A general magic shop caters professionally to magicians selling many illusions. Most magic shops sell Rope Tricks and balloon tricks and card tricks... which are just a few which the majority of amateurs can perform well without much difficulty. The performance itself is what makes the difference. To be convincing just take a look at the way professional magicians perform their illusions.

Comedy magic acts have become very popular in recent years. Many magicians will keep a running dialog of jokes and even appear to flub tricks only to perform more amazing magic tricks successfully. The way in which they distract their audience is to keep them laughing and they use this distraction to set up their illusions. One comic magician, famous for his card tricks, would appear to be staggering drunk. The illusion of drunkenness was the perfect foil to the dexterity required for his card tricks.

A general method for misdirection which has become increasingly popular is the factor of shock. This is a special skill perfected by magician such as Chris Angel. He can create an incredible suspense by apparantly putting himself in impossible and dangerous situations. In fact, some of these illusions do involve a possability of risk and definitely should not be tried by amateurs. Even with regulary preparation, some magic tricks which involves things like fire can go awfully wrong. A magic shop usually does not sell illusions involving danger to the non professional.

Before buying a magic trick from a magic shop, decide how you will present the magic trick in a way unique to yourself that will entertain your audience while misdirecting them. Most people know that magic is generally just a trick, yet people still want to believe it's real magic. The real magic is creating the suspension and disbelief in your audiences so that they genuinely believe in magic, even if only for the duration of your performance.

Learning how to do an illusion is only a small part of magic tricks. Creating an atmosphere where the impossible seems possible is the most important part. David Copperfield spends more time preparing his audience for the performance of one of his amazing illusions than he spends doing the actual illusion. The Amazing Kreskin performs a mentalist act during which he is able to have the audience suspend disbelief by the use of subtle suggestions, almost like mass hypnosis. Kreskin has written a number of books and has lectured police on the use of techniques for recovering memories of witnesses and detecting lies through the observation of body language.

If you would like your magic tricks to be convincing, just look at the differences in illusions offered by your magic shop and think about how you would like to present them. Find a good illusion that you know you can present well... and in an entertaining and convincing way. Magic is a unique state of mind.

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