UNIT 3: Introduction to Professional Practice





1- Different roles that I would/will find in the world of Performing Arts:
-of a hurting and crying person
-of an orphan
-of a good and loyal friend
-of a false friend
-of a lover
-of a sister
-of a depressed person
-of a murderer
-of a teacher
-of a doctor
-of a confused person
-etc.
    I am interested in roles that make me challenge myself, but I appreciate every role and I try to make it my own and work it at the level I want to.





2- In order to work as an actor, my chosen career path would be a drama school. After some research I did on Google, I made a list of some potential drama schools for me in the future. The first would be Guildhall School of Music and Drama. I heard so many good things about this one that convinced me consider it. I am very careful when it comes making decisions and I like to analyze every possibility.
The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts could be one of my choices too, especially when the actors from PapaTango studied there and when from an email from Rob I found out that another former student is now playing in a movie. I have not yet decided what path I should follow, but going to another country is one of my options, too.





3- What are the Health and Safety aspects involved with the voice for an actor?
The Health and Safety aspects involved with the voice for an actor are to take care of himself and with that comes the voice, too. As an actor, you have a liability for your passion and for the audience you’re playing in front of, so you have to be sure that you will be able to perform a next time, too. You have to know your limits and when to stop if your vocal chords can’t take it no more.
 
 -Examples of warm ups: 1. Warm up your facial muscles, your neck and your body(e.g.: stretch or         massage)
                                        2. Breathing exercises (e.g.: “S” exercise)
                                        3. Voice warm up (e.g.: sang vowels or diction exercises)
                                        4. Intense mouth warm up (e.g.: tongue twisters)
 
 -Do’s and don’t’s: -Don’t overuse your voice.
                                -Take care of what you’re consuming (cigarettes, alcohol and drugs) and what    you’re eating.
                                -Protect your neck from coldness.
                                -Don’t whisper, use all of your voice.
   - To carry out these aspects, I try to have full control of my voice, to discover it and use it in a creative way when I am performing, I try to warm up before any rehearsal or performance and if I ever feel like I had enough and my voice is not okay at that moment, I’ll stop. I also like to have hot drinks, but not too hot, so I don’t harm my vocal chords.
         I am not a sensitive person and I am not afraid that if I “break a rule” I will lose my voice or I will get sick, because I know and I feel when to stop from doing something that is not okay for me, so if I cross the line regarding my voice and I feel okay with that, I will do it.