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Becoming a Magician
from: 101 Magic Secrets RevealedHere are some helpful tips if you're considering a career as a magician.
1. Keep studying, maintain high grades, obtain a scholarship, study and finish a degree, and have a 'real' occupation. Magic may be a good hobby, but you shouldn't consider it your main career choice. Your chances to become a wealthy and famous magician are just about the same as become a really prominent rock star. Not to discourage you from following what you want, but it might be wiser for you if you have other back-up plans in case being a magician doesn't lead you to your ambition and goals in life. Many amazing artists, including magicians, died hungry and penniless.
2. Take classes in drama in your high school as well as college studies. Learn to act. Learn the process of building sets, in writing, directing, and producing. You should get some speech classes. Learn aspects on timing, enunciation and presentations. By learning these things, you're building your blocks to performing success.
Knowing the secrets and moves of the magic trade are of course valuable, but it means nothing compared to the true value of presentation.
3. Creating your character. Have some costumes, such as a tuxedo to match your character. Like a doctor when he or she wears his or her white cloak, or a clown when he or she puts his or her make-up, you transform yourself into a magician when wearing your costume.
Have you decided already what your stage name is? You could make one up or just use your real name. Are you serious or funny, or both? Are you mysterious and dark, or flashy and bright? Create who you should be. Don’t worry that you'll get stuck with a character that eventually you don't like anymore -- the character you have will grow and evolve as you go and can be changed anytime.
4. Creating your act. Create a list of all the tricks you know. Then sort them. Are these tricks parlor-sized, close-up ones, or actual stage performances? Once you've sorted them, list all the tricks according to their order of presentation and impressiveness. In short, what are your best acts, and what are the worst? List first your worst tricks and then the best ones at the last items. Remember that you should always finish with the best tricks you have.
Your act should always begin with tricks that are flashy and visual. Get the attention of your audience before building their amazement all throughout your show and end with the best trick.
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