Why Questions Kill Your Scene | Second City Improv Week 3
from Actor’s Notes Hosted by Giovanni Axibal
week 3 at the second city and we upgraded "yes, and" to "hell yes, and" 🎭 ever catch yourself firing questions at your scene partner? or blank so hard you forget your own name? same. in this one i get into why asking questions is basically stealing from your partner, the coming home game that taught me specificity without saying a single word, why every scene should start in the middle, and the move i use when my mind goes completely blank. plus a little homework at the end: stay self aware today. we're all living truthfully under our own imaginary circumstances. new episodes every week as i go through all 22 weeks of improv at second city chicago. let me know in the comments which lesson you're taking with you 👇 0:00 Welcome back to Actors Notes 1:24 What we covered in week 3 2:48 Three line scenes and "hell yes, and" 5:30 Fully accepting the gift 6:27 Listen with your eyes, not just your ears 6:55 The Coming Home game 8:17 Why specificity makes a scene interesting 9:43 Why you never ask questions in improv 11:44 Start your scene in the middle 13:30 Tina Fey and the Chicago improv scene 14:19 What to do when you blank 15:46 Sometimes a little is enough 16:41 Improv is being truthful under imaginary circumstances 17:33 Justify it 19:25 Learn the rules so you can break them 19:54 Something I haven't said before find me everywhere 👉 https://beacons.ai/giovanniaxibal
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