Sunday 13th September 2020'
Learning Question: Why is the voice important and what voice do actors need?
Answer: Voice tells us so much about the person like their personality.
Outcomes:
Understand basic voice skills, tone, pitch, projection, volume and accent
VOICE SKILLS KEYWORDS
- Pitch – speaking in a high, low or natural voice.
- Pace – the speed at which someone speaks, eg the speed of response in an argument.
- Pause – a dramatic pause at a crucial moment could merit a comment.
- Tone – this suggests your mood and your intention towards the listener, eg happy or sad.
- Volume – you might be commenting on audibility but you’re more likely to be discussing the effect of a loud, powerful voice or a quiet, nervous or sad voice.
- Accent – you may be talking about how someone has achieved a convincing accent or how the choice of accent enhanced their characterization.
- Emphasis – the pressure on individual words that makes them stand out. Emphasis or stress for a particular effect is significant and can change the meaning of a sentence as well as the feeling behind it.
- Intonation – the rise and fall of the voice. There’s a clear movement up at the end of a sentence when we ask questions for example. Intonation also helps us to say what we mean.
Reflection 1: How might knowing and mastering these voice skills be beneficial for an actor?
It will be beneficial for and actor to interact with the audience and to show how the character is feeling or how their personality is.
"Hello, how are you? I heard you’d been ill but I see you’re better now. I’m glad. When are you going to be back at work?"
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