Improv III Semester 2 Exam Flashcards

1
Q

Yes and means ____

A

Play along & pull your weight

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2
Q

Easiest way to build a scene is to

A

Say yes to the first idea

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3
Q

Make ______ rather than passive choices

A

Active

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4
Q

Questions require information instead of

A

Giving information

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5
Q

at the beginning of an improvised scene the most important thing players must accomplish to decide what 4 things in the scene

A

Who what when were why

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6
Q

__________ is between the actors not necessarily the characters

A

Agreement

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7
Q

One famous adage in improv is that everyone is a

A

Supporting actor

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8
Q

The best teams are the ones that

A

Work together

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9
Q

The best way to support your partner is to actively

A

Listen

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10
Q

Status in improv refers to the power of

A

The structure of a scene

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11
Q

List 2 major types of status

A

High and low

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12
Q

Justification to explain can

A

Kill a scene

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13
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Some high status characteristics are

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Stillness, confidence, gender, age, occupation, wealth, control, friends

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14
Q

High status characters tend to

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Good posture, have the upper hand in a scene

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15
Q

Low status characters are

A

Fidgety, lack confidence, avoid eye contact, talk in circles

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16
Q

Achieving a group mind requires setting aside

A

Your own ego

17
Q

In listening is more than just listening to words you must listen not only to what is said but

A

How it is said

18
Q

One of the greatest gifts you can give anybody is the gift of

A

Your honest self

19
Q

Define callback or reincorporation

A

Taking an idea, phrase, or something else and repeating it throughout the piece

20
Q

The bolder the _______ choices you make in these scenes the better

A

Physical

21
Q

Define slaughter duets

A

An exercise used to let go and be silly played with a partner, involves killing each other in goofy ways

22
Q

Give and explain 2 examples of structure

A

Song structure - when a four line verse includes a tag line and second line rhymes with the 4th
Symphonic structure - broad opening movement, slow sweet area, sad moment, rapid/majestic third movement

23
Q

Give the four parts of the four part story

A

Platform, resolution, event, what life is like from that day on

24
Q

Four part stories can be as short as a _______ or as long as a ______

A

Monologue, novel

25
Q

Explain four sentence monologues

A

Monologues that answer the four parts of the four part story in four questions

26
Q

Explain pop up story book

A

One narrator narrating a four part story to kindergarteners, two actors striking a pose to inspire the content and story of the narrator

27
Q

Explain one word at a time story

A

Two people ask the audience for a dangerous location and go on an adventure, meet danger, and conquer it. Act out on stage & narrate the story alternating one word being spoken by one person at a time

28
Q

What re the general rules for one word at a time,

A

Begin as many sentences as possible with present participles, tell story in 1st person plural, balance, conflict comes from outside, physicality

29
Q

Define Union Jack

A

An exercise used to raise an actors awareness of stage presence

30
Q

In the expert’s game the experts chair was an exercise in taking ______

A

Focus

31
Q

The interviewers chair was an exercise in throwing _____

A

Focus

32
Q

Define Bus Stop

A

Short hand exercise that introduces the concepts in Union Jack

33
Q

Union Jack is an exercise in ______

A

Making your partner look good