How to become a mentalist
To get the most out of the mentalism tricks I explain and reveal, you are better to spend time working out how the trick is done, before you read the answer. I suggest you watch the video a few times, stop it, rewind it and replay it until you’ve worked it out for yourself. Which in this case is how Derren Brown does his mentalism card trick.
Mentalist and illusionist Derren Brown uses a combination of shape projection, word control and image suggestion. These clever techniques misdirect you to choose the two shapes he wanted you to choose, as well as two colours. Before you read the answer, watch the video one more time. See if you can spot how he does it before you see the mentalism secret revealed. This way you’ll benefit more from the revealed answer below. This mentalism secret is provided to help you to learn mentalism.
