Improvisation & Elements of Drama

What is improvisation?

• The act of improving a person's performance

• How well a group of people perform

• When people make up drama on the spot, without rehearsing.

• Improving the size of the stage

Why may actors reject the first idea that they think of?

• It's the wrong idea

• They may worry that others will think that their ideas are crazy, rude or unoriginal.

• It defies logical explanation

• It is incorrect to how the character is portrayed,

One of the five key terms in Improvisation is 'Offer"... Choose the correct term below.

• Donating goods and services to an audience

• Throwing a prop at another actor

• a negative suggestion, movement, physical shape or expression which starts or develops a story within a scene

• a positive suggestion, movement, physical shape or expression which starts or develops a story within a scene

What does accepting someone's offer during improvisation develop?

• Help to create action

• Stressful situations

• Possibility of getting acne

• Makes a scene stop

How does extending an offer help in creating an improvisation.

• It helps to see where the story began

• It helps to build and develop an idea further

• The brain is able to create new situations

• You can see how far it travels

By introducing or advancing a new idea or offer during improvisation can help with developing ...

• Sound

• Storyline

• Action

• Costuming

What happens when someone blocks an offer during an improvisation?

• They are hit by a large block of wood

• A large curtain stops them seeing the audience

• They allow another actor to hit them

• Their action is stopped, interrupted or ignored