Author: Kimberly Smith

  Video Improv and Movie Games were created  to offer a challenging, fun, socially engaging way for people of all ages and abilities  to rediscover each other and  their communities while making and screening improvised videos.    Video Improv Canada is…

Chrysalis House and Juniper House initiated a project to help engage men and boys in talking about and ending gender violence. One of the ways they wanted to do this was by encouraging people to share their stories with video.…

The New Booker School in Wolfville, Nova Scotia has decided to learn how to practice the art of video by playing Movie Games.  Their goal is to enable their students to be able to learn more about their community through…

We kinda knew combining Movie Games with physical activities would work.   The Dirt Divas project proved our point.   Everyone in the group handled the camera as well as performed in front of it.    They produced ten short videos using a…

One of the first things to learn is image awareness.  There are two sides to this.  Actors benefit from knowing the image they project when on camera.   Camera operators benefit from knowing how to frame an actor in the best…

Movie Games are a form of improvised movie making.    Improvisation is a skill that many great performers embrace because it helps them practice being present and “presence” is a very powerful thing that is fun for an audience to…