Unit 320 (1.3) Vocal Review & Vocal Choices

One good public speaker is Emma Watson as she is confident and has a good use of pause and emphasis yet has a calm tone. One bad public speaker is Laura Penn as she over pronounciate her words, uses pauses too much, speaks slowly and has a sarcastic tone.

Two presenters voices that I like are Caroline Flack and Mel Giedroyc from Bake Off. I like them because they both have good articulation but Mel also has good use of pause and has a quirky voice with a lot of articulation. Caroline has fluctuations in her voice (like mine) and has a really nice laugh that I wish I had.

Vocal Choices
Vocal Qualities	Presenting		Theatre Performance
1.Intonation  & Melody Variation in tone and melody is vital. Decide which words and passages deserve extra attention and increase the tone to emphasize these points.	Depending on the topic that is being talked about you need a different tone. If you are talking about a sombre piece of news you would talk using a monotone as you don't want to come across as being happy about a tragic event. If it is an entertainment piece or something similar you would want to fluctuate your pitch and be more upbeat.		Hope Springs In this, I emphasize certain words such as my line "Don't start on that". My pitch also increases because of the emphasis I put on the line. I vary my voice and melody to add dimension to my lines. This will, therefore, help with the delivery of my lines.
2.  Volume Projecting your voice to ensure everybody in the audience can hear you is essential. To draw the audience’s attention to certain parts of a speech, try varying the volume – sometimes louder, sometimes softer – so that selected passages stand out from the rest.	This should be the same for any piece as you want to be heard and if there is a crucial piece of information that needs to be heard you need to be louder to ensure it is heard and understood by the audience. You could speak softer if you are talking about a serious topic with a tragic story behind it but this still needs to be loud enough to hear.		Hope Springs As above I emphasize the line "Don't start on that" also I increase my volume to show the urgency in my voice and my characters. I chose to do my island voice lines at a lower level of volume to support the solemn tone of the play. Generally, in the theatre, I need to increase my volume and project to make sure that my voice is heard by everyone and help with lighting cues.
3. Clarity Don’t forget to articulate every word, to ensure clarity on your part and understanding on the part of the audience.	This is a necessity in presenting as if you aren't understood the story or show won't make sense and people will be talking about the wrong thing.		Hope Springs I articulate all of my lines to get my lines out and heard by everyone. This ensures that the audience knows what I am saying so the story flows well and is understood.
4.Emphasis Emphasising different words can change the focus of a message by altering meaning and/or implication.	In news stories this is used for particularly important pieces of information regarding an event or something similar. In television this is needed to make the audience focus on what has or will happen.		Hope Springs Generally, I don't emphasize many of my lines but on some I emphasize certain words. For example in my monologue "Nazi's" as my character thinks of her parents and the police as this because she states that all the ever did was "go on rally's, organise demonstrations and things".
5. Pauses There are several purposes for which pauses can be used: ·      to give listeners a chance to absorb something ·      to generate expectations about something that’s going to be said ·      to give the presenter a moment to focus	Pauses are also needed so the audience can absorb what has just happened or to build tension to create a reaction to what is said next. This is used alot in shows like X factor and always happens when they are announcing the results.		Hope Springs In my monologue, I pause at times to give the audience time to take in what is said because my monologue has quite a critical opinion of the parents of my character. I also use the pause in other parts of the play to show the treatment of the kids on the island and when talking about what happened to Sam.
6. Pacing If a speech is delivered too fast, it can hinder understanding and generate anxiety in the audience.  If it’s delivered too slowly, it can tire and bore people.	The news stories need to be read at a good pace otherwise the audience won't understand and also won't bore the audience. The pace in TV shows depends on whether its live or not as if it's live they may be running out of time so need to speed it up.		Hope Springs I sped down my monologue as I generally speak fast when I'm anxious. This way I speak in a way that people can hear me. Also, I pace myself in other sections as it is an important part of the play that needs to be understood. This will then add to the knowledge of the audience because of the time to absorb the knowledge.
7.  Tone Setting the right tone for the speech overall can ensure better understanding and relevance to the audience.	It is important to have a light tone when doing TV presenting or a news piece about a good event. However, when doing a sombre piece you need a serious tone to speak about the event as you don't want to sound happy about it.		Hope Springs I deliver my monologue with an angry undertone but speak it quite calmly. Other sections of the play need a sombre tone or an angry tone as the play, at times, has contrasting views and topics.