Gerard Zitta
Born in 1955 in NICE (France). Electrical engineer for more than 20 years. Member of FFAP, Magica06, IBM Ring 350.
website: www.untouchedmagic.com
Born in 1955 in NICE (France). Electrical engineer for more than 20 years. Member of FFAP, Magica06, IBM Ring 350.
website: www.untouchedmagic.com
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3-Doors MontyGerard ZittaHere is another close-up (or parlor) version of the Monty Hall problem. It can be a standalone effect, or a premise, or a follow-up to other versions ( "V1" , "V2" , "V3", "Transaction" ), again with a completely different method. It helps to demonstrate that a player should always switch, but in a very baffling way. In the first phase, you show that the spectator should switch the two doors in order to win. But in a second identical phase, they will always loose.
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6801Gerard ZittaSome nice easy effects based on a rather recent force that is already widely known among mentalists. Some new ideas, some old ones probably, but most importantly, some new ideas for predictions and presentations, that make sense (and can be used for other forces). CONTENTS
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A Can of Mysteries 2Gerard Zitta"ACAAN with a mental shake" Gerard likes the ACAAN plot. Whether it is impromptu or formal, closeup or on stage, it always has a strong impact. There have been loads of methods since Mr. Berglas presented this effect in the mid 70's. For this manuscript, Gerard wanted a 100% hands off solution, direct, practical, with NO sleight of hands and doable on stage or closeup and, if possible without knowing the card nor the number. The result is not a card trick but more of a mentalism effect. EFFECT: The performer places a boxed deck of cards in full view. He won't touch it again. Four presentations... | $25 to wish list | ||
ACAAN'ZGerard ZittaTons of ideas in this manual...A compendium of effects, principles and methods related somehow to the "Any card at any number" plot, commonly called ACAAN. Even though they are not all 'perfect' ACAAN's, they are interesting, entertaining or original variants from an audience point of view.
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Auld Times Modern TimesGerard ZittaThis is a useful effect for those who don't like tricks with smart phones, computers, etc. or if you perform for an audience who doesn't like them either. But it works very well also for computer addicts. Effect: You place a prediction in a glass or in full view. You write a list of activities (For instance: Reading, Play Music, Work, etc.). The participant chooses one of them (There is absolutely no force). And now the "crescendo":
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BluffGerard ZittaThis is a fantastic principle to know. You need nothing. Just your brain and some easy acting skills. You can improvise anytime anywhere. It is hands off, practical and the method is very simple. And most importantly, it is fun for the participants, for yourself and for the audience. What else do you want? You will be able to detect liars in a group of people and identify which one has selected a specific card or ESP symbol for instance. You can show your psychometry skills with borrowed objects. There are tons of applications. You just ask the same question to some of them. It does... | $20 to wish list | ||
CamouflageGerard Zitta"Hidden": A secret hidden in most decks of cards. You already have it. It can be used for magic or mentalism effects as it will add something "bizarre" or intriguing to your card tricks. Or as a double kicker. YOu will use it in your existing routines or invent new ones. Guaranteed. A typical example is "The Fine Print" by Jay Sankey. The difference is that you can do it impromptu, without buying a gimmick, and with some touch of mentalism. "You remove a playing card from a deck of cards and leave it face down on the table as a prediction. A spectator then selects a card from the deck, but... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | ||
CANOE: Card at Any Name or ExpressionGerard ZittaThis effect is a variant of the Card at Any Number plot, but with a full routine and a very commercial and entertaining presentation, with gags, a prediction, or divination, with a puzzling final surprise revelation, and more potential. It can be adapted for any events like Christmas, New Year, Thanksgiving, Halloween, weddings, carnival, birthdays, conventions, etc. It needs a one-time preparation that you can keep in your wallet or jacket, and can be used as an opener or a closer, for strolling, close up, parlor or stage. 1st edition 2017, 15 pages. | $10 to wish list | ||
Chair'zGerard ZittaA simple chair test. A very simple and practical chair test with three participants.
[The basic effect is included in Pocket Mysteries, and in Cool Hot Pocket Mysteries. Watch Max Maven perform a very similar effect. (Max Maven never published his method thus his method could be different how Gerard does it.):
1st edition 2016, 17 pages.... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | ||
Cheat HandGerard ZittaHave you ever played "Which hand" with somebody, and they hid the coin behind their back? Here is a way to overcome this problem. Effect: A spectator takes one of his coins, and puts it in any hand behind his back. You won't look either. They can even hide it in their back pocket, or on the chair, if they decide to cheat. You find out where the coin is (which hand, or which pocket). 100% improvised and hands-off. (The method here is different than in Coin Games or in Bluff.) 1st edition 2014, 7 pages. | ★★★★★ $12 to wish list | ||
ClueGerard ZittaThis clever mathematical principle allows you to find a thought item among any number of items, even though you do not know the initial order. You don't even need to know what they are. You see nothing. It is entirely hands off and improvised, and can even be done over the phone. It works with any number of flat objects (cards, index or business cards, coasters, etc.) or usual objects (key, coin, lighter, pen, etc.). Two practical examples are provided, but it is so easy that you'll be able to improvise your own mentalism effects with borrowed objects or cards, or with your own business... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | ||
Coin GamesGerard ZittaTwo hands off and impromptu effects you'll do for the rest of your life at any moment notice, and every time you'll meet somebody because they are fun to perform, simple and practical.
This ebook is a combination of the simplest plots you can perform in Magic: HEADS or TAILS? and WHICH HAND? They can be done separately as well. The routine: Take your wallet and casually throw a $100 bill (or just $1...but... | ★★★★★ $20 to wish list | ||
Cool Hot Pocket MysteriesGerard ZittaThis product bundle includes three items, with more than 15 effects that can be carried in your pockets. Cool Mysteries impromptu, requires no special props or preparation. The two other ones need some one-time preparation (only one effect needs a special gimmick): Pocket Mysteries, Hot Mysteries. CONTENTS COOL MYSTERIES
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Cool Mysteries 1Gerard Zitta9 Hands off effects you can do completely naked Elimination: A card prediction without cards The bills trip mystery
Take my order: Imagine you are performing in a restaurant, you approach a table.
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DarwinGerard ZittaA classic mathematical principle with two piles. This is an old mathematical principle used in many card effects. Most of the effects were done with 52 cards. But the principle works with any number of cards (or business cards). This manual explains the principle in detail and generalizes the principle. It allows you to predict the last card that will be left after dealing two piles and eliminating the same pile every time. After reading this ebook, you will be able to use any number of cards. The original pile can be any size, the discarded pile can be chosen, and the final card can be... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | ||
DemoniakGerard ZittaA 100% improvised and hands-off original routine with business cards.
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Effects with Business CardsGerard ZittaImagine you are anywhere but on stage, and you are unprepared. Somebody asks you to do a 'magic trick' (yeah, they know who you are!). You answer you would like to, but you have nothing with you, but a pen and a few business cards. You take out your business card holder or box, and you start amazing your audience. Now, imagine you would take a deck of cards. It would be all different … Nobody would believe you are unprepared! This ebook is a compendium of Gerard Zitta's effects, that can be done with business cards. They all 'look' impromptu, and most of them are indeed impromptu... | ★★★★★ $40 to wish list | ||
ErrGerard Zitta"I think your routine is very good. I may use it a couple times myself." - Brian T. Lees (a.k.a. Topper)[Although different, the plot can be seen as a variation of an article in Abraca-Poof! - December 2016 that can also be found on lybrary.com. Brian T. Lees digged up an unreferenced gem buried somewhere in one of Aldo Colombini's DVDs. Effect: You produce a deck of cards and hand it to a spectator. (You will not touch it or see it any more). The spectator shuffles the deck, selects a card, folds it and puts a rubber band or a paper clip tight around it. Despite these lab conditions, you try to guess their card! And believe it or not, you will always succeed. Their card can be given back as a souvenir. It does... | $10 to wish list | ||
Fair MysteriesGerard ZittaShort warm up mentalism effects. Anytime, anywhere, practical, easy, direct and impromptu. Some of the simple ideas presented in this ebook can also be used as safety nets in your existing routines.
W(h)i(t)ch hand?
Here is a nice little effect and method that can be used to give away your business card and will leave a good impression on your spectator.... | ★★★★★ $25 to wish list | ||
Fifty FiftyGerard ZittaEffect: Somebody hides a coin in one of their hands, and the mentalist has to guess or predict which one: Left or Right? This method uses classic techniques and is probably the simplest, the most direct, the safest, and probably the boldest one! It can be done separately, or embedded with other methods, or used as an out. Its major advantage is that it will not be perceived as a logic puzzle, and will really leave an impression of free choice. It will kill all previous solutions of potential methods (logic, electronic, gimmicked, etc.) that Cartesian spectators might suspect. Another... | $12 to wish list | ||
Finger BurnGerard Zitta[Note: This effect was already part of Mentalism Games.] From the audience point of view, this effect will look completely improvised as you present it with nothing. Just their fingers and yours. It really blows people's minds (laymen and magicians alike). Finger burn: Ask a spectator to show you any finger; and put it over a candlelight or an invisible lighter. Your same finger will carry a blister even though your hands were apparently in full view all the time. Voodoo finger: A variation to give away your business card. 1st edition 2015, 13 pages. | $10 to wish list | ||
Five Fingers GameGerard ZittaThis is one of my favorite routines with fingers. Effect: "Please tell us a color." The freely named color is written on a single business card (or somewhere else). "Interesting... I bet I can influence you now to choose a certain finger for instance." You take a bill from your wallet. (The participant can bet as well.) You show your hand (or you draw a hand on the business card or another one): "Please point to any finger." The spectator freely points to a finger, and of course, this is the one you wanted her to select.
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Janus V3Gerard ZittaA practical and easy two-way out system. Janus V3 is a very simple and practical two-way out system. It is impromptu and everything is examinable before and after. It allows you to leave your business card. To describe it, we can compare it to another system by Scott Guinn called Assertive positive/negative.
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Love MysteriesGerard ZittaA selection of lovely effects for weddings, Valentine's day, couples, etc. that will open hearts and doors...Most of them are impromptu.
Valentine day
ACAAN for couples
Men desiring women
Nice to meet you | $20 to wish list | ||
M: a Mixture of Magic and MentalismGerard ZittaAll the effects will look improvised from the audience point of view, but they need a one-time preparation, and all are easy, except for the three last ones that will need more practice and some rehearsal. ATM wallet: You will do this one every single time you have to pay something. You need an item every magician has got already in their drawer. X=H3-E2: Rapidly force one object among a higher number of objects. (twice as fast as "PATEO", and easier to perform.) Phone hypnosis: Block a borrowed phone (harmless), with the power of your mind. Easy. Bright as a feather: Use a feather... | $20 to wish list | ||
Mentalism GamesGerard ZittaFinger games:
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MimosaGerard ZittaMIMOSA simply allows your smartphone to be smarter!
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Mind Your Own Business ... CardsGerard ZittaBefore re-designing your business cards, check this out. It will save you hours and money for trials and errors, in looking for a practical and simple way to make business cards useful for your mentalism effects. Clever business cards can become a very powerful secret weapon you will always carry with you. They can also replace expensive props or effects, and allow you to create your own and personalized routines. Not to mention that your business cards are a wonderful marketing tool, as well. The "system" described in this e-book, will allow you to improvise many mental effects, that use... | ★★★★★ $12 to wish list | ||
Mission ImpossibleGerard ZittaEffect: A spectator looks at a card in a borrowed shuffled deck. You eliminate cards and the last card is their selection. Key points:
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Month IDGerard ZittaAn improvised month divination Month ID is an original method to secretly gain knowledge of a stranger's month of birth. (Actually, any information among twelve possibilities...) It can be done independently, anytime, anywhere, without any preparation at all, or props. Basic Effect: You ask a person you just met: "Do you know your zodiac digit? It is a digit between 0 and 9 that is influenced by the season, the climate, the month of birth and other factors. Here is how to calculate your ZODIAC DIGIT: Think of your birth month and do the following ... " (Very simple, just a couple of... | ★★★★★ $10 to wish list | ||
Month ID and ZIP BundleGerard Zitta | ★★★★★ $12 to wish list | ||
MosaicsGerard ZittaWith this flexible system or combination of principles, you will be able to create your own effects like this one: Example of effect: "Do you think you are influenceable? I bet you are..." You show a business card with the five ESP symbols. The spectator freely points to one of them. This is the one you predicted.
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Newspaper TestGerard ZittaAn improvised book-test with a borrowed newspaper. There are dozens of newspaper tests or predictions, but this one is different, improvised, and will be remembered as hands-off.
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Newspaper'zGerard ZittaThis ebook explores for the first time, the principles inherent to probably any newspaper, magazine, or publication, in the world. Everybody reads them, every day, but nobody notices the rules and logic in the innocent sheets they hold in their own hands. These properties are good to know as they allow some pretty neat impromptu or improvised effects, or design your own routines, once you know their 'secrets'. It is more a piece of knowledge every magician or mentalist should know. Most 'recipes' are simple, and there is no difficult memorization or calculation involved. All the effects... | $25 to wish list | ||
Obscurum per ObscuriusGerard ZittaBILL DATES: You predict the bill and the date that a spectator you just met, will take out of his wallet. THE JANUS FORCE: A business card is fairly selected among five, by throwing a dice, only once (or by freely naming a digit 1 to 6). The result on the back of the card was predicted in advance of course. Furthermore, you can show that the odds should have been against this result, as there were more cards with the opposite outcome. This system can be used to force any choice between two possibilities (for instance: red or black, heads or tails, etc.) even though the other choice had more... | $30 to wish list | ||
OstrakindaGerard ZittaAn improvised technique for the HEADS or TAILS plot, or else, as it can be done with any flat object, like an index card or a piece of paper for instance with a different information on each side (that can be different than HEADS or TAILS, and allow a more captivating story than a binary game or a bet). Effect (as perceived by the audience):
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PatternsGerard ZittaThe following effects are practical, commercial, use classic techniques or principles with new ideas, and, most importantly, are "connection-makers". They are impromptu, for closeup, strolling, and parlor, and do not take much pocket space. Most are very fast, require nothing else than the provided images, tables, list, etc. sometimes with business cards and a pen. MASCOT: Your spectator has to find your "mascot" among a list. Very easy, and entertaining. In 30 seconds, you will fool everybody, except 4WD addicts! MONTH PSYCHO: "Month psycho" is another method to guess a birth month.... | $20 to wish list | ||
Phone MysteriesGerard ZittaIt is impossible nowadays to be a magician or mentalist and not perform an effect with a phone, smartphone, ipad , laptop, etc. The following mentalism effects look mostly hands off and impromptu. No special applications or sleight of hands are required.
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