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Performance style & calibration · Core

Improvisation

Also called: improv

ELI5

Performance created or varied in the moment instead of followed exactly from fixed dialogue or action.

Used in conversation

“Can we make the improvisation more specific before we shoot the scene?”

Definition

Performance created or varied in the moment rather than followed exactly from fixed dialogue or action.

Here “Improvisation” means: Performance created or varied in the moment rather than followed exactly from fixed dialogue or action.

Pitch context

A director may use this term to turn a broad intention into a specific performance or casting choice.

Why it matters: Translates creative intention into casting, rehearsal, performance and on-set direction.

Connected terms

  • Ad-libAn ad-lib is a spontaneous addition or variation, often brief; improvisation is a broader unscripted performance process.
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