Location-First Initiation
An opening that establishes the physical environment first — through object work, spatial language, or scene painting — then lets character and relationship emerge.
Known for
- Common in organic-discovery schools — 'we're in a kitchen, something's baking' before anyone says a word about who they are.
- UCB's base-reality instruction often pushes new improvisers toward location-first because it anchors specificity fast.
- Trap: talking about the location instead of living in it. The space is for inhabiting, not describing.