Price$45.00
Media TypeOne-Trick DVD
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedJan 29, 2009
Energy Bill
Andrew Gerard
(Based on 1 review)
VIDEO CLIPS
The performer offers a demonstration of Human Energy. A bill is borrowed, signed and placed on the table. Held at the performer's fingertips, the bill starts to move. The performer lets go of the bill and steps a few feet away... the bill continues to move! Finally the performer gestures and the bill falls over! This DVD goes over every detail you will need to know to be doing this right away. Performance notes and subtleties are included along with Andrew Gerard's personal presentational ploys. Andrew Gerard has become known as a creator of effects that connect with your audience. Energy Bill has the potential to devastate even the most hardened skeptic....
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- No Threads
- No Magnets
- No Static
- No Blowing
- Performed with a borrowed bill / no switches
- Examinable before and after
- No Devices used of any kind
Reviews
(Top ▲)
I have very mixed feelings about this. On one level, it embodies so much of what I think is wrong with magic DVDs these days.
The good news is that it's a great effect. I'm actually surprised it hasn't been published before. Maybe it has. My knowledge in this area is far from complete.
I've talked at length with my friend Eugene Burger about these one-trick DVDs. When I was growing up, something like this would have been found in a $3 magazine. The author probably wouldn't have been paid anything for the contribution. They'd just be happy with the credit.
Honestly, I was shocked when I saw the $45 sticker price. If it had been a $10 or $15 DVD, I probably would have just kept my mouth shut and given it a great review.
But, seriously, $45? Is it worth that? I don't think so. Even for a working pro, this effect is only going to last about 30 seconds, at best. And while it's certainly a good effect, I don't think it's going to be your closer.
To add insult to injury, I couldn't even get the DVD to play in any of my stand-alone DVD players. I have three of them. One old one, one relatively new consumer-grade Sony and a high-end, multi-region JVC. I finally got it to play in one of my computers.
Maybe the saddest part of it all is that the creator seems really sincere. Hell, if this were something he was going to pass on to people one-on-one, it could easily be worth many times the price of this DVD. It could remain something special that only a few chosen were doing. But for some reason this little gem has been “sold out.” I'm just not sure the rewards are going to be worth it.
The good news is that it's a great effect. I'm actually surprised it hasn't been published before. Maybe it has. My knowledge in this area is far from complete.
I've talked at length with my friend Eugene Burger about these one-trick DVDs. When I was growing up, something like this would have been found in a $3 magazine. The author probably wouldn't have been paid anything for the contribution. They'd just be happy with the credit.
Honestly, I was shocked when I saw the $45 sticker price. If it had been a $10 or $15 DVD, I probably would have just kept my mouth shut and given it a great review.
But, seriously, $45? Is it worth that? I don't think so. Even for a working pro, this effect is only going to last about 30 seconds, at best. And while it's certainly a good effect, I don't think it's going to be your closer.
To add insult to injury, I couldn't even get the DVD to play in any of my stand-alone DVD players. I have three of them. One old one, one relatively new consumer-grade Sony and a high-end, multi-region JVC. I finally got it to play in one of my computers.
Maybe the saddest part of it all is that the creator seems really sincere. Hell, if this were something he was going to pass on to people one-on-one, it could easily be worth many times the price of this DVD. It could remain something special that only a few chosen were doing. But for some reason this little gem has been “sold out.” I'm just not sure the rewards are going to be worth it.