The focus of one of our classes this week was improv using inspiration from two measly cards. We were each given two cards, found a suitable partner whose cards could mesh together with ours, and we were to make two scenes, with inspiration with the four cards. A major challenge we were faced with in the duration of the exercise was that we were not allowed to discuss, only roll with the punches. After the conclusion of the scene, we were allowed to tweak it to perfection.
One problem that I had in the progression in my scene was that I was unable to stop and revise a mistake or a negation from my partner. I had to keep going, and play on with what I had and give more for my partner to play off on. Also, questions were not allowed in the scenes at all, which was yet another obstacle. Actors should only use declarative statements in scenes so that's what we had to do. Finally, creating a sufficient amount of space work in scenes was pretty difficult. Despite all the challenges in the exercise, I enjoyed it and got a lot from it.
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