ClassIdeasTopicGenresAndStyles

Bob's Improv Class:

Class Topic -- Genres And Styles

Goals

• Familiarize players with common genres and styles
• Don't get blindsided by call-outs

Useful Links

• Peter's Style Cheat Sheet.

Syllabus

• Screen

  • Silent Film
  • Film Noir
  • Horror
  • Schlock (Them!, Anaconda!)
  • Modern Crap Like Bruckheimer and Shumacher
• Radio Drama

• Stage

  • Shakespeare
  • Chekov
  • Tennessee Williams
  • Mamet
  • Neil Simon
  • Moliere
  • Pinter
  • Stephen Sondheim

• Literature

  • Steinbeck
  • Lovecraft
  • Harlequin Romance (potboilers)
  • 50's Sci-Fi

• Television

  • Crime Drama
  • Medical Drama
  • Soap Opera

Footnotes