SINGING Syllabus Videos 1-32
1. Breathing deeply - muscles, reason for, how to, how we learn, environmental influences
2. Stretching - whole body, lungs and ribcage, jaw, back of throat
3. Active relaxing - Breathing, Mindset, Oxygen levels, Yawn, Preparations
4. Overtones - What? Purpose, Mongolian, Richer tone, Animals, Healing
5. Pitching - Definition, Hearing, Awareness, Self love, Octaves, Intervals, Sharps and flats
6. The "Yawn' - Vowels, Relaxation, Throat singing, Releasing tension, Tone, Genres
7. Vowels - Open sounds, resonance, forming them, power, forming
8. Consonants - sound sculpture, position, power, recording, endings
9. Volume adjustment - diaphragm, power, with-holding, breath, sustain, avoiding strain
10. Harmony - intervals, sound, beauty, choral, dissonance
11. Rhythm - beat, styles, time signatures, syncopation, feel
12. Internal counting - kinetic learning, beat, rhythm, steps
13. Jazz - sound, rhythm, origin, feel, agility, diversity
14. Rock - mouth shape, support, throat singing, chest voice, range, feel, microphone technique, slides
15. Musical theatre
16. Opera - Stance, power, breathing, projection, precision, passion, material, vibrato, character
17. Choir - clear focused sound, social, harmony, genres18.
18. Folk - nasal, lightness, falsetto, lilt, slide, themes, origins, variety, projection
19. Phrasing - cadence, beauty, meaning, lyrics, accompaniment, emotionSyncopation - dotted notes, genre, definition, feel
20. Syncopation - dotted notes, genre, definition, feel
21. Stance - feet, back, head, shoulders, muscles
22. Range Development - increasing relaxation, width, how to increase, jaw, ribs
23. Performance Eyes - focus, soft, sharp, inward sparkle, lighting, audience, fear, passion
24. Movement & Singing - breathing, choreography, jumping, rests, arms, legs, fitness
25. Songwriting - genre, structure, lyrics, rhythm, tempo, harmony instrumentation, samples, production, programmes
26. Musical terminology - Italian terms, speed, manner, purpose
27. Anatomy - nasal cavity, mouth, vocal chords, chest, diaphragm, legs, feet, colds, fitness
28. Fiddling - fingers, hands, twitching, eyes, feet, noticeability, focus, concentration
29. Music therapy - dis-ease, overtones, body parts and tones, psyche, emotion, intuition, animals
30. Frequency/Clarity - focused tones, fuzzy tones, broken voices, polyphony, overtones, sub-frequencies, environment, resonance, echo, projection,
31. Interpretation - genre, mood, instrumentation , lyrics, character, acting, historical context, cultural context
32. Emotional Intelligence - feelings, emotional scale, awareness, audience communication, atmosphere, mood, morphogenetic field
33. Vibrato - natural, practiced, awareness, habit, suitability, purpose, history of, methods, cultural context
ACTING Syllabus Videos 1-32
1 Mime:
2 Voice Projection - use of muscles, variation in volume, filling the room, estimating a space,
3 Voice Timbre - Delicate, riche, warm, trembling, rough, smooth, definition, unique sound, muscular tightness/relaxation
4 Voice Louds & Quiets - Contrast, effect, individual words, clarity needed, surprise, sustained sound, abdominal muscles, air moisture/health
5. Voice Stage Whisper - volume, intimacy, estimating volume/projection
6. Voice Laughing -activating, authenticity, muscles, hee hee, ho ho, ha ha, hysteria, sarcasm
7. Voice Crying - anatomy, facial sensation activations, emotional activations, sound, tears, whole body
8. Voice Holding Back - going inward, building intensity, facial expressions, character-modelling
9. Voice Speechlessness - mime, body language, facial expressions, hands, posture
10. Movement Eyes - Focus inward, outward, upward. Memory eyes. Dewy, soft eyes. Hard, sharp eyes. Direction. Close-ups.
11. Movement Positioning - upstage/downstage, lighting, spacing, direction, stage image, natural/symbolic
12. Movement Into the Light - Camera positions, lighting effects, shape of face, conturing, shadows, hi-lighting.
13. Movement Body Postures - support for the breath, shoulders, stomach, stiffness, stylised/natural. graceful/staccato.
14. Movement Body Awareness - Presence, stability/movement, extremities- fingers and feet. relaxation/tension. Speed of movement.
15. Movement Hands - presence-reach, tingling, electric performance, field of space
16. Movement Stability - leg muscles, foot placement, core stability, flexibility, abdominal strength.
17. Movement Lightness & Heaviness - conscious movement, choreography, contraction/relaxation, character, foot/ground contact
18. Characterisation Script Analysis - What role of evolution do I have in the story? Status. Relationship to other characters. Time/date/genre. Story plot before end dafter the action
19. Characterisation Reading Between the Lines - Character motivation. History/Future/Relationship to others.Irony. Hidden messages. What isn't being said.
20. Characterisation Context (historical, geographical, cultural) - Conversation styles. Language. Status: role, age, freedom, power. Mythical status. Performance patterns- classic/innovative
21. Characterisation Voice - timbre, inflection, accent, tremolo, pitch
22. Characterisation Movement -limp, spring/fleet, hands, head, eyes, twitches, reaction speed
23. Characterisation Costume -shape, historic period, symbolism, colour, style, kempt/unkempt, fit, male/female, animal, metamorphosis, suggestive
24. Characterisation Back-Story - create, understand, develop empathy, imagination, situations, reactions
25. Characterisation Spatial Positioning , Contrast, speed, height, near/far, Scale of Movement, Story-Telling, Facial Expressions
26. Script Dry-reading - sensitivity, imagination, intuition, collegiate, co-creation, riffing
27. Script Analysis- character - who am I? Why am I? What role do I have? what is my evolution?
28. Script Message & Meaning - author's voice, intention, social evolution, description, problem identification /solution suggester, scientific/ entertainment. context (geographical, historical, cultural) - true tale, metaphorical/fable
29. Script Styles: pace, genre - speed of scenes, contrast of scenes, staging, film/theatre, verbal/music and image plot- acts, scenes, flashback
30. Script Writing/Directing - dark/light, type of theatre, movement, cues, panto, musical theatre, play, individual/group, symbolic/authentic, improvised/scripted
31. Script Film & TV/Theatre - scenes, short/long, impact, delivery to camera/character, solo/group, clarity of movement