Price$25.00
Media TypeDVD
CategoryClose Up, Pyrotechnics
Date AddedAug 15, 2008
Spontaneous Combustion
Jay Sankey
(Based on 1 review)
View ClipIt's been thousands of years since humans first learned to make fire and yet there's still something about fire that's dramatic, exciting and even a little frightening.
And when you combine fire with an unexpected appearance, revelation, transformation or vanish, you have the kind of wildly visual magic that really hits people on a gut level.
Spontaneous Combustion features all of Jay's most popular effects with flash paper including:
THE PHOENIX EFFECT - A spectator's own initials vanish in a burst of fire and reappear on the back of a thought of card! Magic + mentalism + fire = COMPLETE INSANITY!
WHOLEHEARTED - The PERFECT effect to perform for women! You tear a paper heart in half, vanish one half in flash of fire and then have the heart appear, completely restored IN THE SPECTATOR'S HAND!
FIREFLY - A CRAZY VISUAL two coin transposition with a borrowed and marked coin!
MELTDOWN - A piece of tissue paper initialed by the spectator visibly melts down through the top of a coffee cup! Easy to do too!
SIGNED, SINGED & DELIVERED - A true "Sankey classic." Two initialed pieces of paper change places under the fairest possible conditions! And when we say you 'end clean,' we mean SQUEEKY CLEAN! Featuring an inspired structure and stunning visuals!
BLAZE OF GLORY - The signed card appears in a ball of fire. (Try beating that!) Jay also shares a brand new handling for this memorable routine!
On this groundbreaking DVD Jay also shares the secrets behind some super magical new effects including THE PLAYING CARD REVELATION, HOLE IN ONE, T+R NAPKIN and MORE!
- Astound people with Jay's most famous flash paper effects!
- Plus learn brand new outstanding routines!
- Magic for ALL SKILL LEVELS!
- Fire is REAL MAGIC!
NOTE:FLASH PAPER NOT INCLUDED.
WARNING:ALL FLASH PRODUCT ARE EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND SHOULD BE USED WITH CAUTION.
Running Time Approximately 1hr 13min
Reviews
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Ok many of you probably know that Jay Sankey and I are good friends and that we've worked together on a project or two in the past, and we also are consultants to one another.
I get feedback from him on my stuff, and he gets feedback from me on a lot of his stuff. Additionally, I do not receive any sort of compensation whatsoever for reviewing or "pitching" his products (I was not involved in this particular project).
I tell you that up front just to sort of clear the air and to let you know that when I give Jay feedback, I'm brutally honest with him. I tell him if I think he has a crappy idea or a good idea. He wouldn't have it any other way, nor would I. So I want to make it clear that Jay's products get the same level of scrutiny as any other products I review.
On to the review:
For all the pyromaniacs out there, this is the DVD for you! Over the years, I've seen several different effects on Jay's DVDs that used flash paper, and I've always thought it would be cool to have them all in one place as a reference.
Well I dream no more. It's here. Jay covers everything from how to carry flash paper with you, different theories on when and why to use it, to making clear how dangerous it can be. He then overloads your senses with tons of killer ideas and effects you can do with flash paper.
* Draw a bunch of playing cards on a piece of paper; light it, and all the playing cards vanish except the selected card.
* Draw a bunch of numbers on a piece of paper; light it, and all the numbers vanish except the thought of number.
* Torn and restored heart with a killer presentation
* Transposition of signatures
* Transposition of coins
* The Phoenix effect!!!! - This one alone is worth the price. A signature vanishes from one card and reappears on a thought of card in a flash of fire.
There are tons of visual effects and ideas on this DVD. And of course as is normal with Sankey DVDs, it opens your mind and gets you thinking of other ideas. I've actually talked to Jay about this teaching style, and it's one of his goals when producing a DVD; more than just teaching you some effects, but truly inspiring you to come up with your own effects. You'll definitely get this out of Spontaneous Combustion. GEM!