Voice and the Young Actor
A Workbook and Video
1st Edition
Published on 30. January 2015
224 pages
978-1-4725-3829-1 (ISBN)
Description
There are thousands of students enrolled in school drama classes and yet very often young actors cannot be heard, are culturally encouraged to trail off at the ends of sentences, and habitually use only the lowest pitches of the voice. Drama teachers, frequently ask, "How can I get my students to speak up, to be clear, to articulate?"
Voice and the Young Actor is written for the school actor, is inviting in format, language and illustration and offers clear and inspiring instructions. The accompanying video content features 85 mins and 28 filmed voice workshop exercises with the author and two students. These students log their reflections in the book on what they have learned throughout their training and there is space for the reader to do the same.
A workbook in format, Voice and the Young Actor provides simple, interactive vocal exercises and shows young performers how to take voice work into acting.
Voice and the Young Actor is written for the school actor, is inviting in format, language and illustration and offers clear and inspiring instructions. The accompanying video content features 85 mins and 28 filmed voice workshop exercises with the author and two students. These students log their reflections in the book on what they have learned throughout their training and there is space for the reader to do the same.
A workbook in format, Voice and the Young Actor provides simple, interactive vocal exercises and shows young performers how to take voice work into acting.
More details
Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
Line illustrations & black and white photographs
ISBN-13
978-1-4725-3829-1 (9781472538291)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Book
01/2012
Methuen Drama
€48.80
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Person
Rena Cook is Head of Voice at the School of Drama, University of Oklahoma and was a high school drama teacher for 16 years. Rena presents voice workshops for state drama conferences in Colorado, Texas, and Georgia, as well as the Educational Theatre Associations' Conference. A professional voice and dialect coach, Rena served as Editor-in-Chief of the Voice and Speech Review.
Content
- Cover
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface for teachers
- Preface for students
- 1 I hate my voice
- 2 What are vocal folds anyway?
- 3 Protecting the jewels
- 4 Why am I so tense?
- 5 But that's how I always stand!
- 6 If I weren't breathing, I'd be dead
- 7 My voice is a trumpet?
- 8 The highs and lows of voice
- 9 No, I don't have marbles in my mouth
- 10 My personal warm-up
- 11 Expressivity: tennis balls and more
- 12 Perfect voice! Now what?
- 13 Sample warm-ups
- Bibliography
- Production photos
- Video Exercises
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
