 Hey everybody welcome back to magic orthodoxy my name is David and this is a magic review Hey today, we're gonna look at screen test from Steve dimmer. What is it? It's a mentalist routine that uses a movie postcards movie titles or your specular picks a Random postcard and then you are able to discern which one they picked. You'd like to see what it looks like. This is it Your spectator selects a movie from a bunch of 17 mini movie posters While your head is turned they read out a list of every single movie contained within this pack Now with no peaks and no memory work You can instantly tell them what movie they're thinking of now your pulse is already starting to race. So this is a thriller Yeah, so I want you to try and think about what the movie is about in your mind Just make it up as you go along, but it's Okay, this is a thriller. Can you just visualize the poster that you just looked at just visualize it in your mind This is a lineup, isn't it? Are you thinking of the usual suspect? Now if that wasn't strong enough with my bonus handling you can actually predict a second spectator's movie on Your ringtone in fact, let's try something else as well because remember I popped a card down here Well, we'll try something else this time I'm not gonna ask you to to remove the car, but I want you to see that the cards are all different Okay, we're gonna give them another mix up. So I don't know the order and you don't know the order more important Okay, just touch the back of anyone. Just touch the back of one this one here. Yeah, that's all right So you're not gonna take it out. You're just gonna remember it. Yeah. Do you know what that movie is? You've seen it before Yeah, okay, I'm gonna turn my head. I'm gonna show the camera Okay Now I couldn't have known what movie we're gonna choose there, but remember I said I made a prediction This is something that I believe was gonna happen. Okay, you're thinking of one movie on the card Is a number does that make any sense to you at all? Apart from being a mobile phone number Okay, pick up your phone and Do me a favor just dial this number for me and when you've dialed it just press call Perfect, do you know the thing change to this movie you'll think no, yes, you don't yeah, cool Is that it what you think of the choice? All right, so that was Steve dimmer. You might have also recognized Peter. Nardi He is heavily on this video as well. This is published by Alakazam magic Alright, so a couple questions. We always ask about all of our magic reviews. The first of which is what is in the box? Hey, what's in the box? You're gonna get 17 movie postcards. These are high-quality thick postcards I'm not laminated, but they are done on a very thick stock and you're gonna get a download code to a 50 minute video teaching instruction that includes both Steve dimmer and Peter Nardi You get all of their tips tricks and advice. Is it what I thought at first just reading the ad copy I didn't really know what to expect kind of had maybe some ideas, but didn't know for sure But when I got it, I will say that it is based on very traditional Mentalist work. How are the angles on this? There are zero angles You're totally angle-proof and you're good to go from all directions. Can these cards be inspected? Absolutely, you hand them out as part of the routine your spectator gets to hold them all go through them Make a free selection. You don't need to hold them at any time All right, so what's the overall quality and production value of the video? It is one steady shot You do get some live performances that are done in a theater But for the most part it is Peter and Steve sitting at a table discussing the routine since it is a mentalist routine You're not going to need all of the multiple camera angles because there are really slights involved But it is done in HD and it's everything you'd expect from Alec-Azam Magic. Is it well made? Absolutely, like I said the video shot in HD. It's got really good sound The cards themselves are done on really high quality stock and should last you a very long time How much practice does it require? Not much. It is going to take some memory work However, okay, so there is some memory work involved and so I would offer that the more memory work you do the less practice You're going to need But other than that it's just kind of figuring out the routine and how you're going to phrase it all and put It all together. I think though that once you figure out the secret You should be able to do this pretty quickly. How much setup and reset is there? There is none. You get the cards and the cards do all the work You don't have to have them in any particular order So what are the positives to screen test? The positives are I think a lot of the movie titles are very familiar That's nice that you're using posters and titles that I think people will recognize instantly Also, you're going to get lots of extra handlings and some extra input from Peter, Nardi and Steve And so I think that always goes a long way when buying a single marketed effect. All right So what are the negatives like we say around here? There's negatives to everything. These are just the negatives I see for this effect. They don't have to be the negatives that you see There is one title Amongst all of these that I think an American audience will not recognize Alec Azzam is a British company and Steve Dimmer and Peter Nardi are both British as well And so this might play better Overseas, I don't know but there is one title that your American audience won't recognize We're hoping they'll just blow past it and not give it a second thought They'll just look at the title and assume it's some old 1950s movie that they don't recognize But that was just one tiny little negative second negative for me is originally when I got the effect I didn't know how it was done and I didn't watch the video. I didn't watch the download I simply went through the cards Inspected the fronts and backs and within a couple of minutes. I figured out how the trick was done So I figured out how it was done without even watching the explanation So that could be an issue for some people especially trying to pass this by another magician or somebody that has a working knowledge of magic It's not that difficult to figure out and so that was just a little bit of a negative But I do also have the working mind of a magician and the average person doesn't and so who knows Maybe this might blow past a lot of people and and be a really good hit So I do have a tip for taking the heat off of the gimmick. Okay, and so here's my tip Okay, the trick itself is so that you have the card freely selected and then as they read through the titles You're listening to the inflections in their voice and you're able to tell which card is the one they're holding Here's what I would do. I would use the gimmick and learn the title of the holding and then stop the effect and say It's not working. I'm not picking up anything. I don't I don't I don't understand, you know, what's going on? Take the cards back note the top card Cut it to the center and force it with simple riffle force and force the title Then while they're holding their card and not saying anything to you just focusing on the title You reveal mentally Which card they took and then you say now your mind is clear now I know the title to the first card you selected and reveal that one also That way with the second effect you're erasing the process that took place in the first effect You don't want them to backtrack through the trick and then try to discern how you did it So by doing the second trick in a more mentalist type way, even though you're forcing it It shouldn't make it look like a force You're gonna reveal the second title and then that will seem much more magical. That is just my advice for this effect All right, so is it worth your money? It's $46. It's $46 almost 50 bucks For the download and for the cards Is that worth it? It depends I guess on your venue I think if you use this as a stage trick and I think the card size This is how big the cards are so it doesn't really work for a walk-around effect You're not gonna stick these in your back pocket So I think if you're doing this on stage and you're using it as a stage effect in a mentalist routine $46 is right in the pocket. I think it would be well worth it. Who would like this mentalist? Like I said stage mentalists I think that kind of works better for the size of this effect All right, so that is screen test from Steve dimmer and if you'd like to purchase your own you can find it One of your favorite Murphy's Magic suppliers. Thanks. Bye