How do they get away with THIS? | Improv Coach ANALYZES Shoot From The Hip
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I can't escape all the requests for analysis of this team! In this episode we get into a variety of shortform games, which are a great way to analyse the nature of comedy and why we laugh.
Join improv coach Cal Hoffman as they react to and give expert analysis on a selection of shortform improv games performed by Shoot From The Hip.
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Chapters:
00:00 Cold open
00:22 Intro
01:05 Change game: The Basement
01:45 The importance of a good intro
06:29 How and when 'change' is used and how it gets the laugh
10:15 Letting the audience see you fail
14:55 The first two types of 'change'
16:47 The third type of 'change'
20:18 Tom takes some big swings
23:00 'Change' summary
24:07 Letters game: Dear Wife
24:56 Getting in sync with your partner
28:55 Remembering to yes-and yourself
30:18 'Failing' the game
33:30 Laughter through resolution
35:20 'Letters' summary
35:40 Blind Line game: Titanic
36:40 Justification - the genius is in your partner
39:45 Always know, don't ask
44:13 Summary
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Cal Hoffman is a standup, improv, and sketch comedian who first stepped into comedy as a pre-teen in the early 2000s. Today, they perform improv in the London Harold team Biff It, alongside their standup and online sketch career.
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