Vocabulary I
An action or dialogue to initiate the advancement of a scene
What is an 'offer'?
You're a world famous Dancer!
What's your name? What made you want to be a dancer? What type of dance is it that you've studied? What dance move made you famous? What do you like most about what you do? What advice would you give to someone else that aspires to be a famous dancer?
These three things should be established in the first few lines of any improv scene.
What is setting, characters and action (or situation)?
You're a Professional Clown!
What's your name? What made you want to be a dancer? What type of dance is it that you've studied? What dance move made you famous? What do you like most about what you do? What advice would you give to someone else that aspires to be a famous dancer?
The coordination between players executing a scene or play as a whole rather than as individuals.
What is an ensemble?
Denying another players offer
What is blocking?
Complete a tongue twister!
"A tutor who tooted the flute tried to teach two young tooters to toot. Said the two to the tutor, ‘Is it harder to toot, or to tutor two tooters to toot?"
"Typewriter", "Emo-call" and "What Are You Doing?" are all versions of these.
What are improv games?
Use body language to express an emotion!
Boredom.
Anxiety, confidence, education and value systems are examples of these kinds of characterstics.
What are internal characteristics?
Another term that refers to 'block' another player's offer.
What is negate?
Use body language to express an emotion!
Fear.
A [L] in the stage directions.
What is left stage?
Creative story-telling! Everyone in the room is encouraged to add one part to the story.
“Three children are sitting on a log near a stream. One of them looks up at the sky and says…”
Clothing, hair and eye color, style and general appearance are examples.
What are external characteristics?
Receiving an offer on offer with agreement.
What is acceptance (or 'yes, and...')?
Creative story-telling! Everyone in the room is encouraged to add one part to the story.
"Her stomach was churning! She looked down at the menu and sighed when she saw..."
The primary purpose of initial warm-up games.
What is focus?
Charades! The host will tell you one thing to act out and the room will have to guess!
The film "Jaws".
a long speech by one actor in a play or movie, or as part of a theatrical or broadcast program.
What is a monologue?
The process of moving a scene forward.
What is advancing?
Charades! The host will tell you one thing to act out and the room will have to guess!
Flying in first class!
Assigning characteristics to another player’s character.
What is endowment?
Complete a tongue twister!
"How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
He would chuck, he would, as much as he could, and chuck as much wood
As a woodchuck would if a woodchuck could chuck wood!"
The two main catagories of characteristics that make a complete character.
What is external and internal?