An Improv Scene Simplified 

Scenes don’t have to be complicated. There is a creative process that allows scenes to flow.

(Awkward Face Performers - Pan Theater 2011)

Lights up:
The actors connect to each other, the space and the audience.

Actor one - has need
Takes action

Actor two - listens, reacts
Takes action in response (yes, and)

Actor one listens, reacts and responds

and so on, and so on, and so on....

A highpoint is reached (or a lowpoint), something is forever changed, realized or something hidden revealed both characters are changed.

The change state is experienced. The scene is over.

Needs of scene:
who, what, where

Where- in time, emotion, and space.
That is the setting and location. Also the feeling.

Who - who are the characters to each other but more importantly, how do they relate to each other.

What - surface what
the what, what.....what is the scene really about

Closing moments: high moment, question asked or answered, complete, funny moment, or the perfect line.

The close can either be a slow fade, a scene transition to a next scene, or a fast edit...

Note:
Listening is often the hardest thing. Change doesn't come easy.