Learning The Tricks: Box Tricks
Are you one of those people who would like to learn the tricks
after seeing a magic show? Would you like to do some tricks on
your friend especially when you want him to just "poof!" out of
your life for a while? Then, it is time that you learn the
secret in doing magic tricks.
The problem is that most people who want to learn magic tricks
could not get them directly from a magician. Probably, they were
just afraid you could outwit them, or maybe they do not simply
want anybody to learn the tricks.
However, the truth is that everybody can learn magic tricks.
Obtaining the skills in order to perform magic tricks is not
limited. It is open for everybody who is willing to learn and
master the craft.
Take for example the well-loved box tricks. Most people are so
amazed with the fact that people can disappear with just a snap
while inside the box. The good thing about it is that they can
easily reappear in the box.
Impossible? Think again.
Box tricks, like any magic tricks are all based on illusions.
The purpose of these illusions is to amaze and bewilder the
audience, generating a belief that something extraordinary had
just taken place.
In reality, people knew that these box tricks are just forms of
trickery but the fact that the action is truly baffling;
everybody is entertained.
Generally, box tricks entail the disappearance of a person after
he was placed inside the box. With just a tap on the lid, and
some "magic words" the person inside the box disappears.
Usually, the secret to these box tricks is based on the box
itself. These boxes are made from a huge "cardboard box" that is
carefully made in such a way that the trick can be executed
without having to give the audience a hint.
Hence, the box should be made in such a way that the person who
will fit into the box could easily get hide behind it without
having to reveal any means of knowing the trick.
How to Make the Box
The greatest secret in box tricks is based on the composition of
the box. Here is how to make the magic box:
1. Choose a box that has plenty of room for the person who will
get in. Be sure that he will still be able to move a little once
he needs to get out of the box at once.
2. Cut the box's base. Be sure you to leave an edge on the three
sides.
3. Slit the "false bottom" from an additional portion of the
cardboard fixing it in the interior, and fastening it with the
center of a sturdy tape.
4. Fasten them on the grip.
5. Slash or fasten jointly a "one-piece" cardboard cover. Try to
color it with a dark hue to add more fuss.
The Box Trick
Basically, the magic box that is being used in the trick has a
bogus base. This means that the box has no real, solid bottom.
This make up is generally made in order to allow the box to be
tipped forward without having to reveal the person inside the
box.
The tricky part here is that when the magician tries to tilt the
box forward, so that the audience can see whether the person is
still inside or not, the box actually slips over the person who
is inside it. The reason why he is not exposed to the audience
is that he is tugging the "hinged" base closed by simply
clutching its grip at the same time.
In this way, the person is blocked out at the back of the magic
box. The magical part is that the audience is amused on how the
person had vanished.
This type of magic trick is usually known as stage magic,
wherein the magician or the performer will do the trick in front
of many people.
With the demands of the audience, the effectiveness of the box
trick as one type of the stage magic is based on stage presence,
proper timing, comedy value, and other skills that would
generate amusement without having to appear that the performer
is making a trick out of the audience.
The most important thing, when somebody wants to learn this kind
of magic trick is that he should be able to divert the
audience's attention from one area to another. It is through
this moment that the trick is being executed without the
audience realizing it.
So, if you want to learn the box tricks, be sure that you have
all the skills properly coordinated with the ideas you will
obtain. Keep in mind that a good trick is only applicable to
those who were amazed with your act, so be sure to perform your
best shot.