Here is the entrance to my hotel. I love it. Breakfast bagels were a little stale, tomorrow I’ll try the croissants.
Warm up games:
Do you like your neighbour:
– person in centre of circle points to someone and asks Do you like your neighbours?
– if they say no the 2 people on either side have to swap places and the person in the centre tries to get their place
– if they say “yes” they need to qualify “but I don’t like people who…” And whoever fits that category has to change places
– person left without a place goes to the centre
– Jason’s rule is that the “but I don’t like” is a “secret demographic finder” – ie you need to choose things we can’t see (preferences, experiences)
Vroom
– pass “vroom” with gesture around the circle
– cross arms and do brake sounds – reverse the vroom
– oil slick + gesture, skips one person
– bridge – sing a tune and throw the zoom across the circle
– fire drill – everyone has to change places and the fire drill caller begins the zoom again
Jason’s gems today:
– initiating a scene is like a spark plug – you know it will start, but not what happens after
– mirroring the other person works sometimes, a strong emotional reaction works every time
– say what you feel about them
– make it a longer term relationship
– you can’t debate someone’s emotions, just have an emotional response
– third beat – whatever happened in second beat must meet 1st beat
– second beat should be perfectly good scenes without having seen the first one
– if characters are interesting, I want to see them again
