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Voice Production and Articulation

Unit 2B, Part 3. Voice Production and Articulation. Vocal Requirements for Theatre. Your voice must be: Loud enough to be heard Flexible enough to add subtle layers of character, emotional texture, and meaning to your lines Strong enough to withstand long rehearsals and intense performances

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Voice Production and Articulation

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  1. Unit 2B, Part 3 Voice Production and Articulation

  2. Vocal Requirements for Theatre • Your voice must be: • Loud enough to be heard • Flexible enough to add subtle layers of character, emotional texture, and meaning to your lines • Strong enough to withstand long rehearsals and intense performances • Actors should never stop workingon improving their voice

  3. Voice Production • Speech sounds are made by air forced through lungs by the diaphragm. • The exhaled air vibrates the vocal cords in the larynx • Sound produced is modified by the resonators (throat, nose, mouth, and sinuses) • Sound is formed into vowels and consonants by the articulators (tongue, jaw, teeth, cheeks, lips, hard and soft palates)

  4. Voice Production

  5. Voice Production • When exercising voice, you will work to achieve: • Controlled Breathing • Resonance – a rich, warm sound quality • Variety in: • Pitch – relative highness and lowness of a voice • Volume – Strength of voice • Inflection – variety of vocal pitch • Rate – speed of speech

  6. Proper Breathing • Must breathe from the diaphragm. Chest cavity stays still while the waist expands and contracts. • Breathing from the diaphragm requires less effort than chest breathing.

  7. Richer Tone • Tone depends on many things, some which cannot be changed • You can learn to make the most of what you’ve got by keeping your throat open and controlling your breath. • Tone creates Emotional Color

  8. Articulation and Pronunciation • Articulation – Clearly pronouncing words • Poor articulation is the result of carelessness and sluggish speech. Can cause real problems onstage. • Pronunciation – saying a word properly • All words that you aren’t familiar with should be looked up before performing

  9. How to Protect Your Voice • 1. Eat Well, Get Enough Sleep, and Exercise Regularly • 2. Don’t Smoke or Drink Alcohol. • 3. Never Strain your voice by Shouting or Singing in an Inappropriate Range • 4. Never Shout yourself Hoarse at a Ball Game

  10. Voice-Over Actors • Typically on radio spots, television commercials, corporate training films, documentary and educational film narration, cartoons • Most voice actors have CD demo that showcases their talents

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