IMPROVISATION improv Essential Questions How do the rules
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IMPROVISATION (improv)
Essential Questions: How do the rules of Improvisation help create successful improv? How do the requirements/guidelines of educational improvisation differ with that of professional improvisation? What is the relationship between C. O. R. E. to creating successful improvisation?
BEFORE THEY BECAME BIG… Tina Fey & Rachel Dratch – “Wicked” @ Second City, Chicago http: //youtu. be/2 ky. My. FOODA 8
What is IMPROVISATION? ACTING ON THE SPUR-OF-THE MOMENT Improvisation is _______________. TO ENTERTAIN PURPOSE of Improvisation: 1. ________ 2. ____________________ TO STRENGTHEN ACTOR SKILLS; spontaneity, concentration, listening STRUCTURE of Improvisation: (narrative elements) 1. BEGINNING ____ 2. ____ 3. ____ END MIDDLE WHO 4. ____ WHAT 5. ____ WHERE 6. ____ CONFLICT 7. ____ problem/struggle Develop the conflict ____ CLIMAX Point at which the conflict cant go any further without bringing about the resolution Resolve the conflict ____
REQUIREMENTS / GUIDELINES of Improvisation: NO SCRIPT 1. ________________ 2+ CHARACTERS 2. ________________ COMPLETE STRUCTURE 3. ________________ LIMITED PREPLANNING 4. ________________ CONDUCT / BEHAVIOR of Improvisation: ALWAYS GIVE AND TAKE (endow with clues to local or character) 1. __________________ ABSOLUTELY NO BROWN BAGGING; inappropriate language, actions or content within a scene 2. __________________
CHARACTER C = _____ THE DEVELOPMENT AND PORTRAYAL OF A PERSONALITY THROUGH THOUGHT, ACTION & DIALOGUE. OBJECTIVE O = _____ A CHARACTER’S GOAL OR INTENTION RELATIONSHIP R = ______ ENVIRONMENT E = ______ THE ATTITUDES AND INTERACTIONS BETWEEN CHARACTERS IN A SCENE THE CREATED PHYSICAL SPACE OF A SCENE
RULES of Improvisation: SHOW, DON’T TELL 1. _________ SHOW us how you feel!!! TELL us how you feel, ______ **Don’t _____ show HAPPINESS: . . . big smile, quick-uplifting walk, hugging, shaking hands, dialogue-“it’s a beautiful day” show AWKWARDNESS: …being hesitant in expressing yourself, difficulty in being assertive or being prone to clumsiness. DOING ACTING IS _______!
RULES of Improvisation: DON’T DENY 2. ______ DISPUTING SOMETHING THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN Denial is: _______________ ESTABLISHED. teacher: “Your son Johnny has been causing a disturbance in class” parent: “I don’t have a son named Johnny”. . this is denial. . the intention of the parent may be to avoid taking responsibility for his son, but it is denial because the information has already been established. YOU CAN NOT CHANGE IT *Once something is established, ___________ BECOMES A WAY OF FURTHERING THE PLOT. unless it__________________. NOT LISTENING or * Denial is usually a result of either _______ A PRECONCEIVED IDEA refusing to give up __________of what is going to happen next in a scene.
ARGUING. *Denial is NOT _____ INTERACTION OF PEOPLE WITH OPPOSING POINT OF Arguing is the_________________ VIEWS ON A PARTICULAR MATTER. A: “It’s your turn to do the dishes tonight, I did them last night. ” B: “No you didn’t, I did them last night. ”. . . this only leads to “no you didn’t, yes I did” argument. . . = denial. . . instead, make the response more effective: B: “I know it’s my turn to do the dishes, but since I cooked dinner every night this week, maybe you should take an extra turn. ” = no denial, conflict is being maintained and action is furthered A SURPRISE TURN OF EVENTS (when *Denial is NOT ____________ something that appears to one thing and later turns out to something else) *Denial will momentarily ________! STOP THE ACTION
RULES of Improvisation: PLAY THE MOMENT 3. _________ MOMENT and MOMENT to _____ Play your scene from _____ PRESENT , NOT concentrate on what’s happening in the _____ what’s going to happen next. ANTICIPATE action, or else you will miss what’s *DON’T ______ happening right now! OBSERVANT *Take cues from your scene partner (s) and be______ LISTEN and _______!
RULES of Improvisation: BE HONEST 4. ______ Believe in what you are doing. Respond and React TRUTHFULLY to each moment on stage. _______ *You can be as bizarre or extreme as you want to be as long as you treat anything you do on stage as reality for that moment! BELIEVE *If you _____ it, so will the audience! BREAK CHARACTER *NEVER ___________!! DO NOT laugh, stop or be yourself. It shows you do not believe in what you are doing on stage.
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