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Improvised Documentary - Hoopla
8 week course plus show with Chris Mead.
Spinal Tap, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, The Office, Parks & Recreation.
Mockumentaries are documentaries where the world and characters presented are exaggerated versions of reality.
Improv and mockumentaries have a long and storied history together. In fact, a free-wheeling improvisational style fits the tone of the form perfectly. Over the years, such improv luminaries as Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Amy Poehler and Steve Carell have all used their training to hilarious effect in mockumentary films and TV shows.
In this 8 week course, we’ll explore how to put them on stage. We’ll look at everything from the Christopher Guest cannon, through the US version of The Office and Parks & Recreation, to existing improv formats like The Documentary developed by Billy Merritt.
Improv Toolkit:
Creating distinct and memorable characters.
Interview-style monologues and asides.
Relationships and subtext.
Light-touch narrative.
Voice over & narration.
This is an advanced course suitable for people with previous long-form improv experience. You must have done our Level 4 course or equivalent before doing this course.
Spinal Tap, Best in Show, A Mighty Wind, The Office, Parks & Recreation.
Mockumentaries are documentaries where the world and characters presented are exaggerated versions of reality.
Improv and mockumentaries have a long and storied history together. In fact, a free-wheeling improvisational style fits the tone of the form perfectly. Over the years, such improv luminaries as Christopher Guest, Eugene Levy, Amy Poehler and Steve Carell have all used their training to hilarious effect in mockumentary films and TV shows.
In this 8 week course, we’ll explore how to put them on stage. We’ll look at everything from the Christopher Guest cannon, through the US version of The Office and Parks & Recreation, to existing improv formats like The Documentary developed by Billy Merritt.
Improv Toolkit:
Creating distinct and memorable characters.
Interview-style monologues and asides.
Relationships and subtext.
Light-touch narrative.
Voice over & narration.
This is an advanced course suitable for people with previous long-form improv experience. You must have done our Level 4 course or equivalent before doing this course.
Theatre Deli, 107 Leadenhall St, London EC3A 4AF, UK
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