Theres a version of this called "Freeze!" Start with everyone in a circle. Two people go into the middle and start acting out anything they want with each other. At any point, someone from the circle can yell, "Freeze!" which makes the two actors freeze in place in the middle of whatever they are doing. The person who yelled now steps in and takes the place of one of the performers, including whatever posture they were standing in. (tap one on the shoulder to tell them you want to replace them) Once the replaced performer goes back out to the circle, the new scene begins starting with whatever the new person creates from the postures they are frozen in. Example: The first two people act out rock climbing side by side. They are discussing, "Boy, this cliff is steeper than I thought! Are your ropes secure?" Person 3 from the circle yells freeze. Both performers are stuck with one leg bent upward and the alternate arm stretched upward. Person 3 takes one of their places and assumes the same posture. Person 3 then begins moving and verbalizing a new scene, perhaps, "boy, this disco is full tonight! I love how you're dancing!" And the two performers begin acting out dancing, until someone else yells out "freeze" , steps in, and starts a new scene from the postures they are in. have fun!
Committing: It looks like they were laughing and really committing. They were always agreeing with other peoples ideas and fulfilling it into a reality. 10/10 Lisenting: They took other peoples ideas and agrread with it. They were reacting better then they were acting. 8.5/10 Supporting: They sometimes didnt like there previous act but they did still supported the idea. For exmaple on the skydiving one, you could tell she didnt like the idea, but still acted like she did. She reacted very well. 8/10 Offering: There was lots of offering in these scenes. They were offering many ideas and they took them without a doubt, and they gave back an idea that got better each time. 10/10 Accepting: This was the best skill they demonstrated. They said yes to everything, and had no doubts. Even if they didnt want to do the particular scene they still did, just to show how commited they are. 10/10 Advancing: With the information they got, sometimes they tried to conect a story with one of the scenes. They tried to advance with a scene to create something more intresintg and more captivating. I felt more into the story with some of the scenes. 9/10 Risking: You could tell that when they were trying to come up with something very quickly they werent thinking it all the way through and they were taking a risk to just say something random. It turned out that the risk they took was acutally good and it made most of the scenes even better. Risking is a very important part of improv. 9/10 Simplifying: Since they didnt have lots of time to think about the next move, or act, since this game you have to think fast, they were kind of forced to simplify. Natrully they were very good at this, and didnt show much struggle. 8.5/10 Misbehaving: At one point they were screaming, and making funny faces. It seems that everyone turned on a smile with it. Mis behaving is a good part of drama since it makes the scene more real and more engaing. 10/10 Playing: Sometimes they werent taking it seriously and making side jokes on the side. It is funny to watch that the more you play with the scne the more fun it is to watch and to do the scene is. 9/10
Thank you for sharing this exercice. I'll do it tomorrow (19th February 2024) with my classes in Belgium, near Germany, Europe.
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Superb activity. Thank you very much.
Theres a version of this called "Freeze!" Start with everyone in a circle. Two people go into the middle and start acting out anything they want with each other. At any point, someone from the circle can yell, "Freeze!" which makes the two actors freeze in place in the middle of whatever they are doing. The person who yelled now steps in and takes the place of one of the performers, including whatever posture they were standing in. (tap one on the shoulder to tell them you want to replace them) Once the replaced performer goes back out to the circle, the new scene begins starting with whatever the new person creates from the postures they are frozen in. Example: The first two people act out rock climbing side by side. They are discussing, "Boy, this cliff is steeper than I thought! Are your ropes secure?" Person 3 from the circle yells freeze. Both performers are stuck with one leg bent upward and the alternate arm stretched upward. Person 3 takes one of their places and assumes the same posture. Person 3 then begins moving and verbalizing a new scene, perhaps, "boy, this disco is full tonight! I love how you're dancing!" And the two performers begin acting out dancing, until someone else yells out "freeze" , steps in, and starts a new scene from the postures they are in. have fun!
Shall do this in class tomo... sounds very interesting ❤
This helped our theater and film institute studets, touch and fly mysore...
Very Interesting I'm studying theatre in college
Committing: It looks like they were laughing and really committing. They were always agreeing with other peoples ideas and fulfilling it into a reality.
10/10
Lisenting: They took other peoples ideas and agrread with it. They were reacting better then they were acting.
8.5/10
Supporting: They sometimes didnt like there previous act but they did still supported the idea. For exmaple on the skydiving one, you could tell she didnt like the idea, but still acted like she did. She reacted very well.
8/10
Offering: There was lots of offering in these scenes. They were offering many ideas and they took them without a doubt, and they gave back an idea that got better each time.
10/10
Accepting: This was the best skill they demonstrated. They said yes to everything, and had no doubts. Even if they didnt want to do the particular scene they still did, just to show how commited they are.
10/10
Advancing: With the information they got, sometimes they tried to conect a story with one of the scenes. They tried to advance with a scene to create something more intresintg and more captivating. I felt more into the story with some of the scenes.
9/10
Risking: You could tell that when they were trying to come up with something very quickly they werent thinking it all the way through and they were taking a risk to just say something random. It turned out that the risk they took was acutally good and it made most of the scenes even better. Risking is a very important part of improv.
9/10
Simplifying: Since they didnt have lots of time to think about the next move, or act, since this game you have to think fast, they were kind of forced to simplify. Natrully they were very good at this, and didnt show much struggle.
8.5/10
Misbehaving: At one point they were screaming, and making funny faces. It seems that everyone turned on a smile with it. Mis behaving is a good part of drama since it makes the scene more real and more engaing.
10/10
Playing: Sometimes they werent taking it seriously and making side jokes on the side. It is funny to watch that the more you play with the scne the more fun it is to watch and to do the scene is.
9/10
Very nice
Nice I'm waiting from India 🇮🇳
the game is so fun i'll try it
Soo cool