Austin Improv

bradisntclever wrote:

Asaf wrote: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*

Beth Burns wrote: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

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

Roy Janik wrote:

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

Whoops.