Free Notes for AIC Shows

[TexasImprovMassacre]

Thank God for Roy.

This is a big task he is taking on, on top of all the other big tasks he has taken on.

*cough* hardest working improviser in the AIC *cough*

Bradley!!! you should be ashamed

[Roy Janik]

Sweet. 4 troupes have signed up for notes so far. I've started contacting people about being the notes-giving coaches.

Here's an added bonus! Beth Burns sent me a very nice email where she apologized for being too busy. As way of apology, she typed this up, a summary of what she sees in shows all the time, and what could help everybody:

1. EYE CONTACT. If you aren't looking at your
partner, you are in your own head, you are uninformed
about the scene, and your info won't be nearly as
good.

2. COMMITMENT. Be your best actor. Don't be wry.
Don't comment on the scene from outside of it. The
stronger the committed emotion, the better.

3. KEEP IT SIMPLE. Improv scenes work best with
simplicity. Don't try to complicate it. Your scene
isn't reality in the first place, so don't try to make
it a French farce. Just make it make sense, and use
your eye contact, and your strong committed emotions
to explore a simple premise.

4. CHARACTERS. If you have a strong arsenal of
characters to plug into scenes, they shine. People
who are not stereotypes, but rather fleshed out
characters with a strong, specific point of view.

5. SET YOUR SCENE. Get your who, what, and where out
right at the top using your character's opinion and
your spacework. Then choose to make something in
there emotionally relevant to them. Setting your
scene early avoids confusion, allows for strong choice
simmediately, and lets your audience relax..

That's it. 9 times out of 10 those are the notes I
would probably be giving anyway

[Roy Janik]

Your scene isn't reality in the first place, so don't try to make it a French farce.

Whoops.

[shando]

Your scene isn't reality in the first place, so don't try to make it a French farce.

Whoops.

Yeah, Roy!

[Asaf]

I have to say, I must respectfully disagree with #1 and 5 of her notes as being necessities.

[TexasImprovMassacre]

seconded that they aren't necessities. Although, I have nothing against eye contact or getting out that information.

[Roy Janik]

Let's discuss over here: http://forum.austinimprov.com/viewtopic ... 2603#62603

so as not to muddy the purpose of this thread.