Ultimate Illusion Collection by J C Sum

 

From making a motorcycle appear while surrounded by an audience, to making a car materialize within an empty enclosure, to walking through a giant industrial fan; this is the ultimate collection of professional illusions for the modern illusionist!

J C Sum is a professional illusionist and widely regarded as one of the most prolific modern illusion designers in the world today. The "Ultimate Illusion Collection: Trinity Edition" is the 3rd edition of J C's illusion omnibus; 100% reformatted, expanded and updated into a single massive tome.

The Trinity Edition contains the latest versions of J C's entire collection of illusions detailed in his professional illusion book trilogy,"Illusionary Departures", "Equilateral" and "Urban illusions", including new images as well as brand new illusion designs.

In addition, all the stage acts & illusions detailed in his book "Illusionism" are included in this collection. These are specialty illusions designed with mentalism plots.

 

As a bonus, the secret method of J C's first mega illusion, "The Impossible Teleportation", where he teleported 50 stories in 5 seconds in front of more than 9000 people, is outlined at the end of the book; along with a discussion on creating a mega stunt.

The illusions have been sorted and divided into nine categories, classified according to illusion effect & genre, to make referencing easy. This will allow the reader to cross-reference methods, ideas and presentations between similar illusions easily.

All illusion designs are detailed with full building plans, detailed fabrication instructions, material lists, performance and presentation notes.

 

Almost 70 illusions are detailed in the 9 categories including:

ILLUSION SYSTEMS & UTILITIES

Deceptive Base Work
Original Thoughts, Philosophy, Design And Fabrication Process For A Modern Base

Black Art Case Table
A Practical Transport Solution For A B.A. Utility

Black Art Table Slide
New Illusion Utility

Fourth Dimensional Exit
The Magical Vanishing Of A Company Of Dancers/ Performers

Motion Delayed Vanish/ Appearance
An Original Application Of An Illusion Utility

Modern Flight Case Table
An Ata Case-Table For Working Performers

Light Pillars
An Applied Black Art Production System

APPEARANCES & VANISHES

Crystal Striptease
The Magical Vanish & Reappearance Of A Girl While Being Stripped Of Her Clothes

Light & Space
A High Tech Vanish & Reappearance Illusion

Light & Space II
A High Tech Appearance Illusion

Benchmark
A New Standard In Instant Surrounded Appearances

Dekolta's Dilemma
A Super-Fast Dekolta's Chair That Can Be Performed Anywhere

Singular
A Unique Appearance Illusion

Ultimate Victory Cartons
An Inexpensive Appearance Illusion For Stage

Graffiti Girl
An Audience Participation Illusion With A Girl From Graffiti Appearance

Reinvent The Doll House

Back Door Appearance
The Magical Appearance Of A Person(S) In A Special Event Setting

Branded
A Corporate Logo Magically Appears In A Flash Of Fire

VIP Trunk
A Simple But Effective Appearance Of a VIP

Ghost Cabinet
A Versatile Prop For A Multi-Cast Illusion Production Number

Six More Ideas For The Ghost Cabinet

12-Girl Cabinet

Jarrett's 21 Person Cabinet Simplified

Revollusion
A Spectacular Appearance Through A Giant Industrial Fan

PENETRATIONS

Visual Displacement
The Passing Of A Person Through Four Vertical Solid Steel Bars

6 Inches
Passing Through A Steel Plate

Steel Displacement
Walking Through A Steel Plate

A Walk Through The Winery
An Original Penetration Illusion

Slicing Through
An Innovative Presentation Through Broken Glass Bottles

Wind Passage
Walking Through A Giant Industrial Fan

METAMORPHOSIS & ESCAPES

Reinvent The Sub-Trunk
Eight Different Variations & Presentation Ideas For The 'Substitution Trunk'

ATA Sub Trunk
A Design for a Fast "Classic" Substitution Trunk

Crystal Metamorphosis
A Transparent Sub Trunk Designed For Speed

Chain Reaction
An Instant Escape With Costume Change Kicker

Fortress
A New-Age Assistant's Revenge

BOX JUMPERS

Reinvent The Zig Zag Girl

Multi-Vide
Mis-Made Girl Redone

Seven By Half V2.0
A Multi-Cut Divided Lady Illusion Reinvented & Improved

Wall 2 Wall
An Interpretation Of A Woodbury Compressing Illusion

Squeezed & Skewered
A Fresh New Design For A Time-Tested Plot

MENTALISM ILLUSIONS

Presenting Mentalism Illusions

First Impressions
A Powerful Opening Prediction Revelation For Stage

Unseen Forces
A 3-Phase Telekinesis Stage Routine

Shatter
A Dramatic Glass-Breaking Routine

Paycheck
A Magic Game Show Where The Prize Turns Into A Box Of Money

Wedlock
A Light-Hearted Comedy Interactive Mentalism Routine

Psychometric Touch
A Powerful Climax To Fogel's Signature Routine

Jumbo Visible Deck
Adding A Visual Element To The Invisible Deck Routine

Fashion Statement
A Prediction Routine With A Logical Kicker Ending

New-Age Spirit Cabinet
The Manifestation Of Inanimate Objects With A Kicker Ending

STAGE ROUTINES

Creation Of Life
A Paradigm Of Powerful Illusion Presentation

The Time Machine
A 'Cerebral' Stage Routine Performed To A Time-Travel Plot

Sweepstakes
When Motivation And Combination Collide

COMEDY ILLUSIONS

The Vanishing 'Tiger'
A Comedy Big Cat Illusion Without The Cat

Hiding In Plain Sight
A Sucker Comedy Teleportation

VEHICLE PRODUCTIONS

Ultimate Full Throttle
The Surrounded Motorcycle Appearance "'Perfected"

Bluff Appearance
A "Cheat" Production Of A Car Or Large Inanimate Object

Phantom Car Appearance
A Worker's Car Production For A Launch

CREATING THE MEGA STUNT

The Impossible Teleportation
Teleporting 50 Stories In 5 Seconds

 

Total 434 pages. Soft Cover. 8.5″ x 11″.

Difficulty Level: Intermediate to Advanced