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improv_games:improv-games_5_with_status_games_ii [2020/08/12 21:48] luchorobiimprov_games:improv-games_5_with_status_games_ii [2020/08/12 21:48] (current) – [Playing Scenes - Status games] luchorobi
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   * [[https://smile.amazon.de/Impro-Improvisation-Theatre-Performance-Books/dp/1350069035/|Say something nice/nasty]]: All players are sitting in a circle. Ask them to say something nice to the person beside them, and then to say   * [[https://smile.amazon.de/Impro-Improvisation-Theatre-Performance-Books/dp/1350069035/|Say something nice/nasty]]: All players are sitting in a circle. Ask them to say something nice to the person beside them, and then to say
 something nasty something nasty
-   * They are surprised to find that they often achieve the wrong effect +     * They are surprised to find that they often achieve the wrong effect 
-   * Some people won't realise that they never really say anything nice or really nasty +     * Some people won't realise that they never really say anything nice or really nasty 
-   * Discuss the term status and its implications+     * Discuss the term status and its implications
  
   * [[https://smile.amazon.de/Impro-Improvisation-Theatre-Performance-Books/dp/1350069035/|Saying hello with status]]: The players start walking randomly and saying "hello" to each other. After a while ask them to hold eye contact for a momen, break it and glance back. Some people will be dominant while other submissive   * [[https://smile.amazon.de/Impro-Improvisation-Theatre-Performance-Books/dp/1350069035/|Saying hello with status]]: The players start walking randomly and saying "hello" to each other. After a while ask them to hold eye contact for a momen, break it and glance back. Some people will be dominant while other submissive
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   * [[https://improwiki.com/de/wiki/improtheater/statuskette|Status Chain (in German)]]: The person coming has always low or high status. At any time only two players are on stage. **A variant is to have all the players on stage, only two playing at the same time and talking to the direct status on their sides in a situation like a restaurant**    * [[https://improwiki.com/de/wiki/improtheater/statuskette|Status Chain (in German)]]: The person coming has always low or high status. At any time only two players are on stage. **A variant is to have all the players on stage, only two playing at the same time and talking to the direct status on their sides in a situation like a restaurant** 
   * [[https://improwiki.com/de/wiki/improtheater/klassischer_statuswechsel|Klassischer Statuswechsel]] In German LOL   * [[https://improwiki.com/de/wiki/improtheater/klassischer_statuswechsel|Klassischer Statuswechsel]] In German LOL
-    * When actors are reversing status during a scene it’s good to make them [[https://smile.amazon.de/Impro-Improvisation-Theatre-Performance-Books/dp/1350069035/|grade the transitions as smoothly as possible.]] Tell them that if you took a photograph every +    * When actors are reversing status during a scene it’s good to make them [[https://smile.amazon.de/Impro-Improvisation-Theatre-Performance-Books/dp/1350069035/|grade the transitions as smoothly as possible.]] Tell them that if you took a photograph every five seconds, I’d like to be able to arrange the prints in order just by the status shown. Learning to grade it delicately from moment to moment increases the control of the player((Credits: Keith Johnstone))
-five seconds, I’d like to be able to arrange the prints in order just by the status shown. Learning to grade it delicately from moment to moment increases the control of the player((Credits: Keith Johnstone))+
  
 LOL The group enjoyed these games LOL The group enjoyed these games