In-Person: Foundation 4 with Basel Al-Naffouri
Wednesdays, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM PST
April 5 – May 10
Ft. Mason Center
Class Time/Dates: 7:00-10:00pm PST on Wednesdays // April 5, 12, 19, 26, May 3, 10
Schedule: 6 sessions; once a week for six weeks
Class length: 3 hours (18 hours total)
Class size: 12 students maximum
Prerequisite: Foundation 3 or equivalent.
**This class required Head of School or Coach approval. Please email bats@improv.org with a concise list of your improv experience to determine eligibility.
Tuition: $349
Building on the improv foundational skills learned in F1-F3, now the improvisers will learn scene structure and acting skills that will help them create story on the spot.
In Foundation 4 improvisers will learn:
- Identifying the basic information of the scene. Who are these characters, how do they know each other, where are they and why are they there?
- How to effectively start scenes, build them in the middle, and successfully “land the plane.”
- How to embody the basic information of the scene. How can we as actors, shift our body, face, voice and imagination to establish and support the world we are creating.
- Basic acting skills that lend themselves to believeable storytelling.
At the end of F4, the coach will make a recommendation for each student about what the next step is best — repeating F4, going to the Improv Gym to hone specific skills, or moving to F5: Longform Narrative.