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Category Archives: Style It Up

Game Library: “Actor’s Nightmare”

Here’s the first entry in the ImprovDr Game Library Expansion Pack I, “Actor’s Nightmare.”

Posted byimprovdrMay 26, 2023May 24, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:Abandon, Actor's Nightmare, Endowing, Given Circumstances, Justification, Page of Play, Short-FormLeave a comment on Game Library: “Actor’s Nightmare”

Game Library: “Camera, Narrator, Actor, Actor”

An exciting narrative game for your improv library.

Posted byimprovdrMay 19, 2023May 9, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:Camera Narrator Actor Actor, Characterization, Narrative, Scene Painting, Storytelling, Verbal Skills, ZoomprovLeave a comment on Game Library: “Camera, Narrator, Actor, Actor”

“V” is for “Verbal Skills”

The first improv “V” offers five vital features of your vocal work to consider if you’re looking to break old patterns and make new discoveries.

Posted byimprovdrMarch 6, 2023May 24, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance Strategies, Style It UpTags:Objective, Passion, Tactics, V is for, Variety, Verbal Skills, Verisimilitude, Vocabulary, Volume, VoracityLeave a comment on “V” is for “Verbal Skills”

Game Library: “Creation Myth Scene”

A mythic departure from more run-of-the-mill short-form adventures…

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 10, 2023February 8, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:Commercial, Creation Myth Scene, Justification, Narrative, Short-Form, Small Steps, Story, TrustLeave a comment on Game Library: “Creation Myth Scene”

Game Library: “Replay”

This Game Library entry includes five “Replay” variants, with links to a bonus two more!

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 3, 2023February 1, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It Up, That Sounds Like a SongTags:Emotional Replay, Genre Replay, Most Scenes in a Minute, Replay, Scene Three Ways, Style, Through the Ages, Transaction SceneLeave a comment on Game Library: “Replay”

Game Library: “Soundtrack”

Big emotions, strong characterizations, and heightened physicality (and an adept technician) are the key ingredients of a strong “Soundtrack” scene.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 20, 2023January 18, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It Up, That Sounds Like a SongTags:Emotional Truth, Justification, Movement, Music, Physicality, Soundtrack, Stakes, TellingLeave a comment on Game Library: “Soundtrack”

Game Library: “Narrator”

If you’re looking for a stylistic twist for your short- or long-form work, Narrator might be just the device for you.

Posted byimprovdrOctober 21, 2022October 20, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:Narrative, Narrator, Speaking Your Truth, StorytellingLeave a comment on Game Library: “Narrator”

Game Library: “Chapters”

“Chapters” mixes up the order of the dramatic action in a dynamic and challenging way.

Posted byimprovdrAugust 26, 2022August 24, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:Advancing, Caller, Chapters, Justification, Shelving, Storytelling, StructureLeave a comment on Game Library: “Chapters”

“S” is for “Secrets”

Psssst… here are some thoughts on “Secrets” and improv.

Posted byimprovdrAugust 1, 2022February 12, 2023Posted inDramaturgical Improv, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Performance Strategies, Style It UpTags:Characterization, Comedy, Drama, Dramaturgical Improv, Endowment, Lies, Long-Form, Motivation, Objective, Relationship, S is for, Secrets, Stakes, Subtext, TruthLeave a comment on “S” is for “Secrets”

Game Library: “Typewriter”

Does anyone use a “Typewriter” any more? Here’s a new game with an old name.

Posted byimprovdrJuly 29, 2022July 27, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and Vocabulary, Style It UpTags:Blind Typewriter, Double Typewriter, Gibberish Typewriter, Long-Form, Narrator, Scene Painting, Short-Form, Tag Typewriter, TypewriterLeave a comment on Game Library: “Typewriter”

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