Here are the main techniques I shall use:
- Swearing- Swearing when performing can be comical when well timed and not over used; when over used, the audience may come to expect it which would take away its comedy aspect.
- The un-expectancy- I shall try to be unexpected however this can only come from trying to be witty in my one-liners and often mixing up the elements of the performance throughout.
- Physicality- I think I do this extremely well and so would like to try and be as physical as possible throughout the performance even if this just means, as Lee Evans does, moving around the stage giving the routine energy.
- Voice- Putting on voices can be very comical and can either be used well timed and occasionally, similar to swearing, or as the focus of the routine, as Andy Kaufman started his comedy career. I think I also do this well and saw it work effectively myself when I performed a comical monologue during Ali's lesson/lecture.
- Splatter- If I find something that the audience absolutely like, then I'll try to improvise around that area until it begins to get old because it is more or less guaranteed a good reaction and may warm the audience towards me more getting a better reaction to all my jokes.
Here are techniques I'm debating on using:
- Dark humour-I love dark humour however I worry I'll only be able to get laughs from a routine if I'm a big name. It also depends on where I'm able to perform; if I'm performing as part of a gallery evening with my family, friends and their parents there (many of whom I know), I worry the effect it will have after the routine. However it could be very effective and could just be used on the side if I feel the audience will warm to it and so in this sense it could be used as part of the splatter effect.
- Ego- It has become very apparent to me that my friends, especially Drama class, think I'm 'rape-y' and so this could be a good ego to play on, especially if I want to use dark humour.
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