Intensifiers - obstacles that you will have to struggle against. The struggle against obstacles makes one perform at an intense level. I.E. speaking to a partially deaf person. Intensifiers make an actor work harder, while making your quest dramatically interesting.

 

Exercise 16 Improv w/ Intensifiers (10pts)

 

With a partner, copy the following dialogue and memorize.

When finished, I will give the scene, which character has the intensifier, what the intensifier is and the location.

 

Lines                                                  Intensifiers                           Location

A: Hi                                                    Sharpening Knife                  Woods                       

B:  Hello.                                             Sick stomach                         Home

A:  How is everything?                      Needs restroom                    Coffee shop  

B:  Fine. I guess.                                Exhausted                              Bus

A:  Do you know what time it is?      Hearing problem                   Library

B:  No. Not exactly.                            Poison Oak                            Lecture class

A:  Don’t you have a watch?             Twitch                                     Interview

B:  Not on me.                                    Bad Day                                 Tennis Match

A:  Well?                                             Sings Every Line                   Movie

B:  Well what?                                    Pit sniffer                                Lunch Line

A:  What did you do last night?        English 2nd Language           Radio show

B:  What do you mean?                    Depressed                             Disneyland

A:  What did you do last night?        Afraid of Everything              Grocery Store

B:  Nothing.                                         Overly Dramatic                    Unemployment line

A:  Nothing?                                       WWF Champ                        Church

B:  I said nothing.                               Constant Winker                   Subway

A:  I’m sorry I asked.                          Whiner                                    Dance Studio

B: That’s all right.                               Breathing Problems              World’s Gym