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This week we concentrated on the "who" of a scene. Last week we concentrated on the "where". I cannot wait for the "why" week!!!
We used a similar format to last week. Play a couple of quick warmup exercises and then get on to the games. We had 10 people this week which seemed a little more cumbersome than last week. I like having more people because you get better energy, but it means you sit out some games completely. I realize that observing is important, but I want to DO it!
After a couple of circle word association games (thankfully not fuzzy duck) , we moved on to games. We effectively built on PEVO from the 101 course. Physical, Emotional, Vocal and Occupational. We had some fun and challenging games where I was pushed out of my comfort zone. Pushed moreso than with the 101 class. One game in particular, called monologue, we followed the PEVO of the first person as best we could continuing to talk about the same subject. Our subject was pizza and we had to use a very strange voice and a hunched over demeanor. I think it was really funny and I was surprised how the topic went. In retrospect, I think the voice dictated a lot of the direction. I tended to go a stranger direction than I might if I was doing a "proper" accent.
Another game we played had us imagine the other person was 1 of 4 people we either loved, hated, feared or pitied. While not part of the learning for the game, choosing famous people worked well when the other person incorporated their characteristics into the scene.
I really liked this week. It feels like some things are coming together for me. Next week is the last of the transition weeks. After that we integrate with the farm team. There are a lot of people in the farm team and it is a little scary thinking of doing scenes around that many people, especially when they have been doing improv for years!
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