The Power of Using the Environment (w/ guest Paul Vaillancourt) - MUT Improv Tips

It's a special episode of MUT Tips featuring guest tipper Paul Vaillancourt! In this video, Paul goes over some amazing tips about using your environment to make your scenes more interesting and easier to play in. He also includes a great exercise to use with your students and/or team!
This is a collab week, so when you're finished watching this video, go check out Sean's contribution to Paul's channel here: • Improv Tip #199 - Unlo...
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 MUT Tips Intro & Introduction of Paul Vaillancourt
1:30 Paul Tip
14:22 MUT Tips Outro
Paul Vaillancourt has been teaching and performing improv for over 30 years. In that time he has appeared all over the country including such notable venues as HBO’s Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen, Chicago’s iO (where he studied with the immortal Del Close), New York’s UCB Theater, and the iO West in Los Angeles (which he founded). Paul has also had success as an actor, writer and producer creating and working on shows for a plethora of networks and outlets. He is the creator and host of “Improv Tips” on youtube and the author of “The Triangle of the Scene: A simple, practical, powerful method for approaching improvisation” and the FREE book “5 Things Improvisers Can Do To Stay Creative, Feel Inspired and Have Fun!” He currently lives in LA with his wife, kids and dogs and he’s always up to talk about improv or action movies.
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[@javierdsanandres9879]

Sean and Paul are just killing it, going above and beyond to consistently provide these uber-helpful tips and practical exercises for growing improvisers everywhere. Much love from the Philippines.

[@PVImprov]

Aw shucks, Javier, thanks for the kind words. Just a joy to be spreading the love of improv. Thanks for watching and commenting!

[@MadeUpTheatre]

Thanks Javier! It's awesome to hear that our Paul and our videos are reaching far reaches of the globe!

[@GaryWare]

Solid tip thanks for the exercises PV!

[@MadeUpTheatre]

Thanks for watching, Gary! Paul's great!

[@PVImprov]

Hey Gary - thanks for the kind words and thanks for watching.

[@ByronRTroy]

Absolutely... the environment is another character in the scene. And the interaction with your environment can show so much about the situation. "Here say". I like that!!. Also, one of my coaches mentioned... it's not just a coffee cup or a room that you are in... each of those items is rich in history. There is a REASON your scene is happening where it is

[@MadeUpTheatre]

Excellent points!

[@PVImprov]

You and your coach are totally right. The improv universe is not a random universe everything is there for a reason (and to serve you and the scene). Thanks for watching.

[@ByronRTroy]

@@PVImprov Absolutely. Looking forward to your workshops at Rise!

[@PVImprov]

@@ByronRTroy thanksa! I'm really looking forward to it too! See you soon.

[@ByronRTroy]

Is that lilipad advice lifted from Guardians Vol 3?

[@PVImprov]

Ha ha - no, that one’s all me. Thanks for watching.