The exercises I have chosen in my videos are The diamond point exercise and drop and release.
The diamond point exercise helps me identify where the power comes from in my body, the diamond points are the "pubic bone, below the breast bone, the hips and lower back" these points pulse when you pant which shows how powerful your diaphragm is and where the most power is coming from. I identify that the most power comes from below my breast bone and my lower back, the muscle always feels stronger coming from here than it does in the other diamond points on the pubic bone and hips.
This exercise helps me as I can feel how strong my voice is when I pant, and it helps me identify where I need to improve on.
The drop and release exercise is a really good exercise for me as it helps me to project my voice after inhaling. It sounds quite breathy which is good and my chest and diaphragm opened up when I exhaled and said a line from my performance " we can't help you"
With practice I feel everyone can improve on this exercise you just have to focus on the breathing and not on what you are saying and how well you are breathing.
Describe how you used pitch, pace, pause and inflection, vocal idiosyncrasy/accent in your monologue?
The monologue I performed today was quite slow paced and serious, yet soft. It was not an angry monologue like the one I performed last week. It had quite a soft pitch but it did have "fuck" 3 times, in which I emphasised the word fuck to create more of an effect.
I think my pace was really good as I kept it quite slow throughout and used good pauses, especially after the word "fuck".
My articulation has improved I was pronouncing my T's better at the end of my words.
The feedback I was given by my tutor was to vary my voice range next time and perform a monologue which conveys a posh accent and quite a high pitch. My tutor also said that I disconnected with the words in my monologue and really went for it, which is a good thing as some people find it difficult to loose themselves in a monologue, I find this quite easy to do as when I choose a monologue to read I make sure it is something I can really get into and understand fully. If I don't understand a piece of text then I cannot perform it to my best abilities.
Next week I will pick a monologue which is quite romantic and soft, which also requires quite a posh accent and a higher pitch as I feel I can definitely range my voice a lot more by varying the styles of the monologues I choose.
Video of the 2 exercises I chose in today's lesson; diamond point and drop and release
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