workshop: meta-techniques in larp

META-TECHNIQUES

APPLIED

WORKSHOP

DRAMACHINCSWITH FOCUS ON

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•Monolouge•Black box - playing scenes•Aspects•Meta-hour / Off-game hour

SOME EXAMPLES

MonologueFunction for players to share the thoughts of the characters inner voice

Monologues are given upon request or chosen by the player

Black box - Playing Scenes A designated space (area, room, or tent) outside the game or in the gamewhere players can play additional scenes that didn’t fit in the larp time continuum

Possibility to play scenes outside of real time (past, future)Easy to play difficult relations (sexual, violent)Deeper personal drama

Aspects Meta-function that players could visit in game to talk to an inner voice

Players sought it out if they needed itInner voices with themesA tool for character change/direction

Meta-hour/Off-game hourThe group goes to an off-game area at a set time.

Check the mood of the groupDecide the pacing of the dramaturgyPossibility to play scenes outside of real time (past, future)

•Techniques for strong emotion and sex•Trigger symbols•Act breaks

OTHER GREAT USES

A little game about dramachanics

3 future scenesEnd with monologue

The GodfatherControlling. Loving. Rules with cruelty and his own justice. God fearing. Driven from desire to do the right thing. No anger management.

The DaughterSeeks fathers approval, but struggles to !nd her own way of living.Is practical and somewhat a romantic. Do not want to believe in a punishing god.Secretly in love with the advisor.

The trusted advisorLoves the Godfather as at real father. Have ambitions. Seeks to use the Daughter as a way to gain power. Feels guilty.

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Larpwriter Summer School 2012Vilnius, Lithuania