Hope Springs – Vocal analysis
What vocal process did you go
through to produce this piece?
At first when I was speaking my
lines they just sounded like me and not how the principal of a correctional
facility should sound. Because of this I had to look at videos online of
principal’s speaking about different things so that I could get a good idea of
what I wanted my character to sound like.
In what ways have you improved your
vocal work?
As said previously, I wasn’t that
good at speaking like a principal however through research and listening to my
teacher’s advice I got it right and I was pleased with the final result. I was
also happy that I was able to extend my range of voices even further.
How did you feel about this piece
of work? What parts did you like? Dislike? What did you enjoy about this piece?
Overall I really enjoyed this piece
of work as it had a good plot and story, and I really like the controversy when
it came to all the different characters. I liked the challenge that I faced of
playing a serious adult character who thought her correctional facility was
incredible, and I also loved playing a sassy young teen with an attitude and a
mouth she couldn’t control. I really liked the scene where I gave a
demonstration of what would happen on each level of the program as I was able
to control someone like a puppet so I had the ability to move/ move around
their body in whatever way I wanted. One of the scenes I didn’t like that much
was the parent scene, this was purely because of my acting in it. I didn’t have
many lines to say in it, however the ones I did have, I now feel as though I could’ve
put a little more emotion into them to really show how angry I was with my
child.
What did you find frustrating about this piece?
There weren’t many things that I
really got frustrated at; I only really got annoyed at myself when I was
struggling with my vocals. However I overcame my problems by getting help from
my teacher and online videos.
What did you learn about yourself as
you have worked on this piece?
Overall and throughout the process
of this piece, I have learnt that if I struggle with an accent or what voice
type to have then the best way I learn it, is by watching videos/tutorials and
asking for advice on how to speak in the correct way for the character. That was
the easiest and most effective way that I’m able to learn.
If you were a teacher, what
comments would you make about your performance in this piece?
I would generally say that as a
whole I was impressed with my performance as I thought that I used the correct
tone, volume, and pace. However to improve I could’ve used a little more
emphasis and I could’ve used a slightly more menacing yet ‘calm’ tone as my
character as the principal. For my role as pupil 10 in a few scenes, I would
say that I thought I used the correct amount of emphasis, attitude, and
emotion. I would also say that, similarly to the principal, I used the correct
tone, pitch, volume and pace.
What was the most engaging moment
in your vocal performance?
The first part of my vocal
performance that I found most engaging was when we had our family meeting in
Act 2, scene 3. I was really pleased with this and thought it was one of the
most engaging moments because I had a lot of attitude and I had to be quite
sassy and as that’s quite similar to my personality anyways, I thought that I
was quite successful and my character was quite convincing.
The second part of my vocal
performance that I found most engaging was Act 1, Scene 8. I felt that this was
very effective because of the way I acted as I was coming down the stairs. I
made my lines dramatic and over the top to show that I was a student mocking
the principal and how she speaks and talks about her ‘amazing correctional
facility’.
What would you change vocally if
you could do this piece over again?
I would mainly just add even more
emotion and emphasis in all of my lines to make the characters more realistic
and believable to an audience.
What things might you want more
help with? One thing I would like to improve upon vocally?
To understand the characters
undertone’s and backstory a little more before I were to do a performance, just
so that I would have a better idea of what kind of vocal techniques I would
need to use, such as pace, volume, pitch, and tone to make the characters I
play more believable and understandable to any audience even if they’re not
given a lot of backstory to my character(s).
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