2014 GI Prompts And Descr
Hitchhiker …Four chairs set in “car” formation. Three students take their seats in the chairs, leaving the “passenger seat” of the car open. A fourth participant thumbs a ride, they pick him up. The fourth actor has some sort of strange quirk and gradually each member of the family in the car is infected. When the judge shouts, “Hitchhiker!” one member of the family jumps out of the car, the other three switch positions to become the new family, and another hitchhiker presents himself with another quirk. The judge will begin the event by announcing where the family is headed. These destinations will be provided by the IESA.
Let’s Try That Again. Group is given one scenario to act out quickly. Ex: “School bus stuck in snow.” After perhaps 30 seconds the judge says, “Stop!” and then directs the team to act out the same scene in two other genres. Ex: as a Western, soap opera, children’s TV show, opera, in mime, detective mystery, in gibberish, etc. These genres will be provided by the IESA.
Movie Critics Two actors are given the title of an imaginary movie and these two become the “movie critics.” They talk about the film and at various points they “play” a clip from the movie by saying something like, “Let’s see that scene.” The other students act out the clip. At the end of the clip the scene goes back to the critics to continue the process until the judge says, “Stop!” The movie titles will be provided by the IESA.
The Brain (repeat least year’s instructions)
Freeze/Switch (repeat last year’s instructions)
To send to the contest hosts: Prompts for Hitchhiker: Disney World, Africa, New Zealand, church, a family reunion, Afpakistan, the Oscar Meyer factory, a water park, McDonald’s, Wal-Mart.
Prompts for Let’s Try That Again: a Western, soap opera, children’s TV show, opera, mime, detective mystery, game show, in a foreign language, in verse, science fiction, cartoon.
Prompts for Movie Critics: The Monster of the Lunchroom, Star Wars in Slow Motion, The World’s Worst Speech Contest, Hunting Alligators in the Sky, The Life of the Crazy Kangaroo, Polar Bears in the Basement, The Day the Bulls got Loose in Math Class, The Haunted Locker Room, The Invasion of the Giggling Aliens, Swimming in Vegetable Soup, Killer Kitties.