Comments on: Story Genie http://storyrobot.com/improv/2011/01/story-genie/ improv, improv, improv teaching Tue, 17 Apr 2012 21:16:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: StoryRobot http://storyrobot.com/improv/2011/01/story-genie/#comment-36937 StoryRobot Mon, 07 Feb 2011 21:16:28 +0000 http://storyrobot.com/improv/?p=236#comment-36937 I find Noir scenes particularly infuriating. I don't know if it's just us, but every Noir scene we did had the same beats: detective in office, woman walks in asks him to investigate crime (usually death of husband), detective goes to bar to talk to informant, by which time everyone is bored with the whole enterprise, but feels locked in to seeing the whole thing through. We did a workshop focused on finding different ways to play Noir, and I think it has really helped. I find Noir scenes particularly infuriating. I don’t know if it’s just us, but every Noir scene we did had the same beats: detective in office, woman walks in asks him to investigate crime (usually death of husband), detective goes to bar to talk to informant, by which time everyone is bored with the whole enterprise, but feels locked in to seeing the whole thing through.

We did a workshop focused on finding different ways to play Noir, and I think it has really helped.

]]> By: Tim http://storyrobot.com/improv/2011/01/story-genie/#comment-36934 Tim Mon, 07 Feb 2011 11:27:37 +0000 http://storyrobot.com/improv/?p=236#comment-36934 This is a real hurdle in improv. I think it kicks in in the rythym of the opening act in Long Form. Some genres, like Noir and Sci-Fi seem to invite template playing more than others. It's almost as if our story platform is a desperate wink to the audience, then, once so heavily set, almost any in-the-moment developments will/can be seen as...eh..cheese-biking. Dunno. The paradox of specificity maybe? This is a real hurdle in improv. I think it kicks in in the rythym of the opening act in Long Form. Some genres, like Noir and Sci-Fi seem to invite template playing more than others. It’s almost as if our story platform is a desperate wink to the audience, then, once so heavily set, almost any in-the-moment developments will/can be seen as…eh..cheese-biking.
Dunno. The paradox of specificity maybe?

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