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Sarahwall: adding category

2024-11-18T15:33:14Z

adding category

SusKnoxStudent at 03:24, 20 May 2021

2021-05-20T03:24:36Z

Sarahwall at 04:37, 5 September 2020

2020-09-05T04:37:02Z

162.247.132.3 at 23:53, 6 November 2017

2017-11-06T23:53:19Z

BaaSheep: /* Improv Skills */

2013-11-30T05:45:56Z

Improv Skills

BaaSheep: /* Improv Skills */

2013-11-30T05:45:11Z

Improv Skills

BaaSheep: /* Starting a Scene */

2013-11-29T19:03:18Z

Starting a Scene

BaaSheep: /* Saving a Dying Scene */

2013-11-27T20:35:12Z

Saving a Dying Scene

BaaSheep: /* Saving a Dying Scene */

2013-11-27T20:33:56Z

Saving a Dying Scene

BaaSheep: /* Miscellaneous Tips & Tricks: */

2013-11-27T20:26:17Z

Miscellaneous Tips & Tricks:

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	Buy ''Truth in Comedy'' and read it. This is considered to be the improv bible.		Buy ''Truth in Comedy'' and read it. This is considered to be the improv bible.
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		+	[[Category: Improv]]

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 Many skills are involved.
-Knox College has an [[Improv Club]]. Come visit on Wednesdays and Sundays from 9-11pm in [[CFA]] Lobby!
+Knox College has an [[Improv Club]]. Come visit on Wednesdays and Sundays from 8-10pm in Ferris lounge
 == Improv Skills ==

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 Many skills are involved.
-Knox College has an [[Improv Club]]. Come visit on Thursdays and Sundays from 9-11pm and Fridays from 4-6pm in the [[CFA]]!
+Knox College has an [[Improv Club]]. Come visit on Wednesdays and Sundays from 9-11pm in [[CFA]] Lobby!
 == Improv Skills ==

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 Many skills are involved.
-Knox College has an [[Improv Club]]. Come visit on Fridays from 4-6pm in the [[CFA]]!
+Knox College has an [[Improv Club]]. Come visit on Thursdays and Sundays from 9-11pm and Fridays from 4-6pm in the [[CFA]]!
 == Improv Skills ==

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 [[taking risks (improv)|Taking Risks]]
-[[continuing the game|Continuing the Game]]
+[[continuing the game|Finding and Continuing the Game]]
 [[beats (improv)|Adding New Beats]]

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	[[adding information (improv)\|Adding Information]]		[[adding information (improv)\|Adding Information]]
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		+	[[creating potential (improv)\|Creating Potential]]
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		+	[[using potential (improv)\|Using Potential]]

	[[raising the stakes (improv)\|Raising the Stakes]]		[[raising the stakes (improv)\|Raising the Stakes]]

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	====Starting a Scene====		====Starting a Scene====
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		+	'''- Try starting a scene silently.'''
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		+	Try just going in and starting with some sort of [[physicality (improv)\|physicality]]. Try waiting for your partner to decide what it is that you are doing, and then make that true. (Even if you were miming frying eggs, if your partner says "stop playing paddle-ball, Joe! This is detention!", you are now Joe, in detention, and playing paddle-ball.) Try letting your physicality inspire the scene in this way.
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		+	'''- Make sure you [[establishing (improv)\|establish]] the important information as quickly and efficiently as possible so that the scene can progress.'''
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		+	That is, make sure that, by the time the action begins, the audience knows ''who you are'', ''where you are'', and has some idea of ''what you are trying to do''. Without this, the scene will be more difficult for the audience to get in to. Knowing these things will help keep you and your scene partners on the same page.
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		+	=====- TJ Jagodowski's "7 Hooks for a Scene": =====
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		+	''"Go into the scene…''
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		+	'''1. Immediately after a huge event has happened, and be in the middle of reacting to this event.'''
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		+	''Examples: You just got out of an elevator that has been out of order for 5 hours. You are standing outside a building where someone called in a bomb threat.''
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		+	'''2. With a mantra or catchphrase.'''
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		+	''Examples: “I’ve been there before.” “I guess that’s what they’re teaching kids these days.”''
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		+	'''3. With a secret that directly affects your partner.'''
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		+	''Examples: You cheated on a huge test that your partner just failed because it’s graded on a curve. You can’t stand your partner’s apartment because it smells like cat piss. (Please avoid “I’m secretly gay” and “I’m secretly in love with you.”)''
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		+	'''4. With a large assumption about your scene partner.'''
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		+	''Examples: I know you hate me right now, and… You need me to feel safe and protected.''
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		+	'''5. With a physicality that has consumed your character.'''
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		+	''Examples: You always point the toe of your right foot to the ground. You take a sip of water after everything you say.''
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		+	'''6. In the middle of solving an obstacle.'''
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		+	''Examples: “Oh, you just put this into lever A, and you have yourself a model airplane.” “And…there we are, got that splinter right out.”''
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		+	'''7. With a hugely specific want from your scene partner.'''
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		+	''Example: I want him to think that I really know my French wines. I want her to know that I’m putting in equal time with the kids after work.''"[http://boilingpointimprov.wordpress.com/tag/carl-and-the-passions/]
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 - '''Break a pattern.'''
-If you have been stuck doing something for a while, advance the scene by breaking out of that. If you've spent the scene talking while painting a wall, try spilling the paint bucket by accident or taking a breather because the paint fumes are making you dizzy. This one way to [[beats (improv)|add a new beat]], which will make the scene more interesting and help move it along.
+If you have been stuck doing something for a while, advance the scene by breaking out of that. If you've spent the scene talking while painting a wall, try spilling the paint bucket by accident or taking a breather because the paint fumes are making you dizzy. This is one way to [[beats (improv)|add a new beat]], which will make the scene more interesting and help move it along.
 ====Starting a Scene====

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	Any time that you are stumped, you can always look to your scene partners for help; just give them something to work with by [[adding information (improv)\|adding some information]] and they will take that and run with it as best they can. From that point you can try and take the scene to a more interesting place by giving each other more to work with.		Any time that you are stumped, you can always look to your scene partners for help; just give them something to work with by [[adding information (improv)\|adding some information]] and they will take that and run with it as best they can. From that point you can try and take the scene to a more interesting place by giving each other more to work with.

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		+	- '''Break a pattern.'''
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		+	If you have been stuck doing something for a while, advance the scene by breaking out of that. If you've spent the scene talking while painting a wall, try spilling the paint bucket by accident or taking a breather because the paint fumes are making you dizzy. This one way to [[beats (improv)\|add a new beat]], which will make the scene more interesting and help move it along.

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 - Don't just make jokes. Making a joke that doesn't advance the scene is called "gagging" because people focus more on your gags than the scene. It's about as appealing as it sounds. "Gagging".'''
 - Improv is just goofing off with structure. Don't take yourself too seriously.
 ====Saving a Dying Scene====