Improvisation Exercise

We had to do an exercise which involved us improvising by talking a little about ourselves. In groups of four, Sarah, Nora, Dee and I, we had to make sure one person stood in the middle and was comfortable saying things about themself. E.g. "Hi, I'm Nora. I'm 16 and I like football." the rest of the group, then had to be her subconcious telling the audience why she really likes football. E.g. "I only like playing football because I want boys to find me more attractive." etc. This exercise went on for quite a long time and it started to become really difficult to think  of things to say without it becoming comedic.

It was mainly hard because it was an improvised exercise. If it had been scripted, it would have been much easier to be more serious and to get more of a message across. This exercise helped to show the true emotions in your sub-concious and will help to improve your emotions when you are on stage, because it can be very difficult to have to do lots, sensually on stage.

We all found it very hard to come up with things to say and you needed to make sure you were confident going into it. In my group, Dee and I sat in the audience and spoke Nora's mind, while Sarah was sitting infront of her making up actions or gestures to fit with what we were saying. As the performance is going to be about relationships, we need to be sure we can play with our voices and play with the truth to get our message across.

This exercise helped us prepare for when we start devising our piece. It helped us to go deep inside ourselves for our emotions, which will allow us to put more true emotion into our piece, without it becoming cheesy or fake.