Jamz, I'm with Stranger_M here. I thought it was a 4 card flourish too. I still can't see the magic effect after several viewings so more contrasting faces and a little patter would help it out I think. Nicely handled.
Why do the 6s change into 9s? that's almost the weakest transformation you could have. It's like taking a red ball and transforming into into... A SMALLER red ball! Patter would also be nice once in a while. Good effort, thanks for the upload.
"As Im sure you have noticed the 2 sixes are shown twice to create the illusion of 4"
After I realized that the six of clubs changed to the nine of clubs then.. yes.. I thought that you are maybe doing this. So I watched the routine very carefully (even stopped the video sometimes) and then began to see what you are doing. The thing is the way HOW you are showing the 2 sixes as 4. It's just too confusing (because of the card spins) and most of the time we just see the six of clubs. The red six is barely shown. I know why you don't want to show it so long but when I watched it the first few times I couldn't even tell if this was also a six or not. Also instead of sixes and nines I think it would be better to do this with face cards and aces because the contrast is much more visible. But personally..I would just do some DLs or some other false displays because I think this flourishly-style presentation is somewhat confusing and distracts from the overall effect.
I personally love this effect , and if you were to get rid of the count you would destroy the flow of the effect , This effect is well thought out and if done right will serve you well.
This is a strange effect , I will break down what you are ment to see.
First I display 4 cards , I then move the cards around showing 4 sixes. After this I spin the sixes and they turn into 4 Nines.
As Im sure you have noticed the 2 sixes are shown twice, to create the illusion of 4.
This effect works on the glimpes priciple , if you notice you see the faces of the first 2 sixes for a longered period of time. The second two are only shown for a split second, only enough time to take in the colour of each card. So they see (Six of clubs , six of hearts , black , red ). so they assume they have seen the other 2 , sixes because of the colours they have seen.
I think the reason you guys are getting confused ,is because you are paying to much attention to the faces of the cards. Unlike a spectator who wouldnt be quite as sharp and wouldnt be able to re watch it over and over.I have performed this effect hundreds of time and I have never been called on it.
OK, after I watched it a few more times I realized that the six of clubs changed to the nine of clubs. I think the reason why I didn't realized it the first time was because I got too confused about the card spins and about the fact that there wasn't any patter that would tell us to "watch the six of clubs". But still.. I'm not sure about the other cards..because they were barely shown. Ok, I saw a red six, too. Now I can only guess that the effect here is the change of four sixes to four nines, but you didn't really convey it through your video performance.. So my advice is: Make the effect more clear through patter and through a less confusing handling. Please don't misunderstand me. I don't want to put you down. I just want you to know that the effect wasn't clear because of the things I mentioned above. So, just work on it and it will be fine. :)
