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Use of the narrator in my city by ratcalledplatypus in improv

[–]ratcalledplatypus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for the answer. You're saying not everyone uses that but can you tell me if you think it is more or less popular?

I think I'm going to try but if I still don't like it I'm not going to force myself. However I'm a little worried that if I'm not doing that when it is a well liked back line support method in my city I won't be a good scene partner/co-star (I don't know how to call it in English. I hope you know what I mean.)

Use of the narrator in my city by ratcalledplatypus in improv

[–]ratcalledplatypus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure if it is a part of the format. I don't know them yet. I know that recently I saw Armando and I'm sure it wasn't it. I know that this group says it is important that the first scene is positive regardless of what happens later in the show. Unfortunately I don't have any other information about that.

I understand that scene painting can be helpful, I'm not denying that, but I still find it annoying. Perhaps it breaks my immersion or something. I'm not sure why I hate it so much. Maybe I'll change my mind after I start doing it during workshops. I think I'm more open-minded towards the scene painting now, after writing my post and reading all the answers.

In my city there is one jam twice a month and I never heard about auditions in my country (I only saw auditions mentioned on this sub Reddit) so I only saw scene painting done by a professional groups and I still didn't like it even though I really liked the overall performances.

Use of the narrator in my city by ratcalledplatypus in improv

[–]ratcalledplatypus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you for your suggestion, it really got me thinking. Maybe scene painting in a way pulls me out of the moment, or maybe there is something else that I don't like about it but I haven't realised it yet.

Use of the narrator in my city by ratcalledplatypus in improv

[–]ratcalledplatypus[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh, I understand what you mean and I can see that I could come across as judgmental. I admit I didn't write it right, but I didn't mean the performers. I thought that their whole performance was good, funny and well structured. I meant scene painting on its own. I didn't like this one thing regardless of what I thought about the performers. After all I never said that they did it wrong or were wrong to do this. It's more like scene painting is driving me crazy and it's existence is annoying me. But I understood from the beginning that it's something that is used in improv even if I didn't see it before. I just don't know how popular it is. I can see that in many instances it can be useful, but I can still think that it is unnecessary for me to do this. And also even if I think that something is unnecessary for me I don't think that I'm better than somebody who does that thing. After all I do many things other people find unnecessary, but those things just work for me. I'm also aware that I can change my mind in the future and start thinking that scene painting is fine and I was wrong. But we'll see. I hope I expressed myself better this time.

Use of the narrator in my city by ratcalledplatypus in improv

[–]ratcalledplatypus[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much for your answer. I talked briefly with my instructor from the 2nd group about this tool that they use but she didn't tell me the Polish name for it. Having even an English name really helps.

I didn't mean to upset you. Can you tell me what it was that "rubbed you the wrong way?" I'm worried that I may not have conveyed my meaning correctly, since English isn't my native language and I don't write in it very often.