Week 1
In the first week of improvisation we was introduced to creative exercises by walking around the room pointing at random objects in the room giving them names which then we moved onto the harder versions which we was to point at the object but to say the name’s before it and then we had to say random thing’s that came to mind.

I found the second version slightly difficult as my mind would correct it randomly or think of the proper name, I’m going to improve on this by practicing on objects at home or around my street.
Week 2
In the second week of improvisation we started off doing warm up’s to help bring motivation as well concentration to the mind which then we moved onto learning about blocking and accepting, after doing this we moved onto the harder version which was to add onto it to create a small conversation which I found easier than before as it was simpler.

Week 3
In the next week of improvisation we started off with doing warm ups for a couple of minutes to energise the mind and then we moved onto doing having people go into an audience which certain people would go up with the class agreeing on a situation which then we had to deal with a problem which was suggested by the audience as I mine was that someone broke a leg which we had to find a solution for the problem.

Week 4

In today’s session we started off with doing a couple of warms ups once again such as body exercises and then we moved straight into getting in pairs which then as a pair of two we gave words which then our partner was to use them to create a story and then we would swap over. I found this exercise to be hard as it wasn’t easy to think of any seeding words to help my partner.

Week 5
In today’s lesson we started off with doing morning warm ups once again which then we started to look into doing high and low status which then we moved around the space exploring how we would express and evaluate how a low or high status person would show it visibly or act whilst being around others, we then got set homework to observe other people in the public and how they act around other people as well they’re friends.

Week 6
In today’s lesson we continued to work on different levels of status which then we was introduced to the status game where we’d be allowed to go up and be a pair in selling the apartment allowing one person to be wanting to move and the other interested in the apartment, however they was allowed to mix it up by liking or disliking the apartment by putting horrible issues in it. We’d keep it positive to start off with so a conversation could develop, I found this hard as it was difficult to just imagine rooms or area’s straight away.

Week 7
In the seventh week we continued with the high and low status for which we used the apartments setup again which then we would explore further into how anyone could be a low or high status whether they was a boss or not and how that could change up the scene with what’s on going, I found this difficult because of the fact that the scene would sometimes be harder to improvise or it would die down once we ran out of ideas.

Week 8
We did the high and low status scenes again but this time it would be at random locations allowing someone to come in choosing to start from low or high and the others would have to come in a bit higher than that by keeping it going without everyone being the same, I found this slightly harder as it wasn’t easy to read everyone’s actions whilst focusing on the scene.

I’m going to improve on this by continuing to observe other people who conceal themselves more often through actions and movement.

Week 9
For the ninth week we started to learn about the techniques to improve on keeping our scenes alive such as the absurdity curve, item obsession, over exaggerative emotions and an items that does not long, we used these during the improvised scene’s help with keep it alive as soon as we started to run out of ideas, such as the sun inside of a bed room or a lap which shouldn’t belong inside. I found this to be helpful as it helped me with keeping my scene’s alive by keeping me from running out of ideas.

Week 10
In today’s lesson we started off with learning about planting seeds which then we moved onto discussing that these would either lead us coming back to them some point which sometimes makes it unpredictable for the audience as they don’t know whether we will come back to them, I found this rather difficult due to the matter that it was rather difficult to remember what seed we planted if it was unplanted and left for too long.

Week 11

We started to go in depth about learning the scenario’s and how to develop a successful structure for creating and leading a scenario as they have to involve a beginning, middle and an end as well a reason of why the protagonist/main character is going or doing this, this was quite helpful as it helped me with understanding how to start my improvised stories.

Week 12
We started off with learning our subject as well scene for the Christmas show case which then we had started to improvise/experiment with creating something along the lines of Santa sitting in a chair as he would interact with the kids who sits on his lap as well the table with the Christmas jokes, we’d work on putting a twist to it, I needed to improve on the comedic side of how my character felt during the scene such as him being more negative and grumpy as if he’s questioning why he’s even there.

Week 13
We continued improvising more of the Christmas show case as I took in the feedback from last week and started to explore my character more with complaining about the Christmas role as if he hates being Santa since everything seems to go wrong all the time or that he’s given up dealing with kids who just make his job a miserable time, I improvised the scene again with the past feedback to improve on my actions and respond to each reaction.

Week 14
In the final week for where we had to perform the Christmas show case, we rehearsed for a small period of time before going down which then I continued doing some normal bodily warm ups such as tilting the head as well stretches and spine rolls to relieve myself of any tension or stress.