December 2011
Improv Nonsense: Yes and No →
improvnonsense:
Maybe this: “yes” requires one move but “no” requires two.
Characters say yes and get excited about things, or they say no and fold their arms.
Yes needs one move. You say yes and you’re done with that.
No needs two moves. The no and then some move to repair whatever no did to slow things down….
I’ve started doing a exercise with groups I call “The Eric...
Watch17th Precinct Pilot.
So…this was the show Ronald Moore (of Battlestar Galactica, etc) was making for NBC. They didn’t pick it up. I suppose instead they went with Grimm. I only watched two episodes of Grimm so I really can’t judge.
But 17th Precinct is basically the show I’d want to write for. Maybe with a touch more humor. I love the world. Curious if they were going to...
Next Season of American Horror Story Will Be in a... →
(I haven’t seen the finale yet so my final thoughts are still up in the air.)
Called it. From episode 3, I was pretty sure they were moving at a pace that would pretty much kill anyway to do a season 2 with the same characters.
I like the idea of cast members returning in totally different roles. I am slightly saddened that it will be another haunted house. There are other horror genres...
HELEN MIRREN WOULD LIKE TO PLAY THE DOCTOR →
I approve.
Watched Final Destination 5 last night
For no reason.
While being entirely throw-awayable… in the end, I enjoyed it.
HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
This just happened: Tiny kid, tiny vest
wrongcharlie:
A boy of 5 wearing a tiny black coat and vest came into the cafe and confidently ordered himself a hot chocolate. He paid with cash and sat next to me with a book in hand. He was all alone.
Cutest thing I’ve ever seen.
5 minutes later he stopped reading, started to cry, squeal, waved his arms about and spilled his hot drink on me. Then he screamed “I don’t wannaaa!” over and...
Improv Ramblings: Imaginary Games
I mean game games. Not improv “game.”
In a scene where you have some card game or game show or board game that is made up.
And it doesn’t have to be a made up on actually. Say it’s Monopoly. Unless you have a very interesting take or view point, seeing folks argue about rules is boring.
I would much rather, not matter what the rules are or are not, that we all agree that...
WatchFox’s Follow the Money exposes that Muppets have a liberal agenda that is brainwashing your children.
Which brings up, again: Why hasn’t Sam the Eagle been on Cobert yet?
Self-Indulgent Fun - Robot audiobook of your own...
The other night, I was trying to get to sleep. I often play an audio book or podcast in those cases. (Spoken word lulls my brain into not fixating on, well, anxiety.) I didn’t really have anything I wanted to listen to but an idea occurred to me: Have my computer read one of my stories to me.
After spending an hour figuring out how to do it (had no internet and was surprisingly difficult to...
Improv Is Easy!: (Shorter Version) →
johneveretttrowbridge:
improv-is-easy:
How do you take a game or idea that has already been established from the opening and keep it interesting for the first beats? Put the game in a different setting? Analogous? - johneveretttrowbridge
Sure, those would work! Just do something with the idea that you’d like to see and haven’t…
I guess I ask about game because I see a lot of people take...
