How to do the "Backwards Interview" Improv Exercise

Video Transcript

"Hi guys where here today learning how to do some improve exercises and the exercise we want to show you today is called "Backwards Interview" To play ''Backwards Interview'' your going to have two improvisers improvise a television interview, starting with the last line of the interview first and working it's way backwards to the interview. Now the purpose of this exercise is to is to learn how to take and process the information. And to work it out in the way that make sense wrapping the scene up scene seamlessly, using the information from the backwards to the front. I know it's kind of confusing but it comes in extraordinarily usefully whenever you are working out harrows or any sort of long improvising scene. So for this scene lets assume that Dan is an "Interviewer'' and he is interviewing me who is a famous actor. ''Well thank you for that enlightening explanation?? ??Ladies and gentlemen at home thank you for joining us'' ''I've been with Rob have a pleasant evening'' '' And so you see Rob I think what the audience is really getting out of this movie is the bond between the man and his child'' ''What do you think is the main topic or theme of the your latest film?'' ''Is there a lot of action in the movie? ''of course there is'' ''but I think that ultimately that people are going to find that there?s a big theme'' ''A lot of our viewers have seen you in a more of slow paced dramatic things, Is there any fight um up!!!!! shoot um up!!!! car chase action in this next film?'' '' Yes Rob I was at the Red Carpets and I had an absolute blasts. You know I got to interview with many people and I'm, I'm exciting to go back next year. ''One word awes clips. And that?s how you play "Backwards Interview""