shadow tent

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Permalink Reply by Justin on September 13, 2008 at 7:46pm

"ass shadow tent"

I believe this was "add shadow tent."

Here is a very good link for the shadow tent and I think you would be find performing this illusion: Denny Magic

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Permalink Reply by josh on September 14, 2008 at 9:02am

opps, haha, and wow! i shop at denny magic alll the time! thanks for your time

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Permalink Reply by Kipp Sherry on September 18, 2008 at 2:51pm

Josh,

It is very easy to perform, but you must keep in mind that it is a stage effect and should only be performed on a stage. It requires rehearsal, timing and showmanship.

Until we appear again,
Kipp Sherry

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Permalink Reply by josh on September 19, 2008 at 12:00pm

ok thanks :)

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Permalink Reply by Bill Palmer on September 28, 2008 at 11:21am

Kipp stated this very well. Stage illusions require stages to perform on. They also require consistent, dedicated assistants. They also require a LOT of rehearsal and a lot of thinking.

I remember seeing Denny and Lee work at a convention a long time ago. Denny knows what it takes!

The main thing that you MUST have is a basic story for presenting the illusion. Mac King has one of the cleverest ideas for this that I could imagine. It would be very tempting to copy it, but it would also be wrong.

So, if you decide that you want to do this illusion, spend some time scripting it and choreographing it on paper before you invest the money. You and your audiences will be glad you did!

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Permalink Reply by Phineas Spellbinder on August 23, 2009 at 6:48am

One way to "try out an illusion" before investing a lot of money in it, is to build a full-sized working proto-type from PVC Pipe or cardboard. Jim Gerrish has many of his plans for PVC Pipe Illusions for the Really, Really Cheap Illusionist on my site. You don't have to be cheap to use them, however, just cautious and frugal. Many of the illusions can be used just as they are made from PVC pipe. A good proto-type allows you to see how the illusion is built (for very little cost - usually under $50 for most illusions), but then you can rehearse with it, work out staging and lighting, etc., and even use it in a few trial performances before you decide you want to make or buy a more expensive version.

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Permalink Reply by Jim Mysterio on August 23, 2009 at 11:29am

get the book Illusiontech 1.
ou can find the shadow tent in there and you can make it yourself for 50 euro's (so says the introduction of the book)
There are other illusions in the book which you can make yourself going from 1 euro to 10.000,00 euro.
You can even make a head twister yourself for 1 euro, a stretcher illusion for 75 euro...
The book itself should be around the 45 euro's so probably 50-60 dollars. Its better to buy the book and make it yourself then to buy the trick and then come to the conclusion you cant use it...

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Permalink Reply by Jim Mysterio on August 23, 2009 at 1:56pm

and its also always nice to learn how the build such things; I believe it gives you a greater insight to the effect itself when you build it yourself.

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