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BULLET
Matthew Mello
Nick Verna
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This is the best impromptu coin in bottle I have ever even seen. I am so glad Justin teaches this, he is a great performer, a great teacher, and a great magician overall.
INTRO:
This is basically the titles and such. It is very well put together, and edited very nicely. There is a montage of the coin penetrating the bottle, followed by a montage of the great reactions. Just by watching this, you can tell you’re in for a great DVD/download!
PERFORMANCES:
The first performance is of the first and easiest version of Bullet. It is the one where the spectator’s think there is a hole in the bottom from the trailer. Then you get to see them trying to pop the coin through the bottom of the bottle, but keep dropping the coin.
The next one is the same as above, but the date is noted. The 2 women he performs it for start giggling once they examine the bottle.
The next performance is the first version again, but they completely cut the penetration part out of the video.
The one after that is again another performance of the first version.
Next is the 2-phase version called Airborne using a coin signed on both sides.
Here is another great performance of the Airborne 2 phase routine using a signed coin.
This next one if the first version of Bullet, but done with a signed coin, and a borrowed bottle. Justin goes up to a guy with a bottle full of liquid, it is dumped out, and he immediately performed Bullet. The spectator says Justin basically has special powers.
That is it for the performances for Bullet but there will be flashbacks in the teaching section showing when he does a certain move.
TEACHING:
First off, Justin performs Bullet for the camera (the best I’ve seen him do it so far), and then immediately tells the basic ingenious method behind Bullet. He says, “any sports bottle will work”, but in fact, ANY bottle will work. You could do this with a glass bottle, soda bottle, pill bottle, or whatever your want. He now talks about displaying the bottle, and showing it completely empty. His teaching is incredibly in depth, as this trick is incredible. He teaches the basic sleight used for the penetration very well. This is so easy; someone with arthritis could do this and fool people. The second after you penetrate the coin inside the bottle, you can hand it out immediately. You could even slap the coin again the bottom of the bottle, popping the coin into the bottle, while knocking it right into the spectator’s hands. The penetration looks absolutely devastating. This version cannot be done with the signed coin, but the set-up literally is 3 seconds or less. Also, just to let you know, you don’t even need the cap to do this. You could do this version and all the others with a drinking glass. This is definitely the easiest, and one of the most practical (anything more practical would be a different method for Bullet) coin in bottles you will ever see. You can tell a lot of brainstorming was put into this. I really appreciate this being released to the magic community! Now, on with the other versions.
Justin also talks about performing this where the date of the coin is noted, popped into the bottles, and immediately given to the spectators to keep.
The next one is the 2-phase routine called Airborne. First, the coin is tossed into the air, and the bottle strikes down on the coin, penetrating it right in. You can stop there if you want, a hand out the bottle. Here is the next phase. You lay the coin on the palm of your hand, and just smack the bottle on the coin without moving your hand, the coin pops right through. No Strike Vanish here. This is a very visual well thought out routine. This one does need a label on the bottle, but using one sleight taught in Factory Sealed, you don’t need a label at all. The first penetration is the closest thing to Matthew’s penetration shown in the trailer.
Next, is the borrowed bottle version of the 2 phase Airborne with a signed coin. Justin doesn’t exactly teach it. Instead, they show the performance and writing appears on the screen that tells you what he’s doing and when. I wish he did actually teach this, because there is an awkward move in there that I would really like to see explained. He also performs the move facing away from the camera. By the way that old picture from the first page on the long Bullet and Factory Sealed thread on the Café was talked from that performance.
Now, Justin teaches how to do Airborne with a signed coin. The spectator actually sees without a doubt their signed coin. Then you just penetrate it right into the bottle. They can still see the signed coin! Same thing with the rest of the routine. It is incredibly easy to do both phases with the signed coin.
In the next section, Justin teaches how to do Bullet without sleights. he teaches a few versions with gimmicks, but I don’t think I should get into that. One of the gimmicks can be used for many other things, and will be sold be Ellusionist.
Well that’s all there is to Bullet. There is a bunch of stuff in here I didn’t talk about, because I want to leave it as a surprise, or it could lead to exposure. In the credits, you get to see some bloopers, and also a blooper during performance. This also works great with other objects, too. Justin does not teach in here how to do this with a coin larger than the neck, but it can be done. Just buy Factory Sealed along with this, and you will find out how. The angles are a lot better than you think at first. You just have to try in front of a mirror. Well I hoped you like my review, now go buy Bullet!
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