Biz x Zach Take Europe is a movie documenting Zach Mueller and Bizau Cristian's travels throughout Europe. They ran and participated in magic jams and conventions, made new friends and taught/learnt new magic. This DVD/Download covers this journey.
The documentary is ridiculously entertaining! It spans over two hours and is filled with magic jams, crazy flourishes and moves, video blogs, new friends, awesome routines, a drunk Dimitri Arlerli and a whole lot of fun. There were so many times whilst watching this that I actually wanted to punch myself in the face, because some of the moves on this documentary are ridiculously good! The documentary shows performances of the tricks, moves and flourishes taught in the explanation portion of the project.
There are 19 tricks and flourishes taught on the project, by Zach Mueller, Bizau Cristian and some friends they met during jams and conventions during their journey. The explanations were filmed to a really high production standard, with over the shoulder shots and slomo recaps for each trick at the end of the explanation. I had a few favourite tricks which I will highlight below:
Tie Change (Bizau Cristian) - a really beautiful colour change with the wipe of your tie. This is impromptu and works really well for me, as I am still in school and a tie is part of my uniform.
Pacman Puking (Bizau Cristian) - a gag/sandwich effect that is ridiculously easy and Biz's presentation is hilarious. If you aren't into comedy magic much, you can still adapt it into a more serious presentation. Loved this.
Thrift Shift (Zach Mueller) - a beautiful colour change, reminiscent of the Clipshift, but completely different in working. This is very knacky and took me weeks to get down but it is totally worth it. A few applications were given which you can take from to adapt the move and bring it into your own routines.
Vanish Color Change (Bizau Cristian) - a colour change on the table with the cover of the hands. Slightly angly but really easy and deceptive as hell!
SIIMB (Noel Heath) - a rising card on steroids! Their card rises out of the pack, you let go, leaving it suspended, then put it back into the deck. Takes the classic beginner's trick to a whole new level. I am using this regularly.
Indian Prediction (Alex Hansford) - a stupid gag that is really only for magicians but it is hilarious. Throw this in during a jam and you will have everyone in the room losing it!
Turnkey Switch (Zach Mueller) - I saw this move in Mueller's "Uncraven" video and I loved it. Now that I have learnt and worked on it, I can tell you it is clean, deceptive and so much fun! Beautiful move and transpo routine.
Wonka Wash (Zach Mueller) - a slow transformation of a card from printed to blank. Simple method and highly visual. Loved it.
Overall, this is such an amazing debut project from Mueller and Cristian. I personally love Zach and Biz's independent work but when the two joined together to create this, it was perfect. All I can say is that if you like card magic or cardistry - just buy this already! 10/10
Purchase here:
Biz x Zach Take EUROPE! (DL)
The documentary is ridiculously entertaining! It spans over two hours and is filled with magic jams, crazy flourishes and moves, video blogs, new friends, awesome routines, a drunk Dimitri Arlerli and a whole lot of fun. There were so many times whilst watching this that I actually wanted to punch myself in the face, because some of the moves on this documentary are ridiculously good! The documentary shows performances of the tricks, moves and flourishes taught in the explanation portion of the project.
There are 19 tricks and flourishes taught on the project, by Zach Mueller, Bizau Cristian and some friends they met during jams and conventions during their journey. The explanations were filmed to a really high production standard, with over the shoulder shots and slomo recaps for each trick at the end of the explanation. I had a few favourite tricks which I will highlight below:
Tie Change (Bizau Cristian) - a really beautiful colour change with the wipe of your tie. This is impromptu and works really well for me, as I am still in school and a tie is part of my uniform.
Pacman Puking (Bizau Cristian) - a gag/sandwich effect that is ridiculously easy and Biz's presentation is hilarious. If you aren't into comedy magic much, you can still adapt it into a more serious presentation. Loved this.
Thrift Shift (Zach Mueller) - a beautiful colour change, reminiscent of the Clipshift, but completely different in working. This is very knacky and took me weeks to get down but it is totally worth it. A few applications were given which you can take from to adapt the move and bring it into your own routines.
Vanish Color Change (Bizau Cristian) - a colour change on the table with the cover of the hands. Slightly angly but really easy and deceptive as hell!
SIIMB (Noel Heath) - a rising card on steroids! Their card rises out of the pack, you let go, leaving it suspended, then put it back into the deck. Takes the classic beginner's trick to a whole new level. I am using this regularly.
Indian Prediction (Alex Hansford) - a stupid gag that is really only for magicians but it is hilarious. Throw this in during a jam and you will have everyone in the room losing it!
Turnkey Switch (Zach Mueller) - I saw this move in Mueller's "Uncraven" video and I loved it. Now that I have learnt and worked on it, I can tell you it is clean, deceptive and so much fun! Beautiful move and transpo routine.
Wonka Wash (Zach Mueller) - a slow transformation of a card from printed to blank. Simple method and highly visual. Loved it.
Overall, this is such an amazing debut project from Mueller and Cristian. I personally love Zach and Biz's independent work but when the two joined together to create this, it was perfect. All I can say is that if you like card magic or cardistry - just buy this already! 10/10
Purchase here:
Biz x Zach Take EUROPE! (DL)