Movie Monologue Assignment
Performance: October 23rd, in front of an audience
Choose a monologue from a movie. It must be 180 words or something close. You can find the script online, or you can copy the words of a DVD by using the subtitles.
It can be funny or serious. I recommend serious, because it is difficult to do comedy alone. What if nobody else thinks you are funny? You can copy the style of the actor in the movie, or use your own interpretation.
I recommend choosing a monologue and then searching online to see if you can get the script. There are many websites with scripts from movies or collections of movie monologues.
Below are a few examples of the kinds of sites you can use to get the text of movie monologues:
HW
Answer the following questions. Answer them on paper and hand it in, or email it to me at
nathanmcmath@gmail.com
1) What is substitution? How is it used in acting?
2) What is an "inner object"?
3) What emotions did you see at the scene at the end of the video?
Listen to the ASA Radio Broadcast 2011
Answer the following questions. You may email the assignment to me if you would like to save paper.
Email: nathanmcmath@gmail.com
As always, use complete sentences!
1) How was the audio quality of your portion of the broadcast? Could you hear any extra noise such as birds chirping, cars driving by, or children playing?
2) Was there sound of you breathing into the microphone?
3) Were you happy with the sound of your voice?
4) What would a professional newscaster have done differently?
5) Did you notice grammatical errors in any of the broadcasts?
6) If you were to do this assignment again what would you do differently?
7) Which was your favorite broadcast and why?
Due Monday November 28
Watch the five minute video: Don LaFontaine: The Voice
I chose this video because it introduces you to the voice over industry and the people in it.
On your own paper answer the questions. You may email the assignment to me if you like. Put the answers in the body of an email or attach a Word document. Email: nathanmcmath@gmail.com
1) At what age did his voice change?
2)Why does he like to do action movies?
3) How many ways does he think there are to read a script?
Due Monday November 21
Watch the ten minute video : Voice Over Training and Technique With Dan Levine
On your own sheet of paper answer the following questions:
1) Is it best to start a phrase with a higher or lower pitched voice?
2) How should you read a voice over script?
3) Why do we have to be careful about telling voice over actors to "be expressive?"
4) Who do you have to "find" in order to create your own style of voice acting?
