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27 Cards in this Set
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Accepting |
Embracing the offers made by other performers in order to advance the scene. |
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Advancing |
The process of moving the scene forwards |
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Ask for |
A question asked of the audience in order to receive suggestions to improvise a scene. |
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Blocking |
Rejecting the ideas or offers of another player |
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Offer |
any dialogue or action that advances the scene. |
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Complimentary Offer |
An offer that meshes well with what's already gone before (and usually enhances it in some way) |
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Driving |
Taking over a scene and not letting other performers influence its direction |
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Endowing |
Assigning attributes to another performer's character. |
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Extending |
Taking an idea and letting it become the central theme of the scene. |
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Game |
A combination of rules or conventions that are used as a framework within which to improvise. |
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Justification |
The act of making an offer make sense within a scene. |
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Mugging |
Making silly faces instead of reacting truthfully. |
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Marrying Suggestions |
The combination of two suggestions. |
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Narrative |
The story being told by a scene. Scenes should have a clear beginning, middle and end.. |
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Objective |
What a character wants to achieve. |
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Physicalization |
Turning intent into action and movement. |
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Platform |
The who, what and where of a scene. |
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Shelving |
Acknowledging an offer but not doing anything with it. |
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Status |
A character's sense of self worth and power within a scene. Physical environments and objects also have status. |
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Suggestions |
The raw material provided by the audience from which the improvisers create. |
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Waffling |
Failing to make decisions. Talking about what you're going to do instead of doing it. |
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Wimping |
Accepting an offer but failing to act on it; refusing to advance the scene by not giving offers for Who, What and Where. |
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Setting |
Where does this scene take place? |
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Character and Relationship |
Who are the characters in the scene? Why are they in a scene together? |
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Conflict or Goal |
Something that is standing in the way of characters getting what they want or tension between two or more characters in a scene that drives the scene forward. |
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Raising the Stakes |
Making the events of the scene have greater consequences for the characters. |
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Resolution |
Bringing the scene to a conclusion where the conflict has been resolved. |
