Magic Video - MOVES Manuscript Nigel Harrison
Description & Effect
Unlock the secrets to truly invisible card magic with Nigel Harrison's acclaimed 'MOVES' manuscript, now available as a convenient digital download. This comprehensive guide isn't just a collection of tricks; it's a deep dive into the art of seamless sleight of hand, meticulously crafted to elevate your card routines to a professional level. Discover techniques that are practical, natural, and devastatingly effective in real-world performing situations.
The Philosophy of Naturalness
Nigel Harrison's approach to card technique is rooted in simplicity, ensuring that each 'move' appears effortlessly natural and innocent. This critical design philosophy means that the techniques you'll learn are engineered to fall 'under the radar' in any performance situation, allowing your magic to truly astonish without suspicion. Forget flashy, obvious maneuvers; 'MOVES' equips you with subtle, powerful methods that blend seamlessly into your existing repertoire, making them incredibly practical for real-world close-up magic. Nigel's method to his madness is to make every move seem like nothing at all, preserving the magical illusion.
Mastering Core Techniques
Every technique within this manuscript has been broken down into exhaustive, step-by-step detail. Nigel leaves no stone unturned, ensuring that you fully grasp the mechanics and, more importantly, the psychological impact each move can have on your audience. From deceptive false cuts like 'The Nion Cut' and 'Optical Spin Cut'—which perfectly retain deck order—to visual transformations such as the 'SL Color Change' and the unique 'Single Litt' that fluidly morphs a single card into a double, you'll acquire a versatile arsenal of skills. Other invaluable techniques include the 'Reverse Top Change' for quick card exchanges, the '1 Hand Drop Turn-over' for flashy reveals, and the 'Spread Cull Exchange' for clean, free card selections. Each technique is presented with an emphasis on its practical application and influence within your professional card routines.
Nigel's Own Ambitious Card Routine
As a crowning jewel, the final chapter of 'MOVES' reveals Nigel Harrison's personal, highly successful Ambitious Card routine. This professional-grade sequence masterfully incorporates many of the innovative 'moves' taught throughout the manuscript, providing you with a complete, audience-tested routine that has become one of Nigel's favorites for close-up performances. This routine alone offers immense value, demonstrating how to weave individual techniques into a cohesive, captivating magical experience. Whether you're an aspiring card magician or a seasoned pro looking to refine your craft, 'MOVES' provides the foundational and advanced techniques necessary to achieve truly astonishing, imperceptible card magic.
Original Specs
Nigel Harrison's "MOVES manuscript" is a compilation of practical card "moves" that can be discretely implemented into just about any card routine you do. His approach to technique and the method to his madness is simplicity. Therefor, the moves have an appearance of naturalness and innocence that effectively allows them to fall under the radar in real world performing situations.
Nigel has made every effort to break the moves down step by step, in great detail to ensure that you understand the techniques, and the influence that these moves can have within your professional card routines.
The final chapter of this manuscript details "Nigel's Own" ambitious card routine which has become one of his favorite, and more successful, routines to perform in professional close-up situations.
Content Includes:
• The Nion Cut - A flashy false cut that retains the order of the whole deck
• SL Color Change - A visual transformation of any chosen card
• Quarter-back Cut - Extremely innocent in appearance. this false cut retains the order of
the top 1(4 of the deck
• Single Litt -A unique "move" that changes a single card into a double. Very useful in
ambitious and transposition routines
•Optical Spin Cut - A visually appealing and technically simple false cut that retains the
order of the entire deck
• Reverse Top Change - A quick technique for exchanging the top two cards of the deck
• 1 Hand Drop Turn-over - A flashy method of revealing the top card of the deck
• Gullible - An obvious (to magicians). yet often overlooked. convincer
• Spread Cull Exchange - A super clean method of exchanging any freely
selected card for another
• Double-back Flip - Instantly turns a double-lift into a single card
• "Nigels Own" AC Routine- Nigel's ambitious routine that incorporates many of the "moves" explained in this booklet
