Logbook entry - 28/9/18

Logbook entry - 28/9/18

Today's lesson was focused on the use of voice, in particular, the development of our vocal range and singing capability, alongside introducing us to methods to exercise our voice, skills essential to the acting craft. The first task, which was a vocal warm-up with exercises such as producing siren voices and going up and down octaves in both staggered and smooth rhythms were key as this allowed the next task to be achieved with the best possible quality due to the newly exercised throat muscles. Afterwards the focus was more on broadening the capability of our voice via accessing new areas of our throat which we would not commonly use, how this was achieved was through an exercise in which I opened my mouth wide and stuck my tongue out to reach the bottom lip, and say "Ja Ja Ja" repeatedly, the effect of which created an unfamiliar sound and vibration in my throat I was previously unaccustomed to. When discussing the purpose of this exercise, I will argue that this exercise gave me the inspiration to frequently exercise my voice, and understand audible skills such as singing, projection and clarity are essential for aspiring actors, which I tempted to use in the following task. 

The aforementioned following task was to split into two groups and produce a piece of group singing, either in A-Capella style or with a backtrack. Our group henceforth produced a group cover of "Man in The Mirror" by Michael Jackson and the key skills required from this exercise were teamwork and experimentation, trying new approaches to singing and movement, strengthening my skill of improvisation. No critique was given, however when considering areas of which I could have improved in this task, I will say I need to work more on my singing, in particular changing octaves more smoothly then I did, as I would occasionally sing the wrong note or sing off-key to others, therefore I will work on my fluency of singing and more broadly voice in the lessons to come.