The Audio Theater Guide: Vocal Acting, Writing, Sound Effects and Directing for a Listening Audience

by Robert L. Mott

Overview

This is a comprehensive guide to audio performance—radio, voice-overs, commercials, live theater, cartoons and more. Topics include microphone acting; vocal effects; writing scripts; manipulating emotions through sound; valuable tips for the director; a long list of sound effects and how to do them; and a series of commercials, scenes and sketches for practicing one's skills.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786444830
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date:	10/20/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	223
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

The late Robert L. Mott had a long career doing sound effects for films, cartoons, theater, commercials—and for radio (such as Gangbusters, Philip Morris Playhouse and Perry Mason), and television (including Ed Sullivan, Jackie Gleason, The Tonight Show, Playhouse 90, Captain Kangaroo and Bob Hope). Twice nominated for Emmy awards for Days of Our Lives, he also wrote for Dick Van Dyke and Red Skelton. The Academy of Television Arts and Science selected him for their website honoring the legends of live television.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     
Preface     

1. Voice Acting     
2. Microphone Acting Techniques     
3. Barkers, Burpers, and Screamers     
4. Writing Tips for the Audio Theater     
5. Picturing What You Write     
6. Can Sounds Create Emotions?     
7. The ABCs of Directing     
8. Directing the Next Step Up     
9. Comparing Audio Theater with Other Media     
10. The Warm-Up     
11. The Comedy Theater     
12. Scenes, Comedy Sketches, Commercials and More     
13. The Most Asked for SFX and How to Do Them     
14. Creating the More Impossible Sounds     

Glossary     
Bibliography     
Index     

Editorial Reviews

Mott’s excellent text is destined to be a classic handbook for radio/audio theater production”—Library Journal.

From the Publisher

Mott's excellent text is destined to be a classic handbook for radio/audio theater production

Library Journal