| 0:00:20 |
Academy Introduction |
| 0:01:25 |
Course Introduction and Overview |
| 0:08:10 |
Performance: Mr Morgan or Mr West |
| 0:12:30 |
Explanation and discussion |
| 0:27:30 |
Why this is an opening trick? |
| 0:31:10 |
Handling props |
| 0:32:20 |
Teaching audiences how to respond |
| 0:34:55 |
Summary |
| 0:37:35 |
Comments on comedy |
| 0:39:00 |
Comments on working as a pair and ad-libbing humour |
| 0:43:50 |
Question: Why do you sometimes meet and greet before a show? |
| 0:47:20 |
Question: Does the fact that you're a Victorian act mean you have to choose your tricks very carefully? Why do you use green and purple cards? |
| 0:50:50 |
Performance: Bottles |
| 0:54:15 |
Explanation and discussion |
| 1:08:45 |
Theming and altering props |
| 1:13:50 |
Building faith with your audience |
| 1:17:05 |
Question: Did you work together before you became Morgan & West as a duo? |
| 1:20:25 |
Question: How did you pick your characters and have they changed over time? |
| 1:28:20 |
Break (Ends: 1:30:20) |
| 1:30:40 |
Performance: The Ten Card Trick |
| 1:35:30 |
Explanation and discussion |
| 1:52:00 |
Audience/Spectator management |
| 1:56:45 |
Card splitting |
| 2:04:45 |
Question: What glue to use to put split cards back together? |
| 2:05:50 |
Origins of this trick |
| 2:13:50 |
Question: What is the best piece of advice you would give for putting on a first stage show? |
| 2:15:50 |
Question: How do you audience test your shows? |
| 2:22:40 |
Question: Pre-tour prep |
| 2:31:50 |
Performance: Happy Rotter |
| 2:42:10 |
Explanation and discussion |
| 3:09:15 |
Question: Do any members of the audience ever come dressed as Victorians? |
| 3:13:10 |
Question: What is your script writing process? |
| 3:16:20 |
Question: Can you tell us about your Penn and Teller Fool Us experience? |
| 3:20:40 |
Closing comments |
| 3:23:00 |
End |
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References |
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Drawing Room Deceptions - Guy Hollingworth |
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Maelstrom; Vortex - Tom Stone |
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VDP (DVD) - John Van Der Put |
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Reflections - Helder Guimarães |
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AmazeBox by Mark Shortland and Vanishing Inc. |