank business cards, but are easier to manipulate than business cards (those have a tendency to stick together and are not easy to manipulate...)

The participant can examine them. Hand him a pen and turn your back.

Ask the spectator to sign on the top half of the business card , and to draw or write something under the signature.

When he is done, he has to turn the card over, in order to have his drawing face down.He can check that nothing can be seen through the card .

After some talk, take the stack back and without looking , you are going to execute the

«move ». You can close your eyes too, if you want .

Hold the business cards in your left hand, with the thumb on top.

Push the top card with your left thumb.

Now, here is the change from the other method : Take the card with the other hand, and show it openly in full view to the audience or to the spectator.

While you do this, slightly push the top card with your left thumb :

Move a little bit upwards , your left your index and main finger :

The right hand now inserts the business card between the index and the main finger :

The two left fingers will serve as a guide to insert the card inside the tiny gap.

The right hand just has to push down the card and you are done !

Back to the starting position :

The top card is now an indifferent card and the second card is the spectator's card .

You can now turn your head back towards the spectator and push the indifferent top card face down on the table, very slowly ,so that everybody sees it is really the top card .They are convinced it is their card.

You can also just put down the whole stack on the table, and ask the spectator to do it.

Practice this simple move to make it smooth and natural . It is KEY to success,and you will have a killer weapon !

The full view peek :

You are now with a stack of business cards in hand, and the top card contains the spectator's drawing. The orientation of the drawing may or may not be the right one, depending on how the spectator handled the card, but it does not really matter to duplicate it.

Like in « twin peeks » , the same methods can be used to see the drawing.

But here is a new one for you : - Variation 4 :

Shuffle the stack of cards , cut it, or have it cut by the spectator . Casually spread the cards to show they are all blanks.

Turn the stack over : If you spread the cards briefly and widely toward you , the drawing will appear .Cut the stack of cards to bring the drawing to the rear.

Spread again all the cards casually, except a few bottom ones in order not to flash the drawing.Again, all the cards are blank .

You do all this while you are talking . I talk about the cards, complaining that I have no clue and that I am in « deep cheat » (- : as this is not a normal deck of cards , there is no way the cards can give me a clue as they are all blank, and I wished they were real playing cards .It would be much easier to find a card !

Then, turn over again the whole stack. The spectator's card is face down on top.

NOTE : Other methods are possible ,using sleights like the « KM move » or the « Kelly bottom replacement » or « Ovette Master move » .

Finale :

Here is another difference with the previous methods revealed in « Twin peeks » : Here, you are going to do your drawing(or else) on the BACK of the spectator's drawing !

You can ask for a witness to watch you , while you are now going to try and read the mind of the other spectator .Make sure you SIGN the card as well .Have the witness sign it as well if you want !

Draw a shape that is similar , or write a word which is very close or the same as the one you peeked. But use small characters if the spectator used capital letters or vice versa .If it is a drawing, add details that are not on the spectator's drawing (for instance ,if it is a house, add a tree or a chimney , or the sun ).

And when you are done, just put it face up on top of the (supposedly) spectator's drawing on the table.

The spectator should be very surprised , and his reaction should be enough to close the effect! Thank the participant for opening his mind so well , and for making this experience successful .

Casually do a false Mexican turnover ,or use misdirection just after you reveal your

drawing, to simply turn over both cards at the same time and reverse their order to bring the drawing on top. They will see a blank card (supposedly the back of your drawing) and the spectator's drawing with his signature .

Take both cards away and put them casually in your pocket . Do not put them back on top of the stack and you are clean...You can have the stack examined .

Proceed with another effect or redo the same one ,but use a completely different

presentation and method . ( use one described in « Twin peeks » for instance that would allow you to leave them with the drawings as a souvenir.)

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PART II

99% IMPROMPTU

JANUS V3

Introduction

Janus V3 is a very simple and practical two-way out system.It is impromptu as long as you have a number of business cards and a wide elastic band (Although this could be replaced by a gimmicked clip or piece of metal , or a ribbon.). You actually predict whether it was right or wrong.

It can also be used to hide a secret message.

Ideas for effects :

With this system, for some of the effects , you can « reverse » the prediction . I mean that the spectator has to guess what you have written and not the opposite.

Some examples : - Honey moon

This effect was published in « Love Mysteries 1 ».

A lady names two places where she thinks you (or she) would like to go for your honeymoon. You write your place on a business card (that can be borrowed and examined) .When she reveals her thought, you amazingly predicted it !

- Heads or Tails

An invisible coin is tossed and the spectator must guess whether it is heads or tails.Whatever he says, the prediction will always be right.

- Red or black

The performer writes a prediction.

The spectator shuffles a deck of cards and selects a card face down.

The performer predicts whether the card was RED or BLACK.

- Lottery

The spectator has to guess which prize you would like to win at a lottery.

- Sports game

You predict which team will win . Can be any game with two opponents or teams of course.

Etc.

Secret :

Here is the « Honeymoon » effect in more details . This is the one I will use for the explanation. For the other effects, I think it is obvious ,but I will give some brief explanations later.

You present some business cards and give them out for examination.They could be

borrowed.The lady names two places in the world where she (or yourself) would like to go for her honeymoon.

« Now try to guess in your mind which one I am going to choose. »

You have the lady examine and sign one of the business cards . You write one of the two places under her signature and put it face down on the table ;.

You declare : « I wrote the place where I would like to go myself. ».

« Which place dis I write on the business card in your opinion ? »

When she reveals her thought, you predicted what she would say,whether it is right or wrong .

Explanation :

You know the old OTL (« Out To Lunch ») principle. It is probably more than 100 years old.This is what inspired me... But you do not have to prepare anything.All you need is a pack of normal business cards ( 20 or 30) and a wide rubber band. The number of cards will depend on the size (circumference) of the rubberband.

The second part of the secret here is Max Maven « Positive / Negative ». If you don't know the secret , it is on Video Mind Volume 2.

Here is how JANUS V3 works :

You have the pack of cards surrounded by a wide rubberband after everything has been

examined.

Ask the lady to sign the upper part of the business card ( above the rubber band).

When you write your prediction, you secretly write also , the « Positive/Negative »

information under the wide rubberband (just pushing the rubberband with your thumb , or

« rolling » it).

Write it on the left hand side of the business card.

And, on the lower part of the business card, you write either one of the two places she named, it does not matter which one.

If the lady then says she thought of the same city as the one you wrote , all is fine . Just turn the pack of business cards over.

If the lady says the other place, remove the bottom business card and give it to her as a souvenir.

But how can you give your business card in the first case as well ?

There are two possibilities : either you write the hidden information with an erasable ink marker and rub it off with your thumb,when it is not needed, before handling the business card , or you use a subtlety :

You say : « Let me give you the card as a souvenir .»

You then remove the business card (without showing the secret inscription of course) and say :

« I sign it for you with my name on it. » (or whatever you decide to hide the « NO »)

You write « Anonymous Magician ! » around the secret writing to hide it .That's it. It is bold but it works , and it ends your act logically and in a humourous way or else depending on your style. If you redo the effect , you can change the end by using another out for disguising the « NO »

Instead of writing ANONYMOUS, you can write something else, as long as it hides the NO and suits your patter. For instance : UNKNOWN xxx, KNOWN xxxx , SNOOPY , NOW , WOW ! ,NOON , NOT xxx, NOTE : xxx, TEL. No ! , My Name is := , etc.

NOTE : You can enlarge the possibilities , depending on how you write the « NO » (with capital characters or small, style, spacing between the N and the O , style/font , etc.) you can create different words .

I have exagerated the writing in the photograph below. Note that the «exclamation mark

« ! » was not necessary and should have been avoided. It is just here for the demo.

Handling :

To « disguise » the « No » , you have two possibilities : - Either you move the rubberband up. ( Photo A )

- or you slide the business card down. ( Photo B ). This solution is easier if you use a ribbon instead of a rubberband.

- Or you « roll » the rubber band ( Photo C ) Photo A :

Photo B :

Photo C :

Rubber band :

You can find all sizes for wide rubber bands in office supplies stores (but they are difficult to find in my city) , or on the web.The width should be 10 mm .The length (when laid flat) should be between 50 to 80 mm depending on the number of business cards you want to carry with you. It is called « L.A.P » in French , standing for « Longueur à plat » .So if you cut the rubber band and you measure it , it will be approximately two times the « L.A.P » You can also do it yourself with a bike inner tube . Just cut it with scissors at the right dimension ( about 0.5 inch or 10 mm )

Instead of a rubber band you can use curling ribbon (used for wrapping gifts), but you have to justify it. For instance you can wrap your pack of business cards like a gift and the spectator must guess which prize you would like to win at a lottery or as a present. For instance : 1 Million dollar cash or 20k$ per month for the rest of your life .If you want to play a joke : a Ferrari or a goat ? .

Other ideas :

- You may find also rubber bands for hair

- You can build a gimmick with a piece of metal that you bend around your business cards.

- You can sew a band of elastic sold in mercery shops for fabrics . - You can use velcro bands

- Watch when you go to buy vegetables .Sometimes they are attached with large rubber bands.

Final thoughts :

- Instead of writing like in « POSITIVE/NEGATIVE », you can write :

« YES, it will...

NOT

be NICE,in France . »

The « NOT » is hidden under the rubberband.With this idea, you can better allow the

spectator to win all the time.The « YES » or « CONGRATS ! » will make it look like a WIN You can also write words like : WITH or WITHOUT ,etc .

- Variation : The secret information hidden by the rubberband , can be written with an erasable dry marker ink and you would erase it or not during the performance depending on the spectator's answer.(I suggest you order an Xpert pen from Neil Tobin.)

This implies that you are using glossy or laminated cards to write upon ,prior to the

performance .You woud still have an impromptu effect if you prepare your business cards : Buy a roll of Velleda film and glue it on one side of the business cards.(You can also order special business cards, as suggested in the Xpert manual.)

On all those business cards write the secret information with your erasable marker ,and attach them with the wide rubberband over it.

During the performance, just use a regular Sharpie of the same ink color ,to have the card signed , and to write your prediction.

This solution, allows you also to give away the business card without having to « disguise » the secret information. Just rub it off with your thumb, when it is not needed ,while you remove the business card to give it away .Everything is left examinable at the end.

The drawback is that it is not examinable at the beginning and you cannot use standard business cards.

Recommended readings : Terri Rogers - « Wipe-out »

Neil TOBIN – Xpert ( http://www.necromancerevents.com/ ).

Kenton KNEPPER - « X factor »

Scott GUINN - « Assertive positive/negative » Max MAVEN - Videomind Volume 2

I will now briefly explain some other effects you can present with Janus V3 .

In document UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID (página 162-166)