YOU ARE ALONE WITH YOUR BOYFRIEND AND SUDDENLY YOUR PARENTS VISIT YOUR APARTMENT. WELL, WHAT YOU DO ABOUT THE UNPLANNED VISIT OF YOUR PARENTS?
YOU’RE WAITING FOR A LECTURE TO START, AND SUDDENLY YOUR PROFESSOR COMES IN AND ANNOUNCES A SURPRISE TEST. HOW DO YOU PASS IT?
SITUATIONS ARE OFTEN UNPLANNED AND CAN HAPPEN SUDDENLY AND WITHOUT WARNING. HOW DO YOU REACT WHEN FACED WITH THESE SITUATIONS?
THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE YOU IMPROV. IMPROVISATION SHORTLY TERMED IMPROV SIMPLY MEANS YOU ACT WITHOUT ANY SCRIPT. THE UNPLANNED ACT IS TERMED IMPROVISATION. IMPROVISING WITHOUT A PLANNED SCRIPT WHILE BEING TRUE TO THE CHARACTER AND STICKING TO A SITUATION IS THE SKILL OF IMPROVISATION FOR ACTOR?
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF IMPROVISING AS AN ACTOR?
IIMPROVISATION IS HELPFUL FOR AN ACTOR BECAUSE IT ALLOWS YOU TO UNLOCK INFINITE POSSIBILITIES. WHEN YOU DON’T PLAN A RESULT OR ANYTHING AND JUST GO WITH THE FLOW, YOU CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING OUT OF THE BLUE. THE POWER OF IMPROVISATION IS THAT THE NATURAL HUMAN EMOTIONS THAT YOU ARE FEELING IN THE MOMENT CAN BE A MAJOR PLOT TWIST.
- “IMPROVISATION HELPS YOU OUTGROW YOUR MINDSET”
THE MOST IMPORTANT TOOL FOR AN ACTOR IS THE CREATIVITY. AND TO BE CREATIVE, YOU NEED TO ENHACE YOUR TOOL ,THE MIND EVERY DAY. ONE OF THE MOST HELPING EXERCISE IS TO EXERCISE YOUR TOOL IS IMPROVISATION.
“IMPROVISATION HELPS IN BOOSTING YOUR CREATIVITY”.
IMPROVISATION HELPS YOU CREATE SOMETHING OUT OF THE BLUE. YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN WONDERS CAN HAPPEN IN YOUR SCENES. IF ONE ACTOR’S IMAGINATION IS STRONG ENOUGH, IT CAN TRIGGER THE IMAGINATION OF THE OTHER ACTORS.
“IMPROVISATION HELPS YOU CREATE WONDERS”.
WHEN YOU ARE IMPROVISING, YOU CAN DEVELOP A CERTAIN CHARACTER. FOR EXAMPLE, SUPPOSE YOU ARE PLAYING THE ROLE OF A POLICE OFFICER. IN THE COURSE OF THE IMPROVISATION, A SITUATION ARISES WHERE THE OFFICER HAS TO BREAK HIS OWN RULES OR BEHAVE IN A CERTAIN WAY. WILL THE CHARACTER GO TO THE EXTREME OF DIFFERENT POSSIBILITIES? WILL THEY BEHAVE IN A CERTAIN WAY?
“IMPROVISATION HELPS IN DEVELOPING YOUR CHARACTER”
IMPROVISATION HELPS ACTORS CREATE A NATURAL AND RESPONSIVE BEHAVIOR. IT CAN DEFINITELY ELEVATE YOUR GIVE-AND-TAKE ABILITY IN ACTING. AFTER ALL, ACTING IS ALL ABOUT RESPONDING AND REACTING.
“IMPROVISATION HELPS YOU IN BUILING A STRONG GIVE AND TAKE BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR CO-STAR”
ARE THERE ANY LIMITATIONS OR RULES IN IMPROVISATION?
IMPROV SIMPLY MEANS PERFORMING SOMETHING WHILE BEING IN THE MOMENT AND TRUE TO YOURSELF. THERE ARE NO SET RULES OR LIMITATIONS REQUIRED FOR IT. YOU CAN SIMPLY GIVE YOURSELF A SITUATION AND PERFORM A SMALL SKIT. WHEN DOING IT WITH A PARTNER, YOU CAN DECIDE ON A SITUATION AND ROLES, OR LEAVE IT UNDECIDED. ANYONE CAN START WITH THE SITUATION OR ROLE THEY MADE UP IN THEIR MIND, OR LET ONE PERSON BE BLANK. BUT THESE KINDS OF SITUATIONS CAN SOMETIMES GO ON FOREVER, AS THE ACTORS’ IMAGINATIONS CAN RUN WILD. SOMETIMES THE ACTORS CAN GO BLANK AND STRETCH THE SCENE OUT, WHICH IS A WASTE OF TIME. SO, YOU SHOULD DECIDE ON A BEGINNING, MIDDLE, AND END SO THE ACTORS KNOW WHEN TO STOP.
AS AN ACTOR IT IS IMPORTANT TO CHALLENGE YOURSELF, SO YOU CAN DEFINETLY SET SOME PARAMETERS OR THE LIMITATION, TO TEST YOURSELF HOW WELL CAN YOU IMPROVISE WITHIN THESE LIMITATIONS.
HOW CAN I ENHANCE MY SKILLS FOR IMPROVISATION ?
“YES”.IF YOU WANT TO ENHANCE YOUR IMPROVISATION SKILLS YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY LEARN THE BASIC CONCEPT OF IMPROV -“SAYING YES”. I’D LIKE YOU TO UNDERSTAND WHILE DOING IMPROVISATION THAT SAYING “NO” IS THE END TO ARRIVAL OF AN IDEA. IF YOU ARE GOING TO DISALLOW AND REJECT YOUR CO-PARTNER’S IDEA, THE CONVERSATION WILL END.SO THE CONCEPT IS SUPER EASY, BE READY TO ACCEPT AND ALLOW THE IDEAS AND THEN TURN IT WHATEVER WAY YOU WANT. I WOULD ASK THAT YOU ALWAYS SAY “YES” TO WHATEVER YOUR PARTNER IS SAYING.
“ALWAYS SAY YES”
WHEN YOU ARE IMPROVISING, IT IS IMPORTANT TO ACTIVELY LISTEN TO WHAT YOUR PARTNER IS SAYING. DON’T JUST GET CAUGHT UP IN YOUR OWN THOUGHTS. INSTEAD, LISTEN TO WHERE YOUR PARTNER IS TAKING THE CONVERSATION AND PICK UP ON THEIR LAST THOUGHT. IF YOU LISTEN ATTENTIVELY, YOUR REACTION WILL BE MORE TRUTHFUL
“ACTIVELY LISTEN TO YOUR CO-STAR”
BE PRESENT IN THE MOMENT,IF YOU WANT TO BE TRUTHFUL TOWARDS YOUR ACT,JUST BE TRUTHFUL.BEING TRUTHFUL ONLY HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE ACTIVELY LISTENING TO YOUR PARTNERR AND RESPONDING ACCORDINGLIY.
“BE PRESENT IN THAT MOMENT”.
KEEP YOUR MIND CALM.KEEP YOUR MIND CONCENTRATED.AS WE DISCUSS THAT YOU NEED TO BE PRESENT IN THE MOMENT, AND FOR BEING PRESENT IN THE MOMENT YOU NEED TO SATY FOCUS, AND FOR BEING FOCUS YOU NEED TO STOP YOUR BRAIN ROAMING IN ANY DIRECTION.FOR THAT YOU NEED TO CONCERENTATE. FOR CONCERNTATING YOU CAN DEFIENTLY TRY OUT SOME MEDITATIONS.IT IS ONE OF THE BEST EXCERCING FOR DEVELOPING FOCUS.
“KEEP YOU FOCUS HIGH”
ALWAYS BE A TEAM PLAYER. WHEN YOU ARE IMPROVISING WITH A TEAM, YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT YOU CANNOT KEEP DOING JUST YOUR STUFF BECAUSE THERE ARE OTHER ACTORS TOO AND YOU HAVE TO GIVE SPACE TO OTHER , YOU HAVE TO ALLOW EVERYBODY TO PARTICIPATE AND ADD THEIR VALUE TO THE ACT.
“BE A TEAM PLAYER”
