Teaching Responsibility
LJMU Schools involved in Delivery:
LJMU Partner Taught
Learning Methods
Practical
Workshop
Module Offerings
3553LPAFA-SEP-PAR
Aims
This module aims to allow the actor to explore the voice and language. The student will find freedom and release in their vocal engagement, and recognise the role that both body and mind play in generating sound, understanding its integration with the body as an acting discipline. The student will use basic practitioner approaches in order to liberate and achieve ownership of the voice.
Learning Outcomes
1.
Recognise practitioner approaches and uncover the relationship between theory and practice in context
2.
Interpret texts and identify the application of technical voice skills, utilising practitioner vocabularies
3.
Demonstrate vocal expression, identify personal progress and preparation for practice
4.
Present and communicate understanding of the integration of voice as an interdisciplinary skill
Module Content
Outline Syllabus:In this module you will explore the voice, text and language. You will work to gain ownership of your voice, and liberate your expressiveness via practitioner techniques and exercises, working with relaxation, freedom and release. You will work
imaginatively with differing stimuli to examine the voice, and recognise the role that both body and mind play in generating sound, understanding its integration as an acting discipline. You will receive formative feedback throughout the module, at a number of assessment points during the module, in preparation for summative assessments.
For the first part of this module, you will find ownership of the voice by engaging with exercises and practitioner approaches that allow you to extend your range and vocal expression.
Additionally, for the latter part of the module, you will uncover the importance of imagination and play, working to realise the voice as a storytelling tool, engaging with breath, sound and rhythm. As a result, you will generate a short scene, utilising the voice to demonstrate the integration of body and sound, evidencing range and imaginative vocal choices when working with language. You will provide a Viva (or vlog), giving analysis and reasoning for the artistic choices you made when creating your scene, identifying practitioner devices, as part of the actor’s preparation.
This syllabus presents cross-modular links with The Actor’s Preparation: Acting I & Acting II.