Improv Lesson 5

What are the 5 elements of a scene? Review What are the 5 elements of a scene?

Storytelling The ability to tell a story is essential for creating entertaining theater. This is also the most difficult part about improv. How do I, as an actor, create an interesting story without any time to rehearse or prepare?

Story Tableaus I need someone to tell us the story of “The Three Little Pigs.” Get into groups of 4. A tableau is a frozen scenes/picture. As a group, you will show us the story of “The Three Little Pigs” using only 5 tableaus. Thus, you will have to select the five most important parts of the story.

Fortunately, unfortunately Everyone sit in a circle. The goal is to create an interesting story by going around the circle. Mrs. Macomber will start by saying “fortunately…” and add something that makes sense. The next student continues the story with “unfortunately…” and add something that makes sense. The story continues around the room, alternating between fortunately and unfortunately.

Best/Worst I need a volunteer. You will sit on my director’s chair and start telling us a story. You are going to only highlight positive things that happen. When the buzzer rings, someone new is going to sit in the director’s chair and he/she will only highlight the negative things that happen. We will switch back and forth from the good to the bad aspects of the story.

Three Word Skits In groups of 2-3 people, you are going to select three nouns from my list. You will create a skit that illustrates a clear story that incorporates all three nouns. Remember the five elements of a scene: C- Character L- Location A- Action P- Problem S- Solution

Typewriter Get into groups of 3-4 students. One person will pretend he/she is sitting at a typewriter, typing out a story and reading it aloud. The other two actors jump in and act out the story being read.

Journal 5 What story was most successful in class today? Why was it so successful? Give a thoughtful response!