Niiro13 Card Flourishes 5 Video Reviews

Posted by niiro13 on April 30, 2005 at 23:30

In Order:

Leaning Tower Opener (Original by me)
Six Packet Display (Jerry Cestkowski)
Tumble Cuts (Jerry Cestkowski)
Two One Handed turning Shuffles behind-the-back (Jerry Cestkowski)
One-hand shuffle and tri-Cut
Uhrdrayhung (Spin Fan on Watch-De'Vo)
Birdie Fan (De'Vo)

De'Vo
Jerry
Superhandz Music CD

And XCM for helping me all the way!


(Yes, it is less than 1:30)

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Posted by Xtreme Card Manipulator on April 30, 2005 at 23:53

Nice video, great job.

Peace

Posted by niiro13 on May 01, 2005 at 09:29

Thanks, XCM. As my teachers say, however, I am critical, so I actually think its bad .

Anyways. I am going to write a review for mine. Maybe it will answer some questions from others.

Overall: I think its alright for my first video on 21Ace, but I don't know what it compares to others.

Special Effects: Overlaying images to recap some moments and to bring in new ones.

Music: Was debating between Angelfierce, Lazer View, and Dark Dayz. Marp used Dark Dayz, so I took that out, and I kind of liked how my video started, with the music and all.

Leaning Tower Opener: The box was not supposed to fall. It fell because the camera did not dolly, but I did. After watching, though, I kind of liked it. It is the future of the Leaning Tower of Piza! The fact that the box had "TEXAS HOLD'EM RULES INCLUDED" did not help with the display.
I wanted a trademark opener. Looking over HL for some opener ideas, I found none. Most of the openers were the same. I couldn't tell the difference between the Instand Opener and the Automatic Opener, etc. What was different about XCM's Cobra Strike and De'vo's Smooth Opener was that it paused a bit. XCM was getting ready for the strike, and De'vo was getting ready to throw the box. I decided I needed a display opener. So one day I jsut put the box on the deck,and figured out how to get there.
I think that I took too long to square. And actually, after squaring a bit, I decided "I'm not using the deck after this anways, so why square?"

Six Packet Display: When I first saw this, I was amazed. I guess that after that, I practiced and have it down alright, though the closer is tough. For the paddlecut at the beginning, it can be done at a much faster pace. I need to train...

Tumble cuts!: When done by Jerry, this cut looks amazing. I took mst of the rotuine from him. 3 forward, 3 reverse, forward, reverse, forward...then I changed it from 3 twirl to 1 twirl. Had I added the other one, the cards would be in the same order as from beginning.
The forward tumble cuts I could actually do faster, but it looks irratic. Slow then fast. Reverse took a bit longer, and for me to go fast would be to drop that packet. So I slowed down the forwards and made it a bit smoother. I really liked how this move turned out.

Two one-handed shuffles behind back: I think that I did jsut almost was well as Jerry did. When I looked at this at first, (I was watching an XCM movie which was the turning point of me from Magic to XCM), I could not believe how someone could bridge with two hands. The turning shuffle is more stable than the regular, and it looks better. So why not do it?

Tri-cut with One hand Shuffle: This showsa bit of ambidexterity. When I shot this, it was with an old deck, so it took me a couple tries. Couldn't weave!!!

Uhrdrayhung: I can't say I liked this that much. I kept getting the fan to fall off the watch, so I just gave up and went with what I got. The fan was messed up when I caught it because I was so worried about the spin, that I didn't catch it right.

Birdie fan: It shook a lot. I was wondering what was wrong with my finger.

Fan Catch: Take my word, I can do this better with a good fan.

Posted by marpenothi on May 01, 2005 at 10:37

Despite your critical view of your contest entry, I still think you did a nice job This contest had a much better turnout than the last one, and the videos are awesome! I think everyone has shown improvement both in cards and in their video editing skills.

One last thing...I used Dark Dayz on my chip contest entry. My card entry used Ahh Yeah from the Superhandz CD.

Marp

Posted by niiro13 on May 02, 2005 at 06:36

Thanks. And yeah, even though I dislike Ahh Yeah, I still it fits the flourish cuts. And Dark Dayz fits your chip flourishes.