Physical, vocal and mental…and the mental, which is focusing your attention on the work will actually be combined with the physical and vocal warm-ups. To do all of this should take you no more than 15 minutes. First you need to do a physical warm up. While you do this, you can work on your focus and concentration, by paying attention to your breathing and to the feeling in your body and muscles.
When you find yourself thinking about other things, simply come back to your body or your breathing. Your physical warm up should take you briefly through your entire body, with the goal being to reduce tension. Because tension and stress can stop you from breathing, thinking, feeling, and responding—all things that are essential to good acting. Because the voice is housed in the body, the physical warm-up is also essential to preparing your vocal apparatus.
The goal is release any tension, prepare the vocal apparatus, and work your range. Warming-up prior to a performance will assist you to respond physically, vocally and mentally and will prevent you from forcing your work. Throughout my recent regional tour, I was conscious of making my warm-up time a priority.
I decided I would rather spend less time on hair and make-up in order to walk on stage prepared and responsive, than to deliver a stiff, forced and unfocussed performance. And do you know what? Those lecturers at acting school were right! I did a lot of talking on tour some would say I always do a lot of talking… Still, speaking from the stage, chatting with audience members in noisy foyers, and winding down in the car on the way to the hotel or the next town could have put a lot of strain on my voice or damaged my vocal chords.
My vocal chords were warmed up, relaxed and ready to go. We saw a lot of cows on tour…. This is another reason why we warm-up, to neautralise the body, to create a blank canvas, an instrument that is ready to adapt, transform and play. No matter what your key is, you still need to warm up. For trills, actors place the tongue on the roof of their mouth and make a rolling r sound. Tongue Twisters — Tongue twisters are great exercises for the tongue and the vocal cords.
These vocal warm ups will help your actors with enunciation as well as stamina for speaking and create stronger voice control. Simply by shaking out the neck and shoulders, with some minor stretches and rolls in all directions, they can loosen up the neck, vocal cords, and throat muscles. Yoga Facial Work — This includes the lion pose, where the eyes look up and the mouth opens wide with a big exhale. By stretching all of the facial muscles, the voice will be more ready to work.
Deep Breathing and Panting — Deep breaths will open up the airways, chest and throat. Panting will also help relax the tongue and throat. It was a reading test that the network gave to prospective announcers. This article shares that the prospect would read the script for clarity, enunciation, diction, tonality and expressiveness. It had to be performed perfectly — no stumbles or stammers. Plus, it was to be read with feeling and meaning! You can find the test here to share with your voice actors to practice.
Facial and Neck Massage — When actors can give their faces and necks a quick massage, it relaxes the face so muscles are ready to work. The throat is more open so sound can travel and project better. Helping Your Voice Actor Prepare When you are hiring and working with voice actors, you want to not only have clear expectations and guidelines, but you also want to help them do their best.
Here are some suggestions for doing so: Provide the time — If your actor is coming to a studio, provide time to allow for warm ups. Not only will the warm ups get the vocal cords ready, but they can also relax the actor. Provide warm up examples — Your actor may not be used to a practice of vocal exercises. Check and see. Encourage warming up — Whether they already do this or are just beginning at your suggestion, be encouraging with warm ups.
If you feel strongly about it, check with their agencies to see if you can make it part of the deal. Can Vocal Warm Ups Improve Voice Acting As stated, vocal warm ups can get the actor ready to perform and prevent damage, but can they improve their technique? Finding the Right Voice Actor Finding the right voice actor can be a challenge.
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