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Description
Annie Morrison, creator of the Morrison Bone Prop, abandons the notion that language and thought are mainly processed in the left cerebral hemisphere, and coaches the actor to speak from the heart. Through this method, words acquire physical properties, such as weight, texture, colour and kinetic force.
Think about Martin Luther King, Mao Zedong or Malala Yousafzai; potent speech impacts external events. And internally, it forms and shapes the world of the speaker. Seeing articulation as a purely mechanical skill is detrimental to an actor's process: it is crucial to understand what language is doing on a biological level.
This workbook is invaluable for actors, both professional and in training, and also for voice and speech teachers.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Chapter One: Intelligibility
Chapter Two: Fundamentals
Chapter Three: Centering
Chapter Four: Releasing Tension
Chapter Five: Exploring the Articulators
Chapter Six: Exploring Sounds
Chapter Seven: Troublesome Sounds
Chapter Eight: Connected Speech
Chapter Nine: Poetry
Chapter Ten: Drills & Word Lists
Appendix I: Vocal Health, Nasal & Sinus Health, Aural Health
Appendix II: Additional Eye Exercises
References
Product details

Published | 18 Nov 2021 |
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Format | Ebook (PDF) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 264 |
ISBN | 9781350107946 |
Imprint | Methuen Drama |
Series | RADA Guides |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
About the contributors
Reviews
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Annie Morrison is an inspirational leader within the field of voice and speech work. Highly regarded within the world of actor training and within the world of the film, theatre and recorded media industries, this book makes her work available to a wider audience and it will be of invaluable use to any professional voice user as well as to anyone who wishes to become a more effective or expressive speaker. The book is filled with useful, practical exercises and illustrated with thought-provoking texts as illustrations that help to inform and contextualize the work she offers.
Alex Taylor, Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, UK