Monday, 9 November 2015

Why do Actors Need to Be Able to Control Their Breathing?

Actors may need to be able to control their breathing because they need to be in character. For example if they are acting as if they just went on a sprinting marathon they need to act like they are gasping for air at the end of the scene, or if they have a long speech during a scene they need to take breaths carefully in between so it doesn’t look sloppy and they don’t have to keep stopping to catch their breath.

Vocal exercises:
1.     -  Lie down flat on your back and hum a low steady rhythm. Stand up or roll to the side while trying to keep the same hum.
2.    -   Do a Siren exercise and hit the low and high notes while saying “eeeeeee”. Alternate the octaves.


Source: http://www.business2community.com/travel-leisure/10-warming-up-exercises-voice-actors-must-include-in-their-routines-0280069#piBWikygLHFIIWEy.97

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