Difference between revisions of "Monologue"
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=== Ping the glass === | === Ping the glass === | ||
Every player has a glass and something to ping it with. (A pen, a spoon, whatever is convenient.) When a glass is pinged, the owner of the glass gives an inner monologue, and marks the end of it by taking a sip from the glass. This technique can be used either for players to elicit monologues from others, or just as a marker for the monologue itself. It was first used in [[New Voices in Art]] in 2007. | Every player has a glass and something to ping it with. (A pen, a spoon, whatever is convenient.) When a glass is pinged, the owner of the glass gives an inner monologue, and marks the end of it by taking a sip from the glass. This technique can be used either for players to elicit monologues from others, or just as a marker for the monologue itself. It was first used in [[New Voices in Art]] in 2007. | ||
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| + | === The Monologue as a tool for the director === | ||
| + | The type of Monologue that is used during [[Slow take-off]] and [[Slow landing]] | ||
| + | All the players stop their talking (most often also their activities) going into a neutral, pausemode, optionally closing their eyes. | ||
| + | A [[Narrator]] (or [[GameMaster]]) tells a fragment of text verbally that can be used to direct the story or the situation into a new stage. | ||
| + | Often used together with the instruction [Freeze]]. | ||
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[[category:Techniques]] | [[category:Techniques]] | ||
Revision as of 13:39, 25 April 2012
A player holds a monologue which is partly or completely outside of the fictions space and time. This can either interrupt all other play or go on alongside. The monologue is a tool to give other players insight into the speaking characters story and create game openings between them. It has the added benefit of making the speaking player feel like a main protagonist and give them closure to their own story.
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Different uses
Monologue box
The player marks a square in the air, rather like a TV-screen around her face, does the monologue or meta comment, and then closes the box with the same gesture. This technique has at least once been mistaken for a way to give off game messages, but that is not its purpose.
Ping the glass
Every player has a glass and something to ping it with. (A pen, a spoon, whatever is convenient.) When a glass is pinged, the owner of the glass gives an inner monologue, and marks the end of it by taking a sip from the glass. This technique can be used either for players to elicit monologues from others, or just as a marker for the monologue itself. It was first used in New Voices in Art in 2007.
The Monologue as a tool for the director
The type of Monologue that is used during Slow take-off and Slow landing All the players stop their talking (most often also their activities) going into a neutral, pausemode, optionally closing their eyes. A Narrator (or GameMaster) tells a fragment of text verbally that can be used to direct the story or the situation into a new stage. Often used together with the instruction [Freeze]].
