(0:04) To improvise. (0:06) Improvisation. (0:08) Improvisation means to
(0:10) say (0:12) or do something (0:14) without preparation.(0:17) And (0:18) it's an interesting thing for me
(0:22) how people can improvise (0:24) sometimes
(0:26) and in a creative way. (0:30) Somehow, improvisation
(0:32) is often connected to (0:36) artists (0:38) or art in general.
(0:41) To trust your (0:42) heart, to trust (0:45) whatever comes
(0:46) to your mind.(0:49) And that's why (0:50) I'm talking about this topic today because
(0:52) it's been in my head (0:54) for few days. Just the word
(0:56) improvisation. (0:58) The topic.And of course (1:00) it would be (1:02) silly if I (1:05) prepared (1:06)
something about improvisation (1:08) because (1:10) I wouldn't do that.
I would
(1:12) improvise when I talk about (1:14) improvisation because
(1:17) it's more (1:18) real. It's (1:20) more... We are putting
(1:22) improvisation to the test (1:24) today and (1:26) I'm putting myself
(1:28) in this (1:29) test to check, to see (1:31) if I can improvise
(1:33) a full
(1:36) video (1:37) about improvisation (1:39) or not.
(1:41) Or about another topic. (1:44) Who knows what I (1:45) might improvise
in (1:47) the next few minutes. (1:52) yeah.So (1:53) it's interesting (1:55) because I (1:57) wanna know if it's
(1:59) something that can be created (2:02) or it's something
(2:03) you are born with. (2:06) Is it (2:07) simply that some people
(2:09) are easier (2:11) for them to (2:13) improvise and to be creative
(2:15) and to be witty (2:17) when it comes to fast (2:19) responses or
(2:21) fast replies. (2:25) Or it's something
(2:27) that can be trained in your mind (2:29) through reading,
(2:32) through maybe playing (2:33) chess, maybe activating some
(2:35) parts in your brain (2:37) that lets you improvise
(2:39) better than other people.(2:41) At the same time it comes (2:43) to my mind the improv classes
(2:45) that Michael Scott from the office (2:47) talked about a lot and
(2:49) of course it's something (2:53) that's (2:53) popular in the
(2:55) acting (2:57) field. (2:59) They go to improv classes
(3:01) and in these classes it's like (3:03) a game, the improv game.
(3:05) It's like a scene without papers, (3:08) without script and
(3:09) someone does something and someone improvises
(3:11) the other, the response (3:13) and somehow they are
(3:15) the only goal
(3:18) they do is keeping the flow (3:19) going.(3:21) The only thing (3:23) they are doing is not stop.
(3:26) Is not
(3:27) refusing the idea of others. (3:30) They
(3:31) keep saying yes and (3:33) yes and yes and yes and.(3:35) So they keep adding (3:37) ideas, even if they are random.
(3:39) Even if they are not (3:41) really logical.
(3:43) Maybe most of them are (3:45) actually silly ideas
(3:48) but sometimes (3:49) in the middle of these silly ideas
(3:51) something really funny (3:53) comes or something
(3:55) really creative (3:57) and it
(3:59) comes to my mind now (4:00) the brainstorming thing
(4:03) as well, brainstorming meetings (4:05) for example,
when people try (4:07) to find (4:09) new ideas about something,
new (4:11) solutions about something, even if (4:13) they are not really
(4:15) realistic.(4:16) They just (4:18) want to keep the flow, the ideas
(4:19) until some idea gets (4:22) really creative
(4:23) and I think that happens (4:25) a lot when a scientist
(4:28) or something suddenly
(4:29) finds a solution to a problem (4:32) that (4:35) existed
(4:36) for a long time (4:37) or when a (4:40) child, maybe someone
(4:41) who is 4 or 5 (4:43) years ago, just saying random (4:45) things,
one of these random things (4:48) suddenly
(4:49) starts to be very logical, very (4:51) creative and a real (4:55)
good (4:56) idea, a really good idea. (4:59) So (4:59) yeah,
that's what I'm (5:02) thinking about at the moment
(5:03) and of course it's (5:07) not (5:07) easy to improvise
(5:09) because sometimes improvising (5:11) feels like
(5:13) just filling the blanks, just (5:15) saying something instead of being
silent (5:17) and of course this is silly (5:19) because
(5:22) saying unnecessary
(5:23) things is actually (5:27) a bad (5:29) taste. It's not a good
(5:31) thing to just keep talking and talking (5:33) without having a real
(5:35) idea or (5:37) a useful idea.(5:38) But let's say (5:40) you have a presentation and you
(5:42) somehow, for some reason (5:44) didn't prepare for it
(5:46) and you have two options now (5:48) to show up and do
(5:50) the presentation from the ideas (5:52) you have in your mind
(5:54) even if (5:56) you didn't prepare them properly (5:59) or just
(6:00) be absent. What would (6:02) you choose?
(6:04) The same goes of course (6:06) in some tests
(6:08) especially if you are still a student (6:10) at college or at (6:12) school
(6:13) you often go to exams (6:16) that you didn't study well (6:18) for and
(6:20) you start improvising (6:22) answers (6:24) that you know very well
(6:26) they are not necessarily (6:28) true or (6:30) real (6:32) you make up
(6:34) ideas, you make up answers (6:36) you invent answers (6:38) and that
(6:40) can be (6:42) have (6:44) a solution instead of (6:45) a zero solution
(6:48) right? It's better to (6:50) show up and say
(6:52) or do something if necessary (6:56) instead of just not (6:58) giving any answers (7:00) because you want to be so (7:02) perfect with your answers
(7:04) and at the same time you didn't study at all (7:06) so yeah
(7:09) and when I (7:10) thought about it or when I think about it
(7:12) right now I think (7:14) we improvise a lot (7:16) through our lives
(7:18) even when we don't (7:20) mean to. We walk (7:22) in the street and
maybe (7:24) something comes up (7:26) that lets us improvise (7:27)
you might see someone (7:30) whom you didn't see for
(7:32) years and suddenly you have (7:34) to make a conversation with that
person (7:36) that wasn't prepared (7:37) that wasn't in (7:40) your plan.You were planning (7:41) to go to do some (7:43) shopping,
to buy something and then (7:46) go home and then suddenly
(7:47) you spend (7:49) one hour with some person (7:51) with (7:54) constant improvising
(7:55) during a conversation (7:58) and I think (7:59) now it's more
(8:01) connected also to (8:03) communication skills (8:05) in this
(8:07) example (8:09) maybe people with (8:11) good communication skills are actually
(8:13) very good at improvising (8:15) socially (8:18) so maybe
(8:19) it's a matter of practice after all (8:21) it's a matter of experience
(8:23) if you are socially (8:24) if you are socially experienced
(8:26) with dealing with (8:28) people so maybe it's
(8:30) easier for you to improvise (8:32) to be witty, to be
(8:34) to say smart things (8:36) at the right time (8:40) also I wonder
(8:42) if that's related to (8:44) stand-up comedians or
(8:46) funny people in general when they (8:48) can find the
(8:50) right moment to say the right thing (8:52) that makes people laugh
(8:54) it's often not so easy when (8:56) you think about it to find
(8:58)
to be spontaneous (9:00) to be spontaneously funny (9:02) and sarcastic
(9:04) when it comes to (9:06) saying things (9:09) that lets
(9:10) people laugh
(9:12) it's not easy at all so maybe (9:14) funny people
(9:16) who likes
(9:18) to watch (9:20) funny things or read funny things
(9:22) or jokes
maybe (9:23) they have this kind of experience that
(9:26) lets their mind
(9:28) turn (9:30) some normal (9:32) sentences other people
(9:34) say into funny (9:36) replies (9:38) from their sides
so I don't know
(9:40) I'm just (9:42) wondering (9:42) I'm just wondering
(9:46)
but I think (9:48) improvising is so cool
(9:50) especially for lazy people who don't like (9:52) to study (9:54) or
(9:56) make videos based (9:58)
on scripts (9:59) maybe (10:02) I think it's easier to just
(10:04) say things instead of just reading
(10:06) them from a script or studying
(10:08) them first or memorizing them (10:10) so
(10:12) what do you think?