Derren Brown: Archive
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From: highroller entertainment casting
Date: Sat Apr 6, 2002 5:35pm
Subject: Re: Book And Video
--- In a previous message its_the_gman wrote:
> Recieved The Devils Picture Book and Absolute Magic today. Replying
> to my older post it only took a week to get here.
>
> Got them in the post at 8.00 am and sat through the video twice (6
> hours!!) Amazed the whole way through. Have to say to anyone that
> doesnt have the video to get it NOW , its fantastic.
>
> Having spent the rest of the day practising the first Mental force
> (before anyone replys I know that to master it it will take a lot
> longer) I tried it out on my little brother (15) and one of my
> friends. Worked perfectly both times. GET THIS VIDEO!!! Need to
get
> Royal Road to Card Magic out and start revising my sleights (who
> cares about university exams, this is more important) as the card
> routines are nearly as amazing as the mental ones.
>
> Started reading the book tonight and had to force myself to put it
> down. It's patter and style is so refreshing. As you can see this
> post is dated at 4.00 am, that is how good the book is.
>
> All in all a very satisfied customer, only problem was my book
wasnt
> signed.
>
> P.S I do not want derren to release a book on his mentalism, it
will
> only be reveiled to the public and ruin it for all us lovers of his
> work. A book on reading people with some mentalism tricks would be
> far better and keep alot of his methods private.
>
> P.P.S Is anyone scared to use the second mental force on anyone as
it
> seems to risky that it could go wrong.
There is an element of risk with any trick, but as Derren points
out, sometimes just being 'close' is enough to garner the sort of
reaction you're looking for. If you can get the number and colour of
the suit right, the actual suit itself becomes largely irrelevant,
simply the icing on the cake for more sophisticated audiences.
I would caution you about being too dogmatic as to whether or not
you copy Derren's force routines word for word....once you understand
how they work, it is easy to fool about with them and customise them
to your own preferred working style. I'm actually doing forces with a
Tarot set at the moment, which rather helps to double the 'spooky'
value!
Just a quick question for anyone who has seen the video....which
routines do you find more impressive? The 'invisible deck' routine or
the ones which use cards and let the audience member do the 'reveal'
by themself?
Although the invisible deck routine seems a lot more thought out
psychologically, contains many more components and seems like a more
realistic demonstration of 'mind reading' as there is nothing else to
read, I personally don't think you can beat the shock of the audience
member holding the card in their hand after they've removed it from
their pocket, gaping at it in a mixture of shock and awe.
Any thoughts?
