Chad Sanborn's Mind Bender

Garrette · 2nd September 2003, 11:18 PM

Anyone used his spoon-bending technique?

Just got the DVD and was pleased with the simplicity and boldness of it, but surprised that the method was blindingly obvious to me.

Now I'm wondering if it's because I simply think differently than most audiences or if it's truly that blindingly obvious. Would it fool a lay audience?

Yeah, yeah, I know I could just try it, but dammit that's SO blindingly obvious...

homunculus · 3rd September 2003, 07:07 AM

In my experience, the secrets to magical effects are often "blindlingly obvious" once you know them. The methods Geller used are really, really simple in principle. It's the presentation and handling that transforms it into something miraculous-looking.

Paul.

GroundStrength · 4th September 2003, 08:26 AM

I feel the same way about some moves. But good patter and misdirection are all that's needed for it to be successful. I also quit caring about getting caught by the spectator.

The King Rising levitation is like this. The move takes balls and you're thinking "Holy Crap I'm out in the open here" but ballsy(is that how you spell ballsy) moves make for jaw-dropping effects sometimes.

I like to move at the spectators along weird angles when doing metal-bending. One of my best moves happens right in front of their face with the tine of a fork.

Keep practicing

2nd September 2003, 11:18 PM	#1
Garrette Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,927	Chad Sanborn's Mind Bender Anyone used his spoon-bending technique? Just got the DVD and was pleased with the simplicity and boldness of it, but surprised that the method was blindingly obvious to me. Now I'm wondering if it's because I simply think differently than most audiences or if it's truly that blindingly obvious. Would it fool a lay audience? Yeah, yeah, I know I could just try it, but dammit that's SO blindingly obvious...
Garrette Philosopher Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 7,927

3rd September 2003, 07:07 AM	#2
homunculus Scholar Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 93	In my experience, the secrets to magical effects are often "blindlingly obvious" once you know them. The methods Geller used are really, really simple in principle. It's the presentation and handling that transforms it into something miraculous-looking. Paul.
homunculus Scholar Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 93	__________________ "By the time God has been depersonalized to the point of being some abstract and timeless principle of beauty or goodness, it is hard to see how the existence of God could explain anything. What would be asserted by the 'explanation' that was not already given in the description of the wonderful phenomenon to be explained?" - Daniel C. Dennett

4th September 2003, 08:26 AM	#3
GroundStrength Scourge of the Attentionwhore Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Houston Baby! Posts: 649	I feel the same way about some moves. But good patter and misdirection are all that's needed for it to be successful. I also quit caring about getting caught by the spectator. The King Rising levitation is like this. The move takes balls and you're thinking "Holy Crap I'm out in the open here" but ballsy(is that how you spell ballsy) moves make for jaw-dropping effects sometimes. I like to move at the spectators along weird angles when doing metal-bending. One of my best moves happens right in front of their face with the tine of a fork. Keep practicing