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Tag Archives: Short-Form

Game Library: “Booth Torture”

This dynamic provides a whole new way to level up your justification skills!

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 13, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Abandon, Booth Torture, Justification, Mischief, Shivving, Short-Form, TechniciansLeave a comment on Game Library: “Booth Torture”

Game Library: “Expert Double Figures”

If two heads are better than one, are four arms better than two…?

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 6, 2023January 4, 2023Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Arms Expert, Characterization, Expert Double Figures, Experts, Justification, Physicality, Short-Form, Teaching Scene, VolunteersLeave a comment on Game Library: “Expert Double Figures”

“T” is for “Teaching Scene”

A few choice lessons concerning “Teaching Scenes.”

Posted byimprovdrJanuary 2, 2023January 4, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:CAD, CROW, Game of the Scene, Long-Form, Mapping, Relationship, Short-Form, T is for, Talking Heads, Teaching Scene, Transaction SceneLeave a comment on “T” is for “Teaching Scene”

Game Library: “Pan Left, Pan Right”

“Pan Left” to the latest Game Library entry…

Posted byimprovdrDecember 9, 2022December 7, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Caller, Edits, Justification, Pan Left Pan Right, Relationship, Short-Form, Strangers, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Pan Left, Pan Right”

Game Library: “High Card”

“High Card” provides a revealing all-play experience that unpacks the nuances of status

Posted byimprovdrNovember 25, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:All Play, Character, Exercises, Long-Form, Relationship, Short-Form, Status, SubtextLeave a comment on Game Library: “High Card”

“S” is for “Stakes”

Raising the “stakes” in your work typically raises the energy, attack, and momentum as well.

Posted byimprovdrNovember 14, 2022November 25, 2022Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Acting, Comedy, Commitment, Drama, Long-Form, Objective, Passion, Raise the Stakes, S is for, Short-Form, Stakes, To Make Matters Worse, UrgencyLeave a comment on “S” is for “Stakes”

Game Library: “Crime Endowment”

Specifics provide the life blood of this short-form endowment mainstay.

Posted byimprovdrOctober 28, 2022October 26, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Crime Endowment, Endowing, Short-Form, SpecificityLeave a comment on Game Library: “Crime Endowment”

Game Library: “In A, With A, While A…”

In a… blog entry, with a… heaping helping of suggestions, while a… reader contemplates the scenic possibilities.

Posted byimprovdrSeptember 23, 2022September 23, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Ask-for, In A With A While A, Justification, Location, Short-Form, Showing, WhereLeave a comment on Game Library: “In A, With A, While A…”

Game Library: “Famous Last Words”

Few scenes guarantee a more epic ending than “Famous Last Words.”

Posted byimprovdrSeptember 16, 2022September 14, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Famous Last Words, Heighten, Justification, Short-Form, Stakes, Storytelling, To Make Matters Worse, Verbal SkillsLeave a comment on Game Library: “Famous Last Words”

“S” is for “Short-Form”

Here’s an effort to identify some of the common elements that make short-form what it is.

Posted byimprovdrSeptember 12, 2022November 15, 2022Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Competition, Improvisation, Long-Form, S is for, Shape of Show, Short-Form, StructureLeave a comment on “S” is for “Short-Form”

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