Week 8, Part 1

Tuesday, 11/10 12:00
Meeting # 13
Attendance: 7

• Philosophy of Improv:
• compare philosophies, let the audience decide for themselves which side they're on
• words are the least important part of communication
• Stage presence is simply the confidence to be where you are
• the characters have always existed...
• they'll rememver the moment for the rest of their lives...
• allow yourself to make mistakes
• Games
• Whisper Challenge
• Pan Left, Pan Right
• Questions Only
• Jeopardy
• Story Story Die
• Dating Game
• Review of Games
• WC: 
• read strangers' lips?
• gibberish and acronyms are great
• PLPR: work on finding the end
• Jeopardy: We tried to invent this today. It needs work. There's definitely potential here, but I'll be on the lookout for a more organized version.

Meeting adjourned at 1:56

Week 7, Part 2

Thursday, 11/5 3:30
Meeting #12
Attendance: 5

• Games
• Hot Potato (in which we each say a word, creating a sentence, eventually creating a story)
• Whisper Challenge (it's like Telephone, but reading lips instead of listening)
• Review of Games
• HP: too many connecting words --> mishear/"auto-correct" connecting words to something more interesting
• WC: bring headphones with music so they can whisper, or learn to just mouth without making sounds

Meeting adjourned at 4:47

Week 7, part 1

Tuesday, 11/3 12:00
Meeting #11
Attendance: 7

• Philosophy of Improv (paraphrased from a blog I found), Part I
• every scene has a soundtrack (rhythm/pace/emotion)
• Always know Who and Where you are for every scene
• "earn wit every day" aka take in experiences, learn, watch good comedians and things that inspire you. That's what you have to work from, it'll be on the top of your head for you to draw from.
• Know your Character = their choices and opinions, aka have a sense of how they will react to the environment and other characters. It'll make it easier on you.
• When in doubt, talk about philosophy
• don't play it safe, don't be afraid to make mistakes discoveries
• the Moment is the goal, so go be in the Moment
• have a plot, but you don't need to discuss it (better known as show, don't tell)
• have faith in the scene (not control over it)
• learn from improv sessions (skills, new discoveries, perhaps about yourself?)
• Games
• Yes, And...
• Questions
• Dating Game
• Pan Left, Pan Right (finally!)
• Review of Games
• Yes, And: change the subject more, get more abstract/off topic
• Q's: keep it short, add characters? vary questions/question types more
• have it be part of a scene
• we should create a scene generator
• Dating Game: went well; don't choose your own character (too obvious)
• choose characters/quirks out of a hat?
• (afterthought: don't say the answer when you have it, let the others figure it out)
• PLPR: was confusing.
• learn Left from Right (all of us)
• guidelines for starting scenes = location, characters, first line

Meeting adjourned at 1:57

Week 6

Tuesday, 10/27 12:00
Meeting #9
Attendance: 6
"The goal is always to make puns." - Emma Henson

• Meet Advisor, Wendy Wagoner
• brainstorming for a Christmas event - impromptu yoga?
• Warm-Up Games
• Goalie
• Sandwiches (In which we finish each other's sandwiches sentences.)
• Plotting with David
• Make dumpster diving socially acceptable?
• why?
• save money
• reduce, reuse, recycle
• people actually throw out a lot of good stuff
• research laws
• it's banned in Atascadero
• not allowed to take recyclables from recycle bins
• reenact a movie: ideas:
• How to Train Your Dragon
• Monty Python (any)
• Shia LaBeouf's "Just Do It" - in front of the library?
• Austin Powers with Harrison as Austin
• Lady Gaga music video

Rachel Challenges Emma to a Lip Sync Battle

• Games
• Back in My Day aka Puns Galore
• Questions

Meeting adjourned at 1:55

Thursday, 10/29
Meeting #10

Attendance: 2 + Emma

I was out sick, but I hear there were two people there and they played Back in My Day and disbanded after about an hour. Emma stopped by for a few minutes between classes.

Week 5

Tuesday, 10/20
Fall Fest, no meeting

Thursday, 10/22, 3:30

Meeting # 8

Attendance: 7

• Warm-Up Games
• Goalie
• What are you Doing?
• Games
• Choose a Character (This was more of an exercise in being a character.)
• Song Lyrics/Titles/Bands
• Not My Arms (In which someone else plays the player's arms.)
• Events
• Austin Powers Movie Afternoon - I'll make an online poll to figure out which week is best for all of us
• Lip Sync Battle - Strong vs Tony should be an interesting battle.
• make a list of clean songs
• Rocky Horror Picture Show
• Thursday 10/29 Fremont Theater 8pm
• Friday 10/30 Downtown Center Cinema 10:45pm
• Learn the Time Warp
• This actually happened near the beginning of the meeting.

Meeting adjourned at 4:55