Class Session 1
Yvonne Conway-Williams for Role
Full details of homework is on Closing Credits
Very smooth take! Nice job!
Thank you! 😊
I didn't hear much projection going on with your voice for this week's main focus. Think about the scenario of being in a gymnasium without a microphone and you need your voice to travel throughout the whole room. Take deep, diaphragmatic breaths and really push your voice out using your diaphragm. You should feel it in your belly and chest and not so much in the throat. You don't want it to be like you're screaming out any sorta straining. Also, I can hear a lot of microbreaths going on which means you are running out of breath fast. The more you exercise and work on your breath support, the easier things will get, but make sure you are really taking in enough air and taking deep breaths to fill up your lungs. Find those little breaks that come naturally in the script and use those to take a bigger breath so that you can have a better flow through the words. I could hear some variance going on in your tone which is nice, but there were other moments where it tended to be a little static as in your pitch and tone stay the same for a while, so really try to think about how you would naturally speak to someone and don't fall victim to the "I have to make it sound like a commercial or ad" type thing. Bring your own unique voice and don't be afraid to have fun! Keep working on your breathing exercises and keep auditioning and practice reading out loud. Good job!
Thank you so much for your thoughtful and detailed feedback on my homework! I really appreciate you pointing out the areas where I need to focus more, especially projection and breath support. The gymnasium analogy was super helpful; it gave me a clear visual for what I should be aiming for. I’ll work harder on those deep, diaphragmatic breaths and look for natural pauses in the script to reset my breath.
I’m also glad you mentioned the tone and pitch variance. I’ll keep playing around with that and try not to fall into the trap of sounding too polished or commercial. Your encouragement to bring my own voice and have fun with it really resonated. Thank you again for that reminder. Looking forward to putting this into practice in the next round!