Introduction to Speechwork for Actors: An Inclusive Approach PDF
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INTRODUCTION TO SPEECHWORK FOR ACTORS ii INTRODUCTION TO SPEECHWORK FOR ACTORS An Inclusive Approach RON CARLOS SERIES EDITOR: BILL CONNINGTON METHUEN DRAMA Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP, UK 1385 Broadway, New York, NY 10018, USA 29 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, Ireland BLOOMSBURY, METHUEN DRAMA and the Methuen Drama logo are trademarks of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc First published in Great Britain 2023 Copyright © Ron Carlos, 2023 Series Preface © Bill Connington, 2023 Ron Carlos has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as author of this work. Series design by Charlotte Daniels Cover image © Troyek / iStock Photo All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc does not have any control over, or responsibility for, any third-party websites referred to or in this book. All internet addresses given in this book were correct at the time of going to press. The author and publisher regret any inconvenience caused if addresses have changed or sites have ceased to exist, but can accept no responsibility for any such changes. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. ISBN: HB: 978-1-3501-4595-5 PB: 978-1-3501-4596-2 ePDF: 978-1-3501-4597-9 eBook: 978-1-3501-4598-6 Series: Acting Essentials | AE Typeset by Integra Software Services Pvt. Ltd. To find out more about our authors and books visit www.bloomsbury.com and sign up for our newsletters. For all my teachers, most of whom were my students, and for Mishy vi CONTENTS List of figures x List of tables xi Foreword by Dawn-Elin Fraser xii Series preface xiv Acknowledgments xvi Introduction 1 Assumptions and -isms 6 How to use this book 7 The International Phonetic Alphabet 8 Accent, dialect, and idiolect 9 1 A snapshot of you 11 Storytelling and conversation 11 Reading 12 Playing with sentence structures 13 Word lists 14 2 Meet your text 17 Some useful grammar concepts before we begin 18 Analyzing the text 21 3 Language of your body 35 Lexicon 35 Packaging your images 37 Word soaking 39 viii CONTENTS 4 Color me aware 47 5 The work of awareness 59 Release 60 Isolate 67 Activate 81 6 The shape of your sound 87 7 Your own kind of music 91 Syllables 94 Word stress 96 Thought stress 97 Rhythm 97 Pitch 103 Pace 105 Volume 108 8 River of sounds 111 Jumping in the river 113 Vowel chart 115 Diphthongs 120 Lexical sets 121 Vowel phonetics 124 9 Splashing in the river 141 Plosives 143 Taps 150 Nasals 151 Trills 157 Fricatives 158 Affricates 165 Approximants 167 Lateral fricatives 170 Lateral approximants 172 Syllabic consonants 175 “R” roundup 176 CONTENTS ix 10 Moving forward 187 Strengthening your idiolect 187 Visiting your sources 188 Changing your speech 189 Continuing your speechwork 191 Appendices A Daily practice template 193 B Dialect breakdown template 194 C Practice for consonant clusters 206 D List of companion videos 212 Glossary 213 Bibliography 220 9781350145962_txt_print.indd 9 29-07-2022 15:47:22
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