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Opening Minds DVD by Colin McLeod

This exciting new DVD set was launched at the 2010 MindVention in Las Vegas and has received fantastic reviews including one from Joe M Turner in the Feb 2011 Genii
Combining his very modern sensibilities for cutting-edge prop-free methods with a clarity of performance that leaves audiences speechless with wonder, Colin has developed a repertoire of contemporary mentalism which is the envy of all who’ve seen it.

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Every generation has a true innovator who brings his own unique vision to bear on the art of mentalism and creates material that seems to defy explanation. Alakazam Magic is proud to introduce the newest member of this elite group: Colin McLeod.

 

Combining his very modern sensibilities for cutting-edge prop-free methods with a clarity of performance that leaves audiences speechless with wonder, Colin has developed a repertoire of contemporary mentalism which is the envy of all who’ve seen it.

 

Now for the first time on this 4-disc set Colin reveals the methods, techniques and thinking behind some of his most incredible effects. This is stand-up and close-up material that will empower you to mystify your audiences with some of the most compelling mentalism you will ever learn.
 
 

Stand-Up:

 

Bookless Test

Colin’s brilliant opener where he predicts a thought of word from an imaginary book.  And yes, the prediction is printed, not nail-written.

 

Quite Wordy

A clever new psychological word-force for the whole audience, leading into what will become the standard impromptu book-test handling.

 

Chair Test

An exceptionally clean and direct chair-test, where process is kept to an absolute minimum. It features three distinct climaxes which build to an incredible finale.

 

ACAAN

This is the one! No gimmicks, no sleights, no pre-show, no stooges. An anytime, anywhere, any deck method has to be seen to be believed. One number + one card = one miracle.

 

Where's the Money?

A bank-note and serial number divination effect, which introduces Colin’s innovative hands-off system for identifying which one of five spectators is hiding an object. 100% accurate, with no electronics and no prevaricating! 

 

Will ESP Cards Match

Becker’s classic ‘Will The Cards Match’ reworked for stage and incorporating a sure-fire prediction.

 

Lo££ery

Colin’s favourite effect! A purely psychological influence effect which is the perfect answer to the question, “Can you predict the lottery?” A future-classic…

 

Winning Numbers

Following on from Lo££ery, this revolutionary handling of ‘Sneak Thief’ turns the effect on its head by allowing you to reveal every spectator’s chosen number!

 

Newspaper Tear Routine

A stunning prediction of a single word from a freely chosen piece of newspaper. It involves the entire audience, with every decision made outside of your control. Nevertheless the chosen word is predicted in a totally entertaining way.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Close-Up:

 

Result

A stack of un-gimmicked billets become an accessible and totally practical tool which can be used to easily and openly predict anything.

 

Furtive Switch

A one handed, invisible billet switch that drags billet switching into the 21st Century and makes it completely practical for the real world.

 

Bolder Business

Colin teaches his handling for a drawing duplication which uses more than a stack of billets, a pen and chutzpah.

 

Serial Prevaricator

An entire close-up routine for revealing who is holding a borrowed, folded bank note and which hand they are holding it in. It concludes with the divination of the serial number from across the room.

 

Kolintrol 

A powerful extension of Knepper’s ‘Kontrol’, which Colin has developed over hundreds of performances. He correctly predicts the actions a spectator will make, even though they are given lots of opportunity to change their mind as many times as they like.

 

Double Card Thought Projection

This routine is the main reason Colin uses cards in mentalism. The spectator reads the performer’s mind and the performer reads the spectator’s. A truly simple and direct mindreading demonstration using playing cards.
 
 
From: Raymond Doetjes
I have been a fan of Colin's thinking since he appeared last year in Psychological Subtleties III. After seeing his lecture at Psycrets I was very interested in his work.

He delivers that perfectly on this superb DVD set. A young man with a brilliant mind. You must see him in action and this DVD shows Colin in his prime!

Colin is a top notch performer and he's honest and that shows on this DVD. Absolute workable and applicable stuff for any mentalist act you can find something on this set and especially when you like working with psychological subtleties than this is a must have!

One note but that's editorial. I'd much rather see a whole performance and then the explanations because that raises the expectation so much more. However it doesn't do harm to this wonderful product.

Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!]
From: Jonathan Nicholson
A huge ammount of viewing pleasure with some ingenious thinking from a great performer. All the material is 100% useable and packs a huge punch. the explinations are clear with additional angled shots for clarity where needed. If your new to mentalism or just want to add something different to your act this is a must even the more experienced mentalists will get something from this superb volume. Seriously Reccomended !

Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!]
From: Adam Hogwood
When I first put this DVD on, it felt reminiscent of a conversation with my mum - lots of what I thought was uneccesary talking, but that was a complete misconception. Being very new to mentalism, I wasn't appreciating all the subtleties that Colin has thought of, tried & tested and now shared on this set.
I was lucky enough to be at the show where this was filmed (that's my little shiny head reflecting the light occasionally...) and I can only advise you to go and see Mr McLeod perform as it is a truly great experience from a genuinely enthusiastic nice guy!
Whether you're looking to expand your mentalism skills or dip a toe in, this set will certainly have a lot for you and may even give you the 'mentalism bug'!. VERY useable and adaptable routines and ideas.

Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]
From: steve sibson
Well worth the money there is somethink for every one on these dvds and very well presented buy and enjoy , you will not be dissapointed thank you Alakazam

Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!]
From: Evan
i absolutely love this box-set. It comes with 4 dvds with the performance and then exlanation of each effect. I love Colin's stage material on this especially his newspaper test! His close-up material was good enough but wasn't the main highlight of this box-set...All in all though i hope you don't buy this because i want it all to myself and it is professional material too! But if you like even one routine on it you will get your money's worth!! Thanks Colin!

Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!]
Question: Please can you confirm for me that this is a 4 dvd set and that the 15 effects mentioned for stand up and close up are the only effects on these dvds.
Answer: Yes this is a 4 dvd set with 15 routines as well as additional material and ideas

Question: Gentlemen;
Just a question to Colin's DVDs

I can understand that the word test is for the English language.
Is there anything else on the DVDs that is restricted to the English language or England/US?

Thanks & regards

Sven

Answer: The routines on here can be adapted to work in any language pretty much.

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