In theatrical magic, misdirection is an art of deceit where the performer is able to draw attention of the audience to one thing to distract it from the other. Controlling attention of the audience is the goal of every performances, and the most important prerequisite for all magic shows. Whether the magic is of an “pocket trick” variety or a large stage productionthat relies on misdirection, it is the primary element. The term refers to either the effect (the observer’s focus on the unimportant object) or the sleight of hands or the patter (the magician’s speech) which creates the illusion.
It’s difficult to determine who was the first person to coin the phrase, however the first reference to misdirection appears in the writing of a renowned author and illusionist named Nevil Maskelyne: Admittedly, it consists of misleading the senses of the audience to hide from detection certain details that require secrecy. At the same time, the magician, artist and author Tarbell noted, Nearly the whole art of illusion relies on the art of misdirection.
Many magicians who have studied and refined techniques of misdirection are Jon Finch, Malini, Derren Brown, Tommy Wonder, Juan Tamariz, Tony Slydini as well as Dai Vernon.
Henry Hay describes the chief act of conjuring as manipulating interest.
A few magicians divert attention of the audience by using two fundamental ways. One leads the audience to turn their attention away for a short moment, so that they don’t detect some trick or movement. The other approach re-frames the audience’s perception, distracting them to believe that some other factor has much to do with the performance when it really has no bearing on the outcome in any way. Dariel Fitzkee notes that The most effective magic is the ability he exhibits in influencing the minds of the viewers. Additionally, sometimes a prop like magic wands aids in misdirection.
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Misdirection exploits the limitations of human brains to present a false image and memory. The brain of an average person in the audience can only concentrate on only one thing at a given time. The magician utilizes this to influence the audience’s ideas or perceptions of sensory inputwhich leads them to incorrect conclusion.
Some magicians have debated over the usage of the term, “misdirection,” causing plenty of debate about what it is and how it functions. Master magician Jon Finch drew a distinction in misdirection from direction. One is a negative wordas opposed to the other, positive. Ultimately, he equates the two as one thing. If a performer, by some method, has influenced the mind of his audience to conclude that he’s done something that he’s not done, he’s wrongly led them to believe thiswhich is why he has misdirected them.
Tommy Wonder has pointed out that it is much more effective, from a magician’s viewpointto focus on the purpose of directing attention to the audience. He writes that misdirection implies an untrue direction. It suggests that attention is diverted away towards something. When we keep using this termthe idea eventually becomes ingrained in our minds that we might start to think that misdirection is directing our attention away from rather than towards something.
Slydini said that if a magician believes it, the audience will believe in it, and magic is something they don’t perceive. The trick is to believe what the magician does and then follows the magician. reference to misdirection
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