In this session we were with Olga, and we were all handed out a children's book to go off and read through by ourselves. The book I was given was called 'Hairy Maclary'. Hairy Maclary is a fictional dog, the hero of a series of children's picture books created by the New Zealand author Dame Lynley Dodd, and making his first appearance in 1983 with the publication of Hairy Maclary From Donaldson’s Dairy. We then regrouped and listened to a few of us read our books. This exercise was interesting as it changed all our voices in different ways. Our pitched slow down, we emphasised more of our words and our speech had more of a rhythm or pattern to them. Mine was a rhyme so there was an obvious rhythm within it. I enjoyed this exercise as it wasnt what I was expecting and reminded me of how much I voices change, depending on the audience we're talking too.
Monday 16 November 2015
Reading A Children's Book
In this session we were with Olga, and we were all handed out a children's book to go off and read through by ourselves. The book I was given was called 'Hairy Maclary'. Hairy Maclary is a fictional dog, the hero of a series of children's picture books created by the New Zealand author Dame Lynley Dodd, and making his first appearance in 1983 with the publication of Hairy Maclary From Donaldson’s Dairy. We then regrouped and listened to a few of us read our books. This exercise was interesting as it changed all our voices in different ways. Our pitched slow down, we emphasised more of our words and our speech had more of a rhythm or pattern to them. Mine was a rhyme so there was an obvious rhythm within it. I enjoyed this exercise as it wasnt what I was expecting and reminded me of how much I voices change, depending on the audience we're talking too.
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This exercise also reminds us to enjoy words and performing to an audience. Whether we are performing Shakespeare or reading a children's book, the approach is the same. We need to take the fear out of auditions.
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