Whats up guys,
Today, as I was daydreaming and not paying any attention what so ever in Spanish 1, I was thinking:
What makes people want to see a person perform again and again?
What makes people want to watch a movie again after they've seen it already?
What makes people want to read a book over and over again?
And why does some people only see a show or read a book just once. Just read or watch something and just be over with it and not interested anymore?
I found an answer and this can benifit your performance tremendously by tweaking your show just a tiny bit.
Magic is a form of entertainment. Much like music, television, movies, and books. Some movies such as Forest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, Radio, We Are Marshal, Coach Carter, ect., have meaning to it. People connect with it. Relate to it in a way. As suppose to flops like Epic Movie and Doom, that in my oppinion was mindless humor and violence, I don't seen getting an Emmy anytime soon.
Magic is the same. If you attach meaning or something that will relate to your audience on an emotional level and connect with them, that will keep them coming back for more. It doesn't have to be every effect that you have to have much meaning for, but some point in your performance you have to truely have this connection with the audience that you can just feel. An effect I use to do this is Daniel Garcia's "Life". You can make this effect much more than just a magic trick. It can be something beautiful. And I believe it was Gambit that said that we once performed this effect and made someone cry. The same with someone eles with v. 2 of Stigmata.
If you don't do this and just "do" the trick with absolutely no connectivity and no care in the way your audience feels emotionally, then your performance will be a flop and they won't remember you longer than a couple weeks. Your goal should be to make them remember you forever. I don't suggest trying to make them cry but just try to get this vibe with your audience somehow, and you will have one hell of a show. And you never know, someone in the audience might be a talent agent or something and if you really just have this vibe to him/her, then you might make it big. If not, we wont think twice.
Be more than some kid doing magic tricks on the side of the street. Inspire someone. Make them feel like they are in a dreamland just for a moment. Because like all great movies/music/books, you must have moral and meaning.
What things do you do and effects you use to get this connection? What do you do to give the audience that experiance they'll never forget?
Today, as I was daydreaming and not paying any attention what so ever in Spanish 1, I was thinking:
What makes people want to see a person perform again and again?
What makes people want to watch a movie again after they've seen it already?
What makes people want to read a book over and over again?
And why does some people only see a show or read a book just once. Just read or watch something and just be over with it and not interested anymore?
I found an answer and this can benifit your performance tremendously by tweaking your show just a tiny bit.
Magic is a form of entertainment. Much like music, television, movies, and books. Some movies such as Forest Gump, Saving Private Ryan, Radio, We Are Marshal, Coach Carter, ect., have meaning to it. People connect with it. Relate to it in a way. As suppose to flops like Epic Movie and Doom, that in my oppinion was mindless humor and violence, I don't seen getting an Emmy anytime soon.
Magic is the same. If you attach meaning or something that will relate to your audience on an emotional level and connect with them, that will keep them coming back for more. It doesn't have to be every effect that you have to have much meaning for, but some point in your performance you have to truely have this connection with the audience that you can just feel. An effect I use to do this is Daniel Garcia's "Life". You can make this effect much more than just a magic trick. It can be something beautiful. And I believe it was Gambit that said that we once performed this effect and made someone cry. The same with someone eles with v. 2 of Stigmata.
If you don't do this and just "do" the trick with absolutely no connectivity and no care in the way your audience feels emotionally, then your performance will be a flop and they won't remember you longer than a couple weeks. Your goal should be to make them remember you forever. I don't suggest trying to make them cry but just try to get this vibe with your audience somehow, and you will have one hell of a show. And you never know, someone in the audience might be a talent agent or something and if you really just have this vibe to him/her, then you might make it big. If not, we wont think twice.
Be more than some kid doing magic tricks on the side of the street. Inspire someone. Make them feel like they are in a dreamland just for a moment. Because like all great movies/music/books, you must have moral and meaning.
What things do you do and effects you use to get this connection? What do you do to give the audience that experiance they'll never forget?
