English
OFFBEAT
nick diffate
Take sixteen routines tested in the field, with a real audience, one of the funniest magicians on stage today, combine them with nine tests, hundreds of stylized color photos, fresh and original art, and the point of view of a worker on how to appropriate his work, and what do you get?
A superb quirky book!
The first collection of Nick DIFATTE is not full of tips.
What fills its pages are stunning, attractive and concrete routines, designed and developed by one of the most workers, funniest and talented artists in the world of magic.
Towers with balloon animals, strings and handcuffs adapted to the biggest scenes (these are three different routines, and not one!), Miracles in close-ups with contact lenses, Gum sticks and playing cards, each effect is presented with clear details such as crystal, accompanied by lines, manipulations and ideas developed on the ground.
These towers are amazing, achievable and practical. Offbeat is a magic book that you will do - because it has been made thousands of times, in the real world, by a professional. Are there tricks that are difficult to make? Not really (even if you will find some secrets hidden in the pages of the book). Preparatory work? A little. But the end result is well worth the time we devote to it.
The effects themselves are completed by tests on Comic magic, the presentation, the way of being bad on stage (and why that's good), and a host of other thoughts hard acquired by DIFATTE.
A 190-page book, 7 x 10 ", with a rigid luxury canvas cover, with original illustrations by Vernon James and photographs of Brett Loudermilk, and a foreword by Mac King.
"Offbeat is full of strong, innovative and commercial magic while presenting a real mood change experience in the form of funny and stimulating trials, skillful photos and fanciful illustrations. It is a richly garnished banquet Visual thought.
-Joel Hodgson, creator of Mystery Science Theater 3000
