Hello everybody and welcome to this new video !
it's already the second one in Chicago
once again I am with Damian, hello
Damian : "Good night" Romain : " Good night sorry"
very honored to be here with you tonight
it's becoming our weekly rendez-vous
I agree
before starting the video, just wanted to tell you that I'm putting in the description and in the top right corner
my lasts video about improv
the one from last week,in chicago, where we were already talking about iO
and the video about the history of improvisation
if you haver any questions, you can type them in the comments sections
it will be a pleasure for us to respond, if you wanna know more about the school, the city etc
and it will make me appear higher on youtube haha
the honesty haha
we'll start right now
Damian you have the honor of beginning
I have written everythig on my computer
we're gonna talk about this second week
and a little bit of the third week, because we''ve started it
so we are wednesday 25th of july
so we're doing the third week right now
we haven't finished it yet but we're gonna talk about it
the highlight is that we went on stage
we did a lot of improv jams
in which there are students from all the sections
we're all divided in section, for example we are section 7
those jams are organized either by the school or by other students
and we were lucky last week to play in, I think 4 or 5 jams
we don't play for a long time
but it's still really helpful
with the english on stage
the first times were a bit hard but now it's getting better
so we're trying to do the maximum amount possible
during the jams, maybe 20% of the time we don't understand the scene we're in
so we have to do as if we're understanding
which is good for our improvisers skills
during those jams
we play for like 10 minutes, 15 minutes
in groups
we are divided by groups by different methods
draw for example
and then we improvise
we can talk about the marathon we did
so, from 10am until midnight
we almost only did improvisation non-stop
we only had a few breaks to eat
what did we start with mister RomainVoyJar
we had our first jam at 10 am, I had never improv so early
it was only for the students who are doing the intensive
it was cool, it was our first time on stage in english
after that we had the normal class from 11am to 17pm
and after that we did something called
the 10'000 hours
what we could do is talk about the 10'000 hours and then go back to the marathon
perfect, so
this is something really nice to do, it's for the people who wants to do more improv without paying a lot
literally 10'000 hours
the coaches are volunteers
we only pay 3 dollars
3 dollars for two hours, so it's worth it
it works with self management, the people can sign up to be coach
and usually they are quite good
from our experiences we only had good coaches
we can register whenever we want until the day on the class
then you just have to pay 3 dollars and you can go
there are a lot of people doing it
so we did this after the usual class
because we wanted to do this marathon
and after the 10'000 hours
we just had a one hour break to eat and charge the battery
and then we had another jam, which was a longform jam
this is really interesting to say aswell, the terminology here is different
longform doesn't mean the same here and in switzerland
I will talk about it in an another video, I don't want to spend too much time on it right now
so tell us how did the jam go
we all drew a card
from a card game
with the jack, the queen etc
and we were divided by colors or signs, in 4 or 5 groups
and we all played one after the other
maybe 20 minutes for each group
it looked a bit like a harold or free form
something very free, and it was very nice
and we watched a lof the others too
all those opportunities to play
are opportunities to play with the other from different sections
to play with other classes and people coming from other theaters
people also having courses at iO but without doing the intensives
because iO, of course, also offers courses during the year
regular students do also come to this type of events
so that it permits us to mix us
with people coming from Chicago and attempting class there
which was super cool
then, other jam, slightly different it was the one with the teachers
we were sweaty and we wanted just to sleep
we were doing improv for 12 hours
it works on another system in which you are drawn
and you have after the honour of playing with the teachers
the teachers teaching at iO
and Romain Jacques, or Romain Voyjar as I like to call him,
had the honour to do it
it is important to understand that we were doing improv for 12 hours, we were exhausted
there was you sitting next to me and another person from our section on the other side
the three of us were registered but we were all dead tired on our chairs
"no please, I don't want to play anymore, let me just watch the show
and then, I hear my name and I'm like "okay... come on"
"still 2 hours more of improv, let's go !"
which was still great to see
I had the chance to play with a teacher that we had during the week, so:
thank you Emily if you watch this video
and it's even you who picked my name !
Romain Voyjar got the chance to play while we were just slouched, dying on our chairs
so just to conclude on this marathon of 14 hours
it was cool, long and
what is quite crazy I think is that it pushes your last limits
and that makes you really spontaneous in my opinion
I agree
so: how do the courses exactly work ? every week has a specific topic
which we train. I think that the first week was about the fundamentals
yes, acceptation and so on
quite the basics, and the 2nd week, we began
to do group work.
which I personally enjoyed a lot
yes it was great, mainly group works
create some scenes altogether
try to be the same character at 2 players
that kind of things that were really "bonnard" (swiss expression) to do
I just said "bonnard" in a video.
"bonnard", big up to Switzerland
and the 3rd week is dedicated to two persons scenes
which is more intense, I would say, I think that we had a more realistic way of acting
yes, we were on a more realistic way of playing
which is also very cool, it made us work on other skills
I think that it is extremely exhausting.
as you see me now I'm dead tired
I can't anymore
let's sum it up, 1st week: improv's fundamentals
2nd week: group work
do group images for example
on the 3rd week - I show "3" as an american -
the 3rd week is dedicated to 2 persons scenes, more realistic plays
the 4th week: different improv formats, we get introduced to the different formats
that are the Harold - I guess the Armando - the deconstruction
we'll say more about it when we'll know more
and 5th week that will be, I think, the Harold
no, we'll prepare our OWN format, because at the end of the 5 weeks
we got a show for our section
and we'll propose the format that we want
so the 5th week is there so that we can create on own show
which is nice. which is indeed great
in addition to regular classes, and in addition to the 10'000 hours programme
there are also workshops, we can register to workshops
covering a large variety of topics, often given on the week-end - friday or saturday -
you have then to additionnally pay them, but it is cool
and it allows you to meet people from other sections
because you're not only with your own section
I think that then, the quality is assured. It is still quite expensive
for 3 hours it's - what - perhaps 40 dollars ?
but, for the little we did, quality was really there: it was impeccable
we did one together indeed, we did one on mime
and a next one coming on the Monthy Python's - that one I...
that one yeah, I look forward for it with great great pleasure
same here
so that's it : the workshops, something for me that's also very nice
to be honest, for the moment the school has a lot of positive aspects
the school has a lot to offer, the philosophy is the good one
around group work, on the relation between characters
we have little critique to do on the level of improv's fundamentals that are teached
there is a given structure to the courses but the teachers - they are improv teachers -
so that they allow themselves a lot of freedom
and it is quite different from a teacher to another: we do sometimes the same programme
with very different perspectives
which is also interesting: depending on the teacher you have, you'll learn differently
there are still a lot of things we could speak about, sincerely
I see the list on the computer in front of us
but I think we're going to stop now, so that we keep some topics for the next week
it is like a small cliffhanger we're doing now
crazy stuff, I feel them now they are like this
so, here we are, see you next week
thank you so much for having watched the video
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a last word ?
"be careful with citrus, it's trash"
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