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Tag Archives: Stakes

“U” is for “Urgency”

You urgently need to read this post if your scenes routinely lack any sense of dynamism.

Posted byimprovdrFebruary 27, 2023March 3, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Drama, Energy, Long-Form, Rug Pull, Short-Form, Stakes, Talking Heads, Time, U is for, UrgencyLeave a comment on “U” is for “Urgency”

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: “Escalating Scene”

Escalating Scene offers an improv embodiment of the butterfly effect where one small inconsequential action ultimately causes havoc.

Posted byimprovdrNovember 18, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Improv Terms and VocabularyTags:Accepting, Curve of Absurdity, Escalating Scene, Justification, Stakes, Story, To Make Matters Worse, UrgencyLeave a comment on Game Library: “Escalating Scene”

“S” is for “Stakes”

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

Posted byimprovdrNovember 14, 2022February 25, 2023Posted 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: “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 “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”

“H” is for “Heighten”

While offers provide the raw material of improv, “Heightening” adds the steam and momentum…

Posted byimprovdrNovember 22, 2021February 25, 2023Posted inImprov Terms and Vocabulary, Performance StrategiesTags:Accepting, Energy, Extending, Game of the Scene, H is for, Heighten, Raise the Stakes, StakesLeave a comment on “H” is for “Heighten”

Game Library: “Raise the Stakes”

“Raise the Stakes” is a helpful exercise to explore supporting a protagonist on their journey…

Posted byimprovdrJuly 3, 2020March 18, 2022Posted inImprov Games, Performance StrategiesTags:Exercises, Heighten, Protagonist, Raise the Stakes, Shining, Stakes, Top Reads, UrgencyLeave a comment on Game Library: “Raise the Stakes”
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