Performance (100%)
The performance of a repertoire of different vocal styles, techniques and applications, individually and as part of a group showing clear reflection, implementation and development of skills throughout the process.
[Learning Outcomes 1, 2, 3, 4]

Formative Assessment:
Observation of engagement in experimental vocal development
Participation in discussion, demonstrating understanding of different techniques and styles, the strategies required to maintain a healthy voice when working in a challenging professional environment.

Your voice is crucially important to your career, you need to nurture it and employ good practices that will sustain you throughout your working life. Warm up, breathing, articulation, voice projection and modulation, accents and dialects are all part of the actor’s toolkit. In this module you will participate in voice classes and company vocal activities to keep your voice in good condition and meet the demands of a diverse range of performances.

You will develop an appreciation of your own unique vocal qualities and develop techniques to maximise your vocal potential. Only then will you discover your vocal strengths and which aspects of your voice would benefit from further development. As a practitioner you may be called upon to apply vocal techniques and skills to the reading of a multitude of texts for different purposes and in different contexts. Contemporary and classical plays are typical examples of acting texts, however others include screen plays, radio plays, poetry, novels, children’s stories, newspapers, magazines, instruction manuals, historical documents, science books and travel guides. In developing your repertoire you need to demonstrate an ability to respond to different vocal challenges and this module will help you build your portfolio.

You will investigate your ability to apply your vocal skills for different purposes using different techniques and styles. You will learn about reflective theory and how to apply it in order to analyse your own vocal development and express your developing skills vocally and in writing. You will also research different warm up and general vocal techniques and evaluate them in order to support your own training. You will reflect on, and discuss the challenges faced by the actor when working on selected material. In doing so you will consider the maintenance of technique when working under pressure and in a competitive environment.

Learning strategies in this module are predominantly practical, dedicating time to voice classes and company vocal activities intended to exercise and train your voice, such as
• technical workshops, including health and safety’
• warm up, rehearsal and performance to camera supported by formative tutorials’
• independent research, rehearsals and screen performance
Training throughout this module will be informed by observation and analysis of the work of others, which will be facilitated through screenings of professional and student performances and in class demonstrations by tutors. Reflective practice and tutorials will feature throughout as strategies to recognise and monitor learning, identify strengths and limitations, and plan for your future development.

Acting Studio
Theatre Space
Stage Microphones
IPADs
CD / USB / iPod Boom Box
Internet and IT Access
Licenced rehearsal material
Assorted Costumes / Props

Berry, C. (2000) Voice and the Actor: Virgin Books
Carey, D. and Clark-Carey, R. (2008) The Vocal Arts Workbook and DVD: A Practical Course for Developing the Expressive Range of Your Voice: Methuen Drama
Clifford Turner, J. (2007) Voice and Speech in the Theatre: Methuen Drama
McCallion, M. (1998) The Voice Book: For Everyone who Wants to Make the Most of Their Voice:Faber and Faber
Mills, J. (2004) The Broadcast Voice: Focal Press
Rodenburg, P. (1993) The Right to Speak: Working with the Voice: Methuen Drama
Rodenburg, P. (2002) The Actor Speaks: Voice and the Performer: Palgrave Macmillan

1. DEMONSTRATE YOUR KNOWLEDGE OF VOCAL SKILLS AND TECHNIQUES (INCLUDING VOCAL WARM UP TECHNIQUES AND ACCENTS AND DIALECTS) AS A PERFORMER THROUGH APPLICATION IN REHEARSAL AND REPERTOIRE PERFORMANCE.
[Communication]

2. WORK SENSITIVELY WITH OTHERS WHEN REHEARSING AND PERFORMING, DEMONSTRATING AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE USE OF THE VOICE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE SELECTED MATERIAL. [Working with Others]

3. DEMONSTRATE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE PROFESSIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACTOR AND THE TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES AVAILABLE TO ENSURE VOCAL SUSTAINABILITY.
[Knowledge and Understanding]

4. CRITICALLY EVALUATE YOUR OWN PROGRESS AS A VOCAL PRACTITIONER WITH REFERENCE TO THE EXPECTATIONS OF ENTRY LEVEL PROFESSIONAL PERFORMERS.
[Analysis]