Who's the lucky winner?
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Who's the lucky winner?
I'm just curious and all: who won the Well Hung Jury Memorial Scholarship? Own up!
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- beardedlamb Offline
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This year's winner is Jeff Britt with Wild Strawberries
and our first runner-up is Roy Janik for The Tesseract
Thank you to all who submitted. This was really tough this year.
And a big congratulations to Jeff who will receive an all shows pass, a full class scholarship, and wacky duck sticker on his festival badge.
Here are the formats in question:
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Wild Strawberries by Jeff Britt
This is a variation on the Hero's Journey, and it uses the formula found in the late Ingmar Bergman's classic film, Wild Strawberries.
The hero is taking a trip with a companion (by car, plane, boat, or whatever means possible) to some location where she or he is to be honored or rewarded for a lifetime (or at least a long time) of excellence in some field (that "field" can stem from an audience suggestion*).
The resulting story unfolds as a journey in which the supporting players play people the hero meets along the way.
But here's where it gets nice and Bergmany: after every scene in which the supporting players say or do something that reminds the hero of
some aspect of his identity or her storied past, there is a symbolism-heavy dream sequence which drives home the hero's personal revelations in theatrically exaggerated ways.
By the time the hero is accepting the honor at the end, she or he should seem to be a significantly changed person from the surface-only
praised master that he or she was at the beginning of the story.
*If the players wish to heighten the story's comic potential, they could lean the audience suggestion toward some less esteemed occupation,
such as a gas station attendant or a cable guy.
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The Tesseract by Roy Janik
Description:
The stage is split into 3 even sections... The border between the
sections is defined simply by a freestanding doorframe... so that the
impression of a wall is given without obstructing the audiences' view.
The three sections from left to right represent 3 timeframes: the past,
present, and future.
A single story is told through the course of the show, starting in the
center room, The Present. Flashbacks and glimpes into the future are
initiated by characters leaving the present into one of the adjoining
rooms. This isn't a format about time travel, so exits and entrances are
justified within their own reality.
Scenes in all 3 time-frames can happen simulaneously, by sharing focus,
or 1 time frame can take all the focus while the other 2 freeze.
Whatever serves the story best.
Example:
A scene starts in the present... A father and son are arguing over
whether the son can go on a camping trip for the weekend or not. The
father says no, because he doesn't trust Mr. Banks, who'll be
supervising the trip. The argument heightens to the point where they're
shouting at each other. The boy calls his father a bad name, and storms
off to the right... the future. The father storms off to the left... the
past.
In the past, the father talks to Mr. Banks, at that time one of his best
friends. Over the course of the conversation, Mr. Banks reveals that he
and his wife are swingers, and he'd like to involve the dad in their
nighttime activities.
In the future, the son mourns the death of his father, and talks with
his mother about the good old days. His mother admits that Mr. Banks is
his biological father.
These two scenes in the past and future occur simultaneously, sharing
focus. The scenes wrap up, with the father exiting into the present, and
Banks chasing after him, and the son leaving his mother alone, also
exiting into the present.
A new scene in the present begins, with the father, son, and Mr. banks
ALL on the camping trip together.
A few notes:
The location/scene in a single timeframe should stay the same, unless
all the characters leave it. After that, it can be re-endowed as a
different location.
Improvisers may want to stick to playing a single character per
timeframe (and potentially the same character in all timeframes). This
will have to be explored.
and our first runner-up is Roy Janik for The Tesseract
Thank you to all who submitted. This was really tough this year.
And a big congratulations to Jeff who will receive an all shows pass, a full class scholarship, and wacky duck sticker on his festival badge.
Here are the formats in question:
--------------------------
Wild Strawberries by Jeff Britt
This is a variation on the Hero's Journey, and it uses the formula found in the late Ingmar Bergman's classic film, Wild Strawberries.
The hero is taking a trip with a companion (by car, plane, boat, or whatever means possible) to some location where she or he is to be honored or rewarded for a lifetime (or at least a long time) of excellence in some field (that "field" can stem from an audience suggestion*).
The resulting story unfolds as a journey in which the supporting players play people the hero meets along the way.
But here's where it gets nice and Bergmany: after every scene in which the supporting players say or do something that reminds the hero of
some aspect of his identity or her storied past, there is a symbolism-heavy dream sequence which drives home the hero's personal revelations in theatrically exaggerated ways.
By the time the hero is accepting the honor at the end, she or he should seem to be a significantly changed person from the surface-only
praised master that he or she was at the beginning of the story.
*If the players wish to heighten the story's comic potential, they could lean the audience suggestion toward some less esteemed occupation,
such as a gas station attendant or a cable guy.
--------------------------------
The Tesseract by Roy Janik
Description:
The stage is split into 3 even sections... The border between the
sections is defined simply by a freestanding doorframe... so that the
impression of a wall is given without obstructing the audiences' view.
The three sections from left to right represent 3 timeframes: the past,
present, and future.
A single story is told through the course of the show, starting in the
center room, The Present. Flashbacks and glimpes into the future are
initiated by characters leaving the present into one of the adjoining
rooms. This isn't a format about time travel, so exits and entrances are
justified within their own reality.
Scenes in all 3 time-frames can happen simulaneously, by sharing focus,
or 1 time frame can take all the focus while the other 2 freeze.
Whatever serves the story best.
Example:
A scene starts in the present... A father and son are arguing over
whether the son can go on a camping trip for the weekend or not. The
father says no, because he doesn't trust Mr. Banks, who'll be
supervising the trip. The argument heightens to the point where they're
shouting at each other. The boy calls his father a bad name, and storms
off to the right... the future. The father storms off to the left... the
past.
In the past, the father talks to Mr. Banks, at that time one of his best
friends. Over the course of the conversation, Mr. Banks reveals that he
and his wife are swingers, and he'd like to involve the dad in their
nighttime activities.
In the future, the son mourns the death of his father, and talks with
his mother about the good old days. His mother admits that Mr. Banks is
his biological father.
These two scenes in the past and future occur simultaneously, sharing
focus. The scenes wrap up, with the father exiting into the present, and
Banks chasing after him, and the son leaving his mother alone, also
exiting into the present.
A new scene in the present begins, with the father, son, and Mr. banks
ALL on the camping trip together.
A few notes:
The location/scene in a single timeframe should stay the same, unless
all the characters leave it. After that, it can be re-endowed as a
different location.
Improvisers may want to stick to playing a single character per
timeframe (and potentially the same character in all timeframes). This
will have to be explored.
Re: Who's the lucky winner?
It was you, asshole!The Brigadier wrote:I'm just curious and all: who won the Well Hung Jury Memorial Scholarship? Own up!
Thanks peeps, I'm awfully excited about this.
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- kaci_beeler Offline
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Re: Who's the lucky winner?
As last year's recipient, I declare it tradition that we must have a duel. Fancy gloves only, please.The Brigadier wrote:It was you, asshole!The Brigadier wrote:I'm just curious and all: who won the Well Hung Jury Memorial Scholarship? Own up!
Thanks peeps, I'm awfully excited about this.
Let's see these formats get performed!
Re: Who's the lucky winner?
I accept, good sir. And I promise Wild Strawberries will be performed-- before 2008!kaci_beeler wrote: I declare it tradition that we must have a duel. Fancy gloves only, please.
Let's see these formats get performed!
