Games
Party Quirks from "Who's Line is it Anyway"
1. Slow motion boxer.
2. Unsuccessful circus performers
3. Salesman determined to make a sale
4. Thinks they're in Gone with the Wind.
5. Everybody thinks they're the person to their right
6. Everybody acts like a different evil company (Microsoft, McDonalds, etc.)
7. Everybody is a different (or the same) stereotype (gangster, nerd, jock for instance)
8. Fireman wanting to save everyone from the building
9. Everybody is both a super hero and a super villain, they answer as one character every other question, and as the other character in between, alternating evil and super.
10. Everybody is a different one of the 7 deadly sins. Gluttony, Lust, Pride, Greed, Slothfulness, Envy, Anger
11. Everybody is a different country/city/state/continent
12. Someone thinks he's/she's a pinball machine
13. Someone thinks he's/she's a chicken with its head cut off
14. The more he is attracted to someone, the faster he talks
15. Increasingly frustrated French man/woman hunting for truffles
16. various celebrities getting steamrolled
17. Hunky model doing a cover shoot for a romance novel
18. Family coming to blows on Jerry Springer Show
Family Portraits
A picture tells a lot about a character—the way she stands, the expression on her face, the way she looks at others, etc. In each group, choose one person to be the photographer. Everyone else in this group gets together and poses like they’re having their picture taken. The first picture should look like a nice family portrait. Once you are in your family portrait position, the photographer calls out a kind of family such as “sick family” and counts to three, allowing the posing players to change their position. Other family types might include “sleepy family”, “goofy family”, “dancing family”, etc. Remember, you are making a picture and pictures can’t move or make sound.
Backwards Scene
Two students are selected. The class makes up the last line of an imaginary scene. The students must then improvise a scene/story that ends with the imagery scene or uses it as a flashback. (And if you want to make it harder, add more actors.) Purpose: This acting exercise forces an actor to think on her feet and use her imagination.
1. Slow motion boxer.
2. Unsuccessful circus performers
3. Salesman determined to make a sale
4. Thinks they're in Gone with the Wind.
5. Everybody thinks they're the person to their right
6. Everybody acts like a different evil company (Microsoft, McDonalds, etc.)
7. Everybody is a different (or the same) stereotype (gangster, nerd, jock for instance)
8. Fireman wanting to save everyone from the building
9. Everybody is both a super hero and a super villain, they answer as one character every other question, and as the other character in between, alternating evil and super.
10. Everybody is a different one of the 7 deadly sins. Gluttony, Lust, Pride, Greed, Slothfulness, Envy, Anger
11. Everybody is a different country/city/state/continent
12. Someone thinks he's/she's a pinball machine
13. Someone thinks he's/she's a chicken with its head cut off
14. The more he is attracted to someone, the faster he talks
15. Increasingly frustrated French man/woman hunting for truffles
16. various celebrities getting steamrolled
17. Hunky model doing a cover shoot for a romance novel
18. Family coming to blows on Jerry Springer Show
Family Portraits
A picture tells a lot about a character—the way she stands, the expression on her face, the way she looks at others, etc. In each group, choose one person to be the photographer. Everyone else in this group gets together and poses like they’re having their picture taken. The first picture should look like a nice family portrait. Once you are in your family portrait position, the photographer calls out a kind of family such as “sick family” and counts to three, allowing the posing players to change their position. Other family types might include “sleepy family”, “goofy family”, “dancing family”, etc. Remember, you are making a picture and pictures can’t move or make sound.
Backwards Scene
Two students are selected. The class makes up the last line of an imaginary scene. The students must then improvise a scene/story that ends with the imagery scene or uses it as a flashback. (And if you want to make it harder, add more actors.) Purpose: This acting exercise forces an actor to think on her feet and use her imagination.
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