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Pan Left<\/h1>\n

Description<\/h2>\n

A game of changing channels through TV. 4-6 actors on stage in a square like formation. Two actors near front of stage. Remaining actors are lined up along back of stage. Whatever two actors are at front is the scene we see at that time. When the host says “PAN LEFT” all the actors move around one space so that we have different combinations of actors at the front for different scenes. We can thus change channels on our TV by saying “PAN LEFT” whenever we want. We can go around multiple times to see each scene\/channel progress.<\/p>\n

Before playing each pair of actors is given a different suggestion by the audience. These may include genres of TV or Film, actual TV shows and films, made up names of plays, emotions or titles of stories and more.<\/p>\n

Example<\/h2>\n

Jack: I love you Rose!<\/p>\n

Rose: I love you too Jack!<\/p>\n

Jack: Oh fuck an ice berg!!!<\/p>\n

Rose: Paint me naked quick before we die!<\/p>\n

Host: PAN LEFT<\/p>\n

Newsreader 1: Hello and welcome to the news at ten.<\/p>\n

Newsreader 2: That’s right, we are bang on time, 10pm exactly.<\/p>\n

Newsreader 1: You could set your watch by us!<\/p>\n

Newsreader 2: At the third stroke, the time sponsored by us will be 10pm exactly.<\/p>\n

Newsreader 1: Now on with the news. People writing online improv exercise examples are beginning to run out of inspiration.<\/p>\n

Teaching Purpose<\/h2>\n

A fun way to get people used to playing scenes. We use it in courses as it helps people play two person scenes in front of an audience without really thinking about it and without getting worried about the audience too much, as they feel like they are in a larger group and have something else to focus on instead of just feeling anxious.<\/p>\n

We also use it to teach playing suggestions even if you don’t know much about the suggestion, that it’s ok to do your own spin on a suggestion and make mistakes and have fun with it. This is good for spontaneity too, as there is a part of the improviser that wants to stop and plan what to do with the suggestion but we override that and just jump straight into it.<\/p>\n

It also teaches listening and escalating, as you have to hear the scenes around you and escalate your own scenes on the next round.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Additional Tips for Playing<\/h2>\n