GENAM4ACTORS
GENERAL AMERICAN FOR ACTORS
(and voice actors!)
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Around 250 million people speak with an american accent.
Around 60 million with a british accent.
What we work on
Natural SOUND
Creating a natural American accent rather than ‘putting on’ a voice.
We want this placed naturally in your OWN mouth. One size doesn’t fit all.
Feeling led
We don’t ignore the text (or the context!) we use it to help us create a more authentic sound. Being true to the text and being true to the accent are not separate things.
Don’t thinK, speak
We want to get to a place where the accent is native ie: we don’t think about it, we just do it, naturally. This is particularly important for in-vision tv and film work.
DRILLS
Specific exercises, sentences, individual words and long-form text broken down and repeated in an old-fashioned call and response format (it’s an oldie but a goodie!)
Like a language
We treat these sessions as if we are learning a new language, not just an accent. This ensures we also examine WHY Americans speak this way & helps us when faced with new words and phrases
Naturally placed
Many vocal coaches adapt mouth & tongue movements to create the sound. We aim to place the sound much more naturally, which once mastered, means the acting is your only focus
Rhythm & sound
American musicality, intonation, stress and emphasis, breathing, reduced sounds, linking and connected speech, glides and diphthongs, T-flapping, rhoticity
iN CONVERSATION
Graduating onto full dialogue - both improvised and script led - to observe the stumbling blocks and make corrections when different words are paired next to each other
out In the world
Going out in your accent!
Read more about my work as an Voice Artist & a Director here