Dan Hauss
"In this effect the spectator is shown a queen of spades that can be thoroughly
examined. She is asked to place her hand over the queen and imagine her going to sleep. When she
removes her hand, seconds later, the queen is sleeping! The magician waves his hand over the deck
and the queen begins to wake up from her sleep. This happens slowly and the spectator sees the eyes
gradually open. At the end of the effect the spectator can keep the card as a souvenir."
Sleeping Queen
Method:
Like all of Dan Hauss' effects the method is great and very
clever.
Gimmick:
This effect does involve a gimmick, but once you have it with you, you
are all set to go. I could not find my gimmick in the stores I went to so I must special order mine
online, and the gimmick is cheap.
Set-up:
The set-up takes about 15 seconds, the only
downfall here is that you must perform the effect with-in about a 30 minute time period, of the
set-up.
Practicality:
The effect is super practical, and is very easy to perform in
front of a spectator.
Teaching:
Nothing wrong here everything is gone over in great
detail.
Quality:
The quality of the video is top-notch.
Reactions:
I am
yet to try this out on spectators because of the fact that I do not have the gimmick yet, but once I
purchase my gimmick, I will have a live performance of the effect up. I don't see why this effect
would not get amazing reactions.
Bonus:
The Download/DVD has 2 great bonuses, they are
both gum effects which are practical, easy, and hard-hitting.
Rewrapped:
This
effect:
- You offer the spectator a piece of gum from an opened gum pack
- You show them the
pack and then with a shake the pack rewraps itself instantaneously
- You then open up the pack
again to show everything is clean
Method:
The method is very clean and to the point
Gimmick:
The gimmick is very clever and will take some time making it, you must remake
the gimmick each time you do the effect, that is the only downfall to this effect.
Set-up:
Once you have made the gimmick you are set-up
Practicality:
The effect is very
practical, and easily performed in front of spectators because you don't do anything that is not
natural.
Teaching:
Nothing is left out here.
Reactions:
I have done this
effect once and the reactions are very hard-hitting.
Bonus # 2 / Gum through wrapper:
The Effect:
-A pack of gum is showed from all sides
-Put the deck in your hand
-With
a little shake a piece of gum penetrates the pack
- You then open the pack to prove that there
is now a piece of gum missing
Method:
Well thought out.
Gimmick:
This is
amazing, the gimmick is just so well thought out.
Set-up:
This will only take about 2
seconds to get into "position."
Teaching:
Nothing is left out.
Practicality:
The practicality on this effect is great, there is nothing not natural, everything is motivated
and you do not do any funny moves.
Reactions:
I have not done this effect live yet but
because of the visualness of the effect, this WILL get great reactions, as long as it is performed
and well and the technique is there.
Practice:
This effect will take some time to get
it to look right but once you have it down, you are good to go.
EVERYTHING:
Overall:
These effects are great to add to your collection of effects because all 3 of these
effects are highly visual and very practical.
