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Tag Archives: Callback

“S” is for “Shelving”

“S” is for “Shelving” considers some different approaches for storing and reusing the variety of offers that make up the creative grist of improv.

Posted byimprovdrAugust 22, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Callback, Connections, Content, Details, Looking Backwards, Material, Names, Offer, Reincorporation, S is for, Shelving, SpecificityLeave a comment on “S” is for “Shelving”

“R” is for “Reincorporation”

Time to look at the craft of “Reincorporation.”

Posted byimprovdrJuly 4, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Accepting, Callback, Connections, Looking Backwards, R is for, Recycling, Reincorporation, Repetition, ShelvingLeave a comment on “R” is for “Reincorporation”

“L” is for “Looking Backwards”

“Looking Backwards” (but not with anger) provides a fruitful way to find the path forward.

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 24, 2022October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Callback, Content, L is for, Looking Backwards, Material, Offer, Shelving, Specificity, Story, StructureLeave a comment on “L” is for “Looking Backwards”

“C” is for “Connections”

I consider the concept of “Connections” as an overarching improv term that includes, but is not limited to, the similar tools of callbacks and reincorporations.

Posted byimprovdrApril 26, 2021October 22, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:C is for, Callback, Connections, Long-Form, Patterns, Reincorporation, Short-Form, WeavingLeave a comment on “C” is for “Connections”

Game Library: “Perspectives”

I’ve found that most players really enjoy the central conceit of “Perspectives” that explores a given moment through the eyes of four different characters. And it’s a handy dandy tool for exploring callbacks too!

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 22, 2021March 18, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Callback, Narrative, Narrative Collage, Perspectives, POV, StorytellingLeave a comment on Game Library: “Perspectives”

“C” is for “Callback”

Strap yourself in for an ocean of C’s as we begin a new letter in our “A to Z” of improv terms with “C” is for “Callback.”

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 18, 2021October 21, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Ambiguity, C is for, Callback, Connections, Reincorporation, ShelvingLeave a comment on “C” is for “Callback”
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