Improving Communication in Scenes (and finding the unusual thing)
It's hard to notice the unusual at the top of an improv scene. Learn when and how to do it! Even if you're unusual too, like me! For EVERYONE: how to communicate better with your scene partners.
Finding the unusual thing can be a bit more challenging if there are a variety of neurotypes on a team (and there probably is, statistically speaking). Just as communication can be challenging if you have humans with different backgrounds, cultures, spoken language, and more on a team or in a class. But there are different tools and techniques you can use to help make this a bit easier. Let’s talk about them!
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This article discusses what "unusual" can be, and how to notice that unusual thing in a scene. This tool is part of the game of the scene style of improv, a big part of it.
In a nutshell: You find an unusual thing, make a game out of it, and go from there. Heighten it, blow it out, whatever.
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