CPR Change by Lloyd Barnes

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CPR Change by Lloyd Barnes

Here's part of the ad copy..

"CPR Change is a visual, silent and open colour change that happens under the cover of a one handed shake.

Based on the look of the Clipshift, the CPR Change is medium skill level and requires no heavy knuckle busting movements. Also, the bottom card never changes."

Check out the demo here, Disturb Reality // CPR Change by Lloyd Barnes


Going into this thing, I was interested in learning a new color change. What I found was a sleight that can be used for much more than that!

The CPR Change was explained by Lloyd in 15 minutes, and he's very straightforward and to the point. There's no cheesy hollywood style production that is unnecessary in magic videos, just the actual explanation.

As far as the difficulty, this is definately intermediate. This isn't a sleight you'll do in a few minutes, although within the first hour or so I had gotten in perfectly several times. To be consistant however, it will take a lot more practice. This obviously isn't a con, as all magic takes practice before performance.

At the end of the video, Lloyd shows some bonus handlings and applications of the sleight. These are great, but after thinking for a few minutes, I thought of many applications of this sleight in other effects I currently perform. Not only can this sleight take place of other moves, but it will add a lot of flare! Don't get me wrong, the change itself is awesome, but once you apply it to your current magic, then it seriously becomes such an asset.

As magicians I feel like we should all have a series of effects we master, and then of course can add in sleights or alternate handlings to improve the performance of those effects. Once you master the CPR change, you WILL use this in your card magic...trust me. And again, this isn't HARD, but it is medium difficulty, although everything becomes easy with practice.

Happy Holidays!
Bryan

[zini]

I think the method behind this change is hardly new. It's age old in fact, repackaged as newer "effects" like Harbor Change by Michael Hankins. It's also explored in one of Alex Linian's recent sleight video. It's even been done by people like Marlo, Steranko, Malone, etc.

Personally, I do not support people who take old materials, modifies the handling slightly, and re-sell it as an original creation (unless credits are given when due). But then again, this is my personal ethical dilemma. As always, my assumptions are based upon my limited knowledge. You are, of course, entitled to your own views =)