Price$35.00
Media TypeDVD
CategoryGeneral
Date AddedAug 06, 2006
Magic Making - The Stand-Up Creations Of Martin Lewis DVD, Volume 1
Martin Lewis
(Based on 1 review)
Volume One:
Cardiographic
Yes you can make one, it’s easier than you think! For the first time on videotape Martin reveals all of the details and subtle touches that brings his sketchpad card rise effect into the miracle class. Martin's famous sketchpad card rise alone is worth many, many times the price of this DVD
Big Switch
A great MC bit. Attempting to right a wrong the peformer shows the audience how to switch a card… Literally!
Snacks Alive!
Martin’s take on the classic vanishing bottle. The delayed climax provides a pleasing ending without insulting the audiences intelligence. Perfect for both children and adults.
Come-Back Card
A very visual card effect for the platform. A card keeps jumping to the face of a pack, which is out of the performers hands. Created by Martin’s father Eric Lewis.
Technicolor Prediction
A prediction effect with built in comedy that leads up to a suprising finale. Easy to customize for different audiences. Each time the outcome is different.
Ripstix
The classic Chinese Sticks never had much of a finish until now. This one leaves the audience really baffled.
Reviews
(Top ▲)
Martin Lewis, son of Eric Lewis, is a laid-back, charming performer who also has in his possession a cunning mind, which he occasionally takes out for walks. This DVD, Making Magic features 6 little marvels that resulted from these journeys, and sports a title with a double entendre, referring both to the performance of the material and its construction (every item must be hand-made).
Seated at his kitchen table, surrounded by string, scissors, cardboard and other craft supplies, Martin makes like Martha Stewart and shows us how to build an array of devious props and gimmicks for real-world use. We also get an opportunity to see the routines performed for actual humans in a parlor-show setting.
"Big Switch" is essentially a jumbo card revelation preceded by a quick gag. The gag is a tad "punny," but the revelation doesn't hinge on it, so even those of us who are more sensitive to these things (i.e. PUNS AREN'T FUNNY!) might be inclined to throw it in anyway just because it sets up a strong moment of magic.
"Snacks Alive" is an excellent use for the Neilsen Vanishing Bottle, and gets three times more mileage out of it than the classic approach to the vanish. It also requires very little construction and can be prepared in a matter of minutes.
"Come-Back Card" is a visual platform effect in which a card jumps repeatedly to the face of a deck that is resting in a wine-glass. It's surprisingly magical, given the method, and also requires little by way of construction.
"Technicolor Prediction" is one of my favorite effects on the DVD, and perhaps the simplest. Two of three different-colored envelopes are freely chosen, leaving one behind for the magician. When the envelopes are opened, the slips of paper inside reveal that the magician accurately predicted the distribution of the envelopes. There is also a funny build-up to the actual prediction involving two pseudo-predictions that makes the whole routine more entertaining.
Next is "RipStix," and I think we can all agree that if you're going to release a version of the Chinese Sticks, you had better be offering something new to the genre. Thankfully, Martin does, with a kind of disposable version where everything is destroyed at the end, leaving no hint as to the method.
Finally, the highlight for me (and already known to many) is Martin's wonderful "CardioGraphic," the rising-card-on-sketchpad that generated no small amount of excitement upon its initial release, and a fair number of knock-offs. This alone is worth the price of the DVD for anyone who will take the time to make it.
In view of the fact that every trick on here could just as easily have been manufactured and sold by Martin separately (indeed, some of them were), this is an excellent buy.
David Acer
Seated at his kitchen table, surrounded by string, scissors, cardboard and other craft supplies, Martin makes like Martha Stewart and shows us how to build an array of devious props and gimmicks for real-world use. We also get an opportunity to see the routines performed for actual humans in a parlor-show setting.
"Big Switch" is essentially a jumbo card revelation preceded by a quick gag. The gag is a tad "punny," but the revelation doesn't hinge on it, so even those of us who are more sensitive to these things (i.e. PUNS AREN'T FUNNY!) might be inclined to throw it in anyway just because it sets up a strong moment of magic.
"Snacks Alive" is an excellent use for the Neilsen Vanishing Bottle, and gets three times more mileage out of it than the classic approach to the vanish. It also requires very little construction and can be prepared in a matter of minutes.
"Come-Back Card" is a visual platform effect in which a card jumps repeatedly to the face of a deck that is resting in a wine-glass. It's surprisingly magical, given the method, and also requires little by way of construction.
"Technicolor Prediction" is one of my favorite effects on the DVD, and perhaps the simplest. Two of three different-colored envelopes are freely chosen, leaving one behind for the magician. When the envelopes are opened, the slips of paper inside reveal that the magician accurately predicted the distribution of the envelopes. There is also a funny build-up to the actual prediction involving two pseudo-predictions that makes the whole routine more entertaining.
Next is "RipStix," and I think we can all agree that if you're going to release a version of the Chinese Sticks, you had better be offering something new to the genre. Thankfully, Martin does, with a kind of disposable version where everything is destroyed at the end, leaving no hint as to the method.
Finally, the highlight for me (and already known to many) is Martin's wonderful "CardioGraphic," the rising-card-on-sketchpad that generated no small amount of excitement upon its initial release, and a fair number of knock-offs. This alone is worth the price of the DVD for anyone who will take the time to make it.
In view of the fact that every trick on here could just as easily have been manufactured and sold by Martin separately (indeed, some of them were), this is an excellent buy.
David Acer