The Voice in Violence

by VASTA

Overview

(Applause Books). This collection from The Voice and Speech Trainers Association focuses on the voice in stage violence, addressing such questions as: * How does one scream safely? * What are the best ways to orchestrate voices in complex battle scenes? * How to voice coaches work collaboratively with fight directors and the rest of the creative team? * What techniques are used to re-voice violent stunt scenes on film? * How accurate are actor presentations of extreme emotion? * What is missing from many portrayals of domestic violence? Written by leading theatre voice and speech coaches, the volume contains 63 articles, essays, interviews and reviews covering a wide variety of professional concerns.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781557834973
Publisher:	VASTA
Publication date:	08/01/2001
Series:	Applause Books Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	8.43(w) x 10.87(h) x 0.69(d)

Table of Contents

	Letter from the Editor: Teaching Violence	2
	Letter from the President	5
	Letters to the Editor	8
	Vocal Production, Voice Related Movement Studies
	Introduction to the Papers on Voice in Violence	14
	An Interview with Bonnie Raphael	16
	Staged Violence: Greater then the Sum of Its Parts	22
	Some Personal Discoveries Regarding Vocal Use in Stage Combat	30
	Orchestrating the Music of the Fight	34
	Neglected and Abused: Domestic Violence	38
	Six Poems on the Theme of Domestic Violence	39
	The Voice in Heightened Affective States	50
	To Train and Test the Voice in Violence	66
	The Performance Scream: Vocal Use or Abuse?	74
	Voice and Choreography of Staged Violence: a Survey	87
	Voicing the Visceral: An Interview with Erik Fredericksen and k. Jenny Jones	95
	Voice/Combat Conversation	105
	"I'm a Singer, not a Fighter"	111
	Looping: The Voice of Violence on Film	113
	Voices from Around the World: Kevin Crawford	118
	Ethics, Standards and Practices
	Credit Where Credit is Due	120
	The Cultural Voice: An Interview with Danny Hoch	124
	To Refer or Not to Refer	129
	The Vocal Overdoer Syndrome	135
	Pedagogy and Coaching
	Introduction	139
	Applying Theories of Learning Styles and Modalities to the Teaching of Voice and Speech, Part Two	140
	Many "Right" Ways: Honoring diverse teaching and learning modes	145
	Earning the Role: the Company Voice Coach, an Interview with Andrew Wade	148
	You've Got to be a Chameleon: Interviews with Leading Vocal Coaches	155
	Language-Based Voice Development	169
	Rough Eloquence: Voice Training for Young People	177
	An Outcomes-Based Approach for the Optimal Development of the Adolescent Voice	186
	Pronunciation, Phonetics, Dialect/Accent Studies
	Introduction	201
	The Theatre of Theatre Voice	203
	Vocal Clarity in the Outdoor Theatre	210
	Voices from the Past: Sir Richard Paget 1869-1955	223
	Heightened Text, Verse and Scansion
	Rhetoric Revisited	229
	Teaching Shakespeare Language Skills	231
	Voice and Speech Science, Vocal Health
	Some Thoughts on VASTA	240
	To Smoke or Not to Smoke...	244
	The Impact of Pollution on the Voice	247
	Potential Adverse Effects of Herbs and Vitamins on Voice and Speech	254
	Private Studio Practice
	Outside the Ivy Walls: A Meaningful Past that Looks Toward the Future	269
	On the Focus Point: The Next Generation	271
	The Communication Needs of Medical Practitioners: The Application of Voice Training to a Non-Theatre Based Context	276
	Building Up Your Business Clientele	283
	Singing
	Journal 2001	292
	From Here to There: Becoming a Voice Specialist	294
	A Cross-Cultural Examination of Breath and Sound Production in Pansori	297
	Sing Better, Work More: Integrating Singing Technique into Theatre Voice Training	312
	Reviews and Sources
	Reviews and Sources	315
	Bodymind & voice	316
	Accents: A Manual for Actors	317
	Make Your Voice Heard	318
	Shakespeare's Names: A Pronouncing Dictionary	319
	Voice Handbook: workshops from the DCPA	321
	Breathing: The Source of Life	322
	Twelfth Night	324
	Old Money	327
	An Interview with Mark Harelick	329
	Selected Thesis Abstracts	333
	Selected Abstracts on the Theme of the Voice in Violence	336