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Voice Health Tips for Actors
Voice Health Tips for Actors
Not every acting job is a speaking role, but many do involve using your voice in some way. Whether you’ve been hired for a film, voice-over role, or are performing on a stage, your voice will likely play a big part in your performance. Actors of all ages and experience levels need to take time to maintain their skills as well as physical and mental well-being if they want to be successful.
Nothing Wrong with the Right or Left
It’s been long accepted as fact that left-brained people are better equipped for more logical and analytical pursuits, like science and math, while their right-brained counterparts are more intuitive and creative, perfect for work in the arts. Regardless of where your perceived brain strengths lie, the truth of the matter is that successful actors should work to be mentally ambidextrous. Which of the following approaches to performing best describes you?
Line Please! Helpful Hints to Avoid Being at a Loss for Words
In our last post, A Study in Studying, we mentioned actors having “what some would consider an unfair advantage” when it comes to studying, referring to techniques used by performers to learn their lines for stage and screen. In this post, we’ll explore more deeply those techniques as they apply to acting, with tips to help young performers keep the dialogue flowing smoothly.