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Challenge Masters
ACMs - Mary Ann Goff - margoff@aol.com Sheldon Spiegleman - shelspiegelman@comcast.net Robin Vidimos - rvidimos@aol.com
REGIONAL IMPROV CHALLENGE MASTERS
RCM - Boulder - Lori Fraser - 720-8876-8924 notjustbnw@aol.comCherry Creek - Mary Ann Goff - 303-721-7499 margoff@aol.comDenver - Amanda Tipton - 303-929-5209
amanda@kokorophotography.comJeffco - Robin Vidimos - 720-203-2944 rvidimos@aol.comNorth Metro - Stella Cypher - 303-364-3120 mrscypher@msn.comPikes Peak - Shauna Kogler - 719-481-1318 tnskogler@comcast.netSouth - Jane Guttner 719-543-1645-getigoos@comcast.net
Sheryl Smith - 719-560-9780 sherylsmith@pueblocityschools.us
South Metro - Sheldon Spiegelman 720-291-5500 shelspiegelman@comcast.net
SouthwestWest Slope - Mark Lapka 970-309-9330 socprf@yahoo.com
The Improve Challenge is basically a storytelling challenge
What do you need for a good story?
Beginning, middle, endConflict/ResolutionCharacters/Relationships
The Four Pillars of Improv
Creativity - ability to look at new and different ways to accomplish a task.
Teamwork - Group works together to achieve a common goal.
Humility - Each member realizes that he is part of a group and is willing to let other members’ ideas shine as well as his own
Trust - Each member must be able to count on the others to make the group progress
Elements of the Challenge
SkitNews stories, one provided by team
and one provided by tournamentCause and effect relationship between
the 2 news storiesCooperative Human Scenery/PropsOne Minute Glitch
SKIT
Skit must include relationship between the 2 news stories
Total of 5 minutes prep time4minutes planning1 minute to incorporate OMG
5 minutes to perform skit integrating 4 challenge elements
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Improv Element 1News Stories
The team will be dealing with news stories they bring in- Team Provided News Stories (TPNS) and Tournament-Provided News Stories
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Team-Provided News Stories
TPNS must involve a major event receiving national or global coverage.
Articles must be chosen from 6 of the 8 categories listed in Table 1 -Weather - Travel - Lifestyle - Technology -
Health - Entertainment - Sports - BusinessTeams must bring articles from 6 different
categories.
Team Provided News StoriesThe TPNS must not have been published
more than 7 days prior to the tournament.The original date of publication must be
visible on each TPNS, and may not be hand written or added on- it must be part of the original story.
Stories may come from any print or online media that can be cut out, copied or presented in text format.
TPNS must be submitted on 8 1/2 x 11 paper.
Tournament News Stories
The Tournament-Provided News Stories will involve a minor event, something that has received less press attention and is generally only known at a local level.
This story will only be a headline that the team will randomly select at the tournament and receive just before planning time.
Improv Element 1 - Scoring
Team will receive points for effective integration of TPNS.
Team will also receive points for effective integration of the Tournament Provided News story.
Improv Element 2: Cause and Effect
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Cause and Effect
During planning time, the team will invent a plausible cause and effect relationship between the TPNS and the Tournament-Provided News Story.
The team gets to decide for themselves which story will have caused the other one.
The team will plan and perform a “Theatrical” presentation showing the cause and effect relationship they created.
Cause and Effect
What does Theatrical Mean?-The presentation should be done in a manner that is characteristic of the theater, a dramatic performance of plays, television shows or movies.
-Have the team discuss what things make a play or movie good - characters, emotions, performance, etc.
-What is the difference between a news report and a theatrical presentation?
Improv Element 2: Scoring
Is one story presented as cause?-0 or 5Is one story presented as effect?-0 or 5Creativity of Cause-Effect RelationshipTheatrical Presentation of Cause-Effect
Relationship
Improv Element 3:CooperativeHuman Scenery/Props
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Instead of using materials to build scenery and props, the team will work collectively to become cooperative human scenery and/or props.
Cooperative Human Scenery and Props
Must be made up of at least 2 team members.
A team member who is playing a character may not be part of the scenery/props.
Scenery and props do not have to be presented throughout the presentation, but appearance should be long enough so it is evident and obvious to the Appraisers.
Improv Element 3: Scoring
Teams will be scored on 2 areas:Creativity of cooperative human scenery.Effective integration of how Cooperative
Human Scenery/Props enhance overall effect of skit.
Make sure that not only is the scenery creative, but that it also is an important part of the story.
Improv Element 4:One Minute Glitch (OMG)
The OMG will be a sentence or phrase that significantly changes and discombobulates an important element of the skit.
One Minute Glitch
The OMG will be selected randomly during check-in, but the team will not know what it is at that time.
In prep area, team will begin with their 4 minute planning time. At the the end of this time, the announcer will stop them and then tell them what the OMG is.
Team will have 1 minute to discuss how to integrate OMG into skit.
It is up to the team to decide how long to integrate the OMG into the skit.
Improv Element 4: Scoring
Teams will be scored in 2 areas:Creativity of how team demonstrates OMG.Effectiveness of integration of OMG.Appraisers will be looking to see that not
only does the OMG happen in a creative manner, but that it has impact on the story.
At the Tournament
Teams should arrive at Prep area 20 minutes before performance time.
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What to Bring
5 copies of Tournament Data Form (TDF)
1 copy of Declaration of Independence6 copies of news story for each
category.
Prep Area Procedure
After checking in, the team members will randomly select their 4 improv elements:Draw a number (1-6) for their news storyDraw a tournament supplied headlineDraw a tournament supplied One Minute Glitch
They won’t know what they have drawn until they get to the performance site.
Performance Area: Preparation time
Timekeeper/Announcer introduces team, announces team and tournament supplied news stories to audience and gives slips to the team.
Team has 4 minutes to create skit.Announcer stops team at 4 minutes and
announces their One Minute Glitch.Team has 1 minute to plan how to integrate
OMG into skit.Team has 5 minutes to present skit.
Things for TM’s to remember
Be sure the team practices the actual format of selecting improv elements, planning time, and presentation.
INTEGRATION - Help the team to understand this concept. It is one thing to include all of the elements, it is another to ensure that all elements are integrated and part of the story. This is what the appraisers are looking for.
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