Description
Ask the audience for animals. Players play a scene, in which the characters are based on these animals.Notes
Players do not `become` the animals, they only take over characteristics of the animals. Characteristics may be physical, vocal or Status based. For example, `chicken` might inspire a player to a cowardly character, moving about jerkily.Also known as Totems. - this can be played as an exercise: write totem names on slips of paper. Give every player a totem before they play a scene. You can extend the animal name; make it more specific. Play with things like Bald Eagle rather than Eagle; or Silver Moon, Sitting Bull, etc.
Longform and shortform are the yin and yan of improv: opposite, equal and complementary -- (found on www.YesAnd.com bulletin board)
