Delta's Film Acting Academy: Voice and Speech
Daily Action Plan
Class #6: Thursday February 23
1) 2min meditation
2) Kristin Linklater Physical Awareness (Freeing the Natural Voice) pg. 33-41
3) Verb and Adverb the chunks (The Monologue Audition: A Practical Guide for Actors) pg. 17-21
4) Size and speed (The Monologue Audition: A Practical Guide for Actors) pg. 22-26
More Monologue Work
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV8tsnRFUZw
Class #5: Thursday February 2
2 CHOICES:
#1 - use Cameron's song in class with partner and continue the work you began with that assignment
#2 - use your speech monologue and look at pace/speed through the exploration of "monosyllabic" vs. "polysyllabic" words in sentences.
Journal:
- This is what we did today......
- This is what I took from it (gleaned from it)....
- These are some questions....
Class #4: Thursday December 9
1) Physical, Breath and Vocal Warm Up
2) Monolgoue Chunks
More Monologue Work
Class #3: Wednesday November 2
1) Vocal Chord Video
2) Play readings
3) Journal
4) Monologue Questions
5) Decide your "beginning," "middle," "end"
6) Try and go for your monolgue's "climax"
Class #2: Tuesday October 4
1) Check-in "I am proud of...."
2) Warm Up: Spinal roll up, roll down, rag doll, shoulders, neck, jaw, group massage, Lying down and feeling the rise and fall of breath, touch sound, hahammmmah's, child's pose and filling up back with breath, squat and bouncing breath out, spinal roll up on exhale, panting, Wimpers, lip trills, ohm's, chant circle, ha ha walks, articulators, resonators
3) Journal
4) Monologues -
Class #1: Thursday September 15
1) Check-in
2) What is voice and speech? --- Kristin Linklater & King's Speech Clip
3) Physical Warm Up - Spinal roll up, roll down, rag doll, shoulders, neck, jaw, group massage
4) Breath Warm Up - Lying down and feeling the rise and fall of breath, touch sound, hahammmmah's, child's pose and filling up back with breath, squat and bouncing breath out, spinal roll up on exhale, panting
5) Vocal Warm Up - Wimpers, lip trills, ohm's, chant circle, ha ha walks, articulators, resonators
6) All The World's A Stage
- Group puzzle
- Vowels
- Consonants
- Group Toss
7) Gesture score for Tracy!
8) Your first impression as an actor (vocally)
9) Journal: What did you do today that you believe could help you as an actor?
1) 2min meditation
2) Kristin Linklater Physical Awareness (Freeing the Natural Voice) pg. 33-41
3) Verb and Adverb the chunks (The Monologue Audition: A Practical Guide for Actors) pg. 17-21
4) Size and speed (The Monologue Audition: A Practical Guide for Actors) pg. 22-26
More Monologue Work
- Breath on every line in circle
- Paraphrase exercise
- Inside Outside Circle
- A/B into the middle
- Character explore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV8tsnRFUZw
Class #5: Thursday February 2
2 CHOICES:
#1 - use Cameron's song in class with partner and continue the work you began with that assignment
#2 - use your speech monologue and look at pace/speed through the exploration of "monosyllabic" vs. "polysyllabic" words in sentences.
Journal:
- This is what we did today......
- This is what I took from it (gleaned from it)....
- These are some questions....
Class #4: Thursday December 9
1) Physical, Breath and Vocal Warm Up
2) Monolgoue Chunks
More Monologue Work
- Breath on every line in circle
- Paraphrase exercise
- Inside Outside Circle
- A/B into the middle
- Character explore
Class #3: Wednesday November 2
1) Vocal Chord Video
2) Play readings
3) Journal
4) Monologue Questions
5) Decide your "beginning," "middle," "end"
6) Try and go for your monolgue's "climax"
Class #2: Tuesday October 4
1) Check-in "I am proud of...."
2) Warm Up: Spinal roll up, roll down, rag doll, shoulders, neck, jaw, group massage, Lying down and feeling the rise and fall of breath, touch sound, hahammmmah's, child's pose and filling up back with breath, squat and bouncing breath out, spinal roll up on exhale, panting, Wimpers, lip trills, ohm's, chant circle, ha ha walks, articulators, resonators
3) Journal
4) Monologues -
- Intro to BOOK
- Hand out monologues
- Partner 'by rote' memory exercise
- Filming with Jason
Class #1: Thursday September 15
1) Check-in
2) What is voice and speech? --- Kristin Linklater & King's Speech Clip
3) Physical Warm Up - Spinal roll up, roll down, rag doll, shoulders, neck, jaw, group massage
4) Breath Warm Up - Lying down and feeling the rise and fall of breath, touch sound, hahammmmah's, child's pose and filling up back with breath, squat and bouncing breath out, spinal roll up on exhale, panting
5) Vocal Warm Up - Wimpers, lip trills, ohm's, chant circle, ha ha walks, articulators, resonators
6) All The World's A Stage
- Group puzzle
- Vowels
- Consonants
- Group Toss
7) Gesture score for Tracy!
8) Your first impression as an actor (vocally)
9) Journal: What did you do today that you believe could help you as an actor?