Class Session 1
AceTHedge for Role
Full details of homework is on Closing Credits
Such a friendly read. You've got a very nice natural speaking voice, such nice warmth and very welcoming. Great read as well.
My first note is that while you were good for the most part, I do actually want to slow you down a little bit still. There were times withing the read where you would have been better served going slightly slower, allowing yourself to read ahead a little more, take another filling breath, or just give your words a little more space to breath from each other. For the most part your pacing served you well but in cases where your pronunciation flubs or catches or you stumble a little through delivery, never hesitate to just roll back to the top of the phrase, take a second, and hit it again. Take that extra time to feel the flow of the script nail some pronunciations and articulations, or just read the script again and plan the attack so to speak. Sometimes it sounded like we were in a rush to get to the next section. Allow the script to breath and let each sentence enjoy its tim in the sun.
Projection wise we were at like a cool 5. Maybe tipping on a 6 in a couple of spots. I wanna get you to a 7. Take some big ol breathes, fill out your abdominal cavity, and use your diaphragm to really push out some large cohesive blocks of air! You'll find you'll need to slow down and take more breathes to support that much air and that projection as well as helping keep a more consistent energy level through the read. Sometimes your energy would start to drag a little until you noticed and kicked it back up. More air and projection will help sustain your energy level and even energize the read through to the end!
Great fun and such a lovely kindness to this read. Looking forward to even more!
Love the friendly tone and natural delivery! I would say watch out for the tendency to use rising intonation, a phenomenon that's also known as uptalk or AQI. A lot of your phrases early in the read ended with rising intonation as if the sentence had a question mark. So you might want to pay attention to that in order to consciously land with a different intonation at the ends of phrases to give your phrases some variety. Great voice and great energy! Looking forward to hearing more!