Magic Video - People Skills by Matt Mello
Description & Effect
Unleash Unbelievable Crowd Control Predictions
Imagine this: you're on stage, or perhaps at a lively party, and a volunteer from the audience steps forward. Their task? To direct a group of people, perhaps a dozen or even a hundred, to either the left side of the room, the right side, or back to their seats. They make every single decision freely, without any input, suggestion, or involvement from you. The choices are theirs alone, creating a dynamic, unpredictable sequence of movements.
Now, for the impossible part. Once every person has been directed by your participant, you reveal a prediction. This isn't just a vague guess; it's an exact, undeniable record of every single decision they made, proving you knew the outcome before it even began. Matt Mello's 'People Skills' isn't just a trick; it's a demonstration of pure, unfathomable mental influence.
Effortless Mastery for Any Performer
What makes 'People Skills' truly revolutionary is its ingenious, self-working method. Despite its monumental impact, it's one of the easiest demonstrations Matt Mello performs. You simply provide the initial instructions, then sit back and watch the magic unfold. There's no complex choreography, no need for secret moves, and absolutely no stress on your part. The method does all the heavy lifting, leaving you free to focus on presentation and audience interaction.
This digital download reveals a powerful, versatile piece suitable for a variety of environments. While it shines on stage, engaging a significant portion of your audience, it's equally effective in more intimate settings like school events or private parties. The core appeal lies in its clean, direct nature: no preshow work, no hidden stooges, no cumbersome gimmicks, no 'outs' to cover, and no complex sleight of hand required. 'People Skills' delivers maximum impact with minimal effort, allowing you to consistently astound audiences with your apparent ability to predict human behavior, always with 100% accuracy.
Original Specs
People Skills is a demonstration in which you predict the decisions a person will make on a crowd of people. Your main participant openly chooses if people will go to the left side of the stage, the right side of the stage, or if they will be sent back to their seats. The performer is in no way involved in the decision making process. When everyone has been sent somewhere by the spectator, you're able to show a prediction that proves you knew every action they would make!
This is the largest demonstration that Matt performs, and also happens to be one of the easiest! All that's needed is to give the person the instructions to select people, and then you can sit back and relax and do NOTHING; the method is completely self-working. At the end, without you needing to do or switch anything, they remove the prediction from their pocket and find that you're correct...ALWAYS!
People Skills is primarily a stage effect, but can also be used at parties or in school, sending people to either side of the room or to sit down. There is no limit on how many people can be included in the game, so it's the perfect piece to get a ton of audience members involved with the show. It typically uses about fourteen people, but if you're Derren Brown, you could fill a room with a hundred people and could still predict the outcome of the person's decisions!
-No Preshow
-No Stooges
-No Gimmicks
-No Outs
-No Pateo
-No Equivoke
-No Sleight of Hand
