Price$10.00
Media TypeDVD
CategoryClose Up
Date AddedApr 22, 2008
Reel Magic Quarterly Episode 4
(Based on 2 reviews)
View ClipFeatures:
John Lovick - Bill Malone on his Life & Magic
John talks to the CEO of Comedy Magic, Bill Malone
Andrew Pinard - Continuum
Todd Robbins, performer and Deen of the Coney Island Sideshow school, talks about the workd of the Sideshow, how to make performances meaningful and expresses his concerns about the future
Columns:
Jon Armstrong - Small Things, Big Difference
Little things that will make a BIG difference in your magic
Simon Lovell - Simon said IT!
Flourishes: magic or juggling?
Garrett Thomas with Try This At Home
The Effects of adding emotion to your magic
Reviews:
David Regal - Tricks of the Trade
Wayne Kawamoto - Choice Cuts
A conversation with the legendary Mark Wilson including a look at his new DVD set The Magic Circus
Bonus Tricks:
Bill Malone's "Thinking Main;s Sponge Ball Routine". from the new three DVD set Bill Malone: Here I Go Again! published by L & L Publishing!
Lonnie Chevrie's "A Stab in the Dark", from the DVD set that includes Wanted!: The Outlaw Magic of Lonnie Chevrie published by KozmoMagic
Justin Millers' "3 Card Melody" - A ReelMagic Quarterly exclusive
Cameron Francis' "Cagey" - from the DVD set The Omega Mutation published by Big Blind Media
Running Time Approximately 120min
Reviews
(Top ▲)
These DVDs are hard products to review individually. It’s like reviewing an episode of 20/20, or a particular issue of a magazine. Overall, I think these are filling a much needed gap in the magic world. It’s the closest thing magicians have to a TV Channel. It has it’s flaws, but it also has it’s achievements. I’ll go over the format in general, then I’ll go over my highlights of this particular issue.
The production quality is top notch, and many of the columnists are very natural on camera. People like Garrett Thomas, Jon Armstrong, David Regal, and even Simon Lovell really made a connection to me through the TV screen in each episode I’ve watched.
That said, several interviewers come across as insincere, goofy, and seem to be just going through the motions. One person I’ll mention by name here is John Lovick. He doesn’t look the person he’s interviewing in the eyes, and you sometimes get the sense he’d rather be somewhere else and that he’s doing this interview as a favor. I honestly got this sense from every interview I’ve seen him do. I’ll admit, working on camera is HARD. However, after watching yourself on video once or twice you should start to clue into things like this.
The music in between each segment is the same, and gets old real quick. The entire program is always well put together, and I even like the commercials for various DVDs, tricks, & websites in between the main segments. It’s a nice break from the longer segments, and even if a commercial gets on your nerves, you can hit the skip chapter button.
The two highlights for me on this particular disk were the interviews with Mark Wilson, and Todd Robbins.
Watching the Mark Wilson interview, you get to see him so relaxed & real on camera. Wayne Kawamoto comes off as unnatural & acts a little goofy on camera at several points. That aside, it’s great to hear a guy who’s been involved with magic on TV from the very beginning talk about where it’s been and where it’s going.
The Todd Robbins interview is the gold mine on the disk. He obviously gets what makes a performance work. He talks about things we magicians should really pay attention to if we want to be great performers.
If the Todd Robbins interview is the gold mine of the disk, then Jon Armstrong’s work on the Mercury Card Fold in his column is a nice golden nugget. If you do the move already, check this out, it’s worth the price of the DVD!
I hope this is a project that continues for many more years, and Kozmo should be very proud of the work he’s doing. I just hope he’s asking people for their honest advice about how to make it better, and that he’s following it!
It’s very good, but has plenty of room for growth! I can’t wait to see how it grows in the future!
The production quality is top notch, and many of the columnists are very natural on camera. People like Garrett Thomas, Jon Armstrong, David Regal, and even Simon Lovell really made a connection to me through the TV screen in each episode I’ve watched.
That said, several interviewers come across as insincere, goofy, and seem to be just going through the motions. One person I’ll mention by name here is John Lovick. He doesn’t look the person he’s interviewing in the eyes, and you sometimes get the sense he’d rather be somewhere else and that he’s doing this interview as a favor. I honestly got this sense from every interview I’ve seen him do. I’ll admit, working on camera is HARD. However, after watching yourself on video once or twice you should start to clue into things like this.
The music in between each segment is the same, and gets old real quick. The entire program is always well put together, and I even like the commercials for various DVDs, tricks, & websites in between the main segments. It’s a nice break from the longer segments, and even if a commercial gets on your nerves, you can hit the skip chapter button.
The two highlights for me on this particular disk were the interviews with Mark Wilson, and Todd Robbins.
Watching the Mark Wilson interview, you get to see him so relaxed & real on camera. Wayne Kawamoto comes off as unnatural & acts a little goofy on camera at several points. That aside, it’s great to hear a guy who’s been involved with magic on TV from the very beginning talk about where it’s been and where it’s going.
The Todd Robbins interview is the gold mine on the disk. He obviously gets what makes a performance work. He talks about things we magicians should really pay attention to if we want to be great performers.
If the Todd Robbins interview is the gold mine of the disk, then Jon Armstrong’s work on the Mercury Card Fold in his column is a nice golden nugget. If you do the move already, check this out, it’s worth the price of the DVD!
I hope this is a project that continues for many more years, and Kozmo should be very proud of the work he’s doing. I just hope he’s asking people for their honest advice about how to make it better, and that he’s following it!
It’s very good, but has plenty of room for growth! I can’t wait to see how it grows in the future!
(Top ▲)
If there were an all magic all the time cable channel, this would be it. It ranges everywhere from interviews to free tricks, to product reviews to tips and tricks for improving your magic, even magic commercials.
Six times per year, you will receive a DVD and while you watch it, you will feel like you're watching a day time talk show with the host interviewing celebrities, celebrities like Mark Wilson, Jay Sankey, Jonathan Pendragon, Bill Malone, Jason Alexander, Paul Harris, Harry Lorayne, and a ton more. The craziest thing is the price. It's only $55.00. $55.00 for 6 DVDs. Not to mention that each DVD teaches at least 3 different tricks.
No matter what level you are at in your magic career or hobby, you must subscribe to this. You'll learn more about the art and history of magic, about what made some of the most successful magicians of our time and times past. You'll learn new tricks, new tips on how to improve your magic.
Garrett Thomas has a section on there entitled Try This At Home. It's excellent. It gives little pointers and practice techniques to help you become a better magician and a better actor, and an overall better performer. You've got John Lovick and Andrew Pinard as the Hosts/Interviewers of the celebrities. Always awesome!
Simon Lovell's Rant will definitely get your juices flowing. Jon Armstrong's Small Things, Big Difference will help you fine-tune your skills and practice better. David Regal waxes poetic as he reviews the latest products in magicdom. Wayne Kawamoto's DVD reviews and interviews are always excellent.
This one is a definite GEM. If you don't subscribe already, go to Reel Magic Magazine or to your favorite magic dealer and get on board.