Number of players: 4 or 5 Tags: Exercise, large group, all levels
When: This is an easy exercise, done just after warm ups
Overview: This exercise is done in groups of four or five players. Each player will have a turn presenting their own slide show. The other players will be creating the images that the presenter has to describe.
Introduction: "We’re now going to see a slide show. Unfortunately, the person presenting the slideshow has no real idea what they’ll find in each photo.”
Details: Immediately after the presenter is selected, they will step forward so that they cannot see what the other players are doing. The presenter will give a brief introduction to the slideshow: the purpose of the trip, where the pictures where taken, who went on the trip, etc. During that description, the players will move about, trying different physical poses, interacting with each other, in general trying different stage pictures until the presenter says something like “and here’s the first photo, click.”
When the presenter says “click,” all the other players freeze in their current positions. The presenter immediately turns around and then has to describe this photo, justifying everyone’s pose, in the context of their slideshow.
After the description, the presenter steps forward again and sets up the events leading to the next photo. During the set up, the other players move around again, interacting and perhaps influenced by the previous photo and descriptions. They keep moving until they hear the presenter say “click” when they immediately freeze for the narrator to again turn around and describe this new photo.
We typically limit this to three photos; basically the beginning, middle, and end of a trip. After the third picture the presenter can say a concluding, summation line.
After this presenter finishes, then the next player in the group takes a turn as the presenter. The exercise continues through all the players having a turn as the presenter.