"Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor who adopts a character—in theatre, television, film, radio, or any other medium that makes use of the mimetic mode."
This includes vocal projection, stage presence, and timing. It also covers how to use body language and physical movements to engage the audience.
Breathing Techniques: Learn proper breathing techniques for speaking to optimize vocal power and clarity.
Vocal Warmups and Exercises: Various exercises and techniques to prepare your voice before speaking to avoid strain, tension and vocal fatigue, while enhancing resonance, pitch, volume, and clarity.
Diction: Learn clear and effective pronunciation tips for clarity, articulation, and pitch.
Voice Modulation: Explore techniques for varying tone, pitch and volume to captivate and engage the listener.
Body Language: Learn how to use body posture, gestures and facial expressions to enhance your speech.
Audience Analysis: Understanding your audience’s characteristics, demographics, preferences and interests can help you to effectively tailor your message to your audience’s needs and engage them.
Public Speaking Techniques: Understanding key techniques for capturing and keeping your audience’s attention, including visual aids, pacing, volume and intonation.
Scripting: Learning to write or ad lib speeches in the best way to keep the audience engaged.
Memorization Techniques: Learning to remember speaking points or entire speeches to eliminate the need for note reading and improve delivery.
Emotional Intelligence: Practice regulating emotions, empathizing with others, and perceiving and using emotions to establish rapport with the audience.
Time Management: Learn effective techniques for managing your time during presentations and managing the length of your time on stage.
Storytelling: Learn how to use storytelling to effectively convey your message and engage your audience.
Creative Writing: Learning how to use creative writing to produce engaging and effective performance pieces.
Rehearsal Techniques: Practice rehearsing presentations to improve delivery, reduce tension, and increase confidence.
Managing Stage Fright: Learn techniques to help manage and overcome the fear of public speaking.
Personal Branding: Understanding how to develop your personal brand as a performer to enhance your career prospects.
Audio and Video Recording: Understanding how to use audio and video recording to practice and improve on your technique.
Evaluating Performance: A review process should be undertaken after every performance to understand what was done well, areas for improvement, and how to continue building on existing skills.
Critiquing Other’s Performance: Reviewing and critically analyzing the performance of others can help to hone your skills and expertise.
Developing a Plan for Improvement: Developing a plan for skills improvement helps to set goals, identify strategies and resources needed, and track progress.
Monologue: A performance by a single performer, conveying thoughts or emotions to an audience.
Dialogue: A scene performed between two or more characters, often involving conversations or interactions.
Storytelling: A performance in which a performer tells a story, often involving characters or a narrative structure.
Slam poetry: A performance style in which a poet reads a poem with rhythm, cadence and vocal expression.
Stand-up comedy: A comedic solo performance, often using traditional joke-telling or observational humor.
Improv: A performance technique in which actors improvise scenes or characters without a script.
Choral speaking: A style in which a group of performers recite a poem or text in unison, often with varying vocal inflection.
Oratory: A formal public speech, often with a persuasive or inspirational aim.
Mime: A silent performance style often involving exaggerated physical movement and gestures to convey emotion and story.
Puppetry: A performance technique in which puppets are used to tell a story, often with one or more performers manipulating the puppets.
Physical Theatre: A performance style that emphasizes physical movement and gesture over dialogue, often involving acrobatics or dance.
Toastmaster: A performance style in which an individual proposes a toast at a social gathering or event.
Presentation: A performance style in which a speaker presents information, often with the intention of informing or persuading the audience.
Panel discussion: A group discussion, usually in front of an audience, on a particular topic or issue, with a moderator or facilitator guiding the conversation.
Lecture: A formal speech-style presentation used to convey information or educate an audience on a particular topic.
"Acting involves a broad range of skills, including a well-developed imagination, emotional facility, physical expressivity, vocal projection, clarity of speech, and the ability to interpret drama."
"Acting involves... vocal projection..."
"Acting also demands an ability to employ dialects, accents, improvisation, observation and emulation, mime, and stage combat."
"Many actors train at length in specialist programs or colleges to develop these skills."
"Many actors train at length in specialist programs or colleges to develop these skills."
"Actors and actresses will often have many instructors and teachers for a full range of training involving singing, scene-work, audition techniques, and acting for camera."
"Most early sources in the West that examine the art of acting (Greek: ὑπόκρισις, hypokrisis) discuss it as part of rhetoric."
"Most early sources in the West that examine the art of acting (Greek: ὑπόκρισις, hypokrisis) discuss it as part of rhetoric."
"Acting involves a broad range of skills, including... emotional facility..."
"Acting involves a broad range of skills, including... physical expressivity..."
"Acting involves a broad range of skills, including... the ability to interpret drama."
"Acting also demands an ability to employ dialects, accents, improvisation, observation and emulation, mime, and stage combat."
"Actors and actresses will often have many instructors and teachers for a full range of training involving... acting for camera."
"The vast majority of professional actors have undergone extensive training."
"Acting involves a broad range of skills, including... a well-developed imagination..."
"Acting involves... clarity of speech..."
"Acting also demands an ability to employ... observation and emulation..."
"Actors and actresses will often have many instructors and teachers for a full range of training involving... scene-work..."
"Acting also demands an ability to employ... stage combat."