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Always room for improvement... ?

May 22nd 2009, 08:37 AM
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Robj
Jester He/Him Australia
You feed the madness, and it feeds on you. 
Ok, last time I made one of these video I asked for people's comments and I just decided to make another video, taking into account the previous comments. Last time Someone said that the background and shirt design ruined the mood I was going for, and yes it did ruin it.
For those of you who didn't see the previous topic and don't know what the hell I'm talking about, click here to read the previous topic.
Also Since then, my card handling skills have improved.
So, I made another video today, for your entertainment and I am quite pleased with the result....
So I ask you - is this not epic enough for everyone?

Extreme Card Manipulation - new performance.

I always like to improve so please tell me what you think of this video. Both positive comments and constructive criticism are welcome!
May 22nd 2009, 11:15 AM
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pillbug
Peasant He/Him United States
Love! True love! 
You actually expect me to believe that those are your hands and not an insanely fast card handling robot's?
Jk. I liked everything about that video except for the fact that I have been trying to do Eiffel Tower for like a month now, and then you precede not only to do the Eiffel Tower, but without the cards falling down.
Excellent job. At first I thought that it would be to dark, but the cards and your hands were bright enough to make it seem even more awesome than if it were bright.

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Performance: 10/10
Effects (Lighting, transitions, etc.): 10/10
Overall: (Insert clapping sounds)
May 22nd 2009, 11:39 AM
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Robj
Jester He/Him Australia
You feed the madness, and it feeds on you. 
Thank you! I'm glad you liked it.
The dark background actually turned out better than I thought.
May 22nd 2009, 04:28 PM
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krisknox
Peasant He/Him United States
The site's resident Therian (Dire Wolf, Dragon) 
i didn't enjoy it NEARLY as much as i did for the previous one. i know an awesome trick that you would like.

first get a deck of cards, cut the deck so that you have 26 cards, discreetly look at the bottom card, remember it. next have them pick a card, put it on the top after they see it and memorize it. look them in the eye and put the top half of the deck on the bottom, their card will be under the bottom card. look through the deck, until you find the bottom card. as i've said before, the card they picked will be under the 'bottom' card, get rid of four cards, putting their card on the bottom of the deck, cut the deck and ask them to choose a deck, if they choose the one with the card in it, have them put it in between their index finger and their middle finger, tell them to hold on not too tightly, but tight enough that when you hit the deck, (you have to slap the cards to 'reveal' their card) the bottom card stays. the reason for cutting the deck in the first place is so you don't have a big mess to clean up.

performance= 5/10
lighting=1/10
tricks=9/10
overall=7/10
(insert a sound of 'meh.' here)
May 22nd 2009, 08:32 PM
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schnapper
Peasant He/Him Heard Island And Mcdonald Islands
Let us save our effort and just lie down and die. 
Geez bro! how d'you learn this stuff?
May 22nd 2009, 08:34 PM
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Robj
Jester He/Him Australia
You feed the madness, and it feeds on you. 
"i didn't enjoy it NEARLY as much as i did for the previous one. i know an awesome trick that you would like."
Like I said I always like to improve. So could you be a little more specific, what didn't you like about it?
The lighting was meant to add to the 'epicness', the light kind of wrecked that last time.
May 22nd 2009, 10:47 PM
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ExDeathevn
Peasant He/Him New Zealand rumble
"Skinny Legend" 
Kris is just being a noob. He even repeated what he typed in another thread, his version of a "card trick" *coughlamecough* His one also requires more than one person, so its more of a lame magic trick.

Anyway, good work! I treely enjoyed it, HAW HAW HAW!! *coughIFAILcough*
May 23rd 2009, 02:08 AM
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Robj
Jester He/Him Australia
You feed the madness, and it feeds on you. 
"Anyway, good work! I treely enjoyed it"
Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it.

If you watched the video, please tell me what you think people!
June 2nd 2009, 07:49 AM
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I didn't enjoy this as much as the first video. After watching the first video again, though, I'm not sure why, this does improve over that in many aspects. Other than the lightning that could have been better (Some of the effects with the light were cool, like when you moved the cards closer to the camera before cutting out, but the hands/deck should have been better visible overall), a big problem was that you're standing in the top-left corner of the screen, occassionally even outside of the picture.

Besides, I kind of liked the godawful striped shirt and the room in the background. =) The shirt gave personality to the video, and the room made it seem more realistic. An ordinary guy... An ordinary room... EXTRAORDINARY tricks!