In preparation for the recording of my voice over for the audiobook I did some research into voice over. I found evidence of consumers being attracted to the prospects of listening to the original author reading the
“Audiobooks consumers customarily relish the opportunity of listening to an author narrating his/her own work in his/her voice. An author’s narration—being, supposedly, more innately informed—might be expected to bring one closer to the implied literary intentions. Yet, counter-intuitiveness notwithstanding, an author’s narration does not necessarily constitute a ‘better’ reading than that of any other person, nor does it inevitably exhibit a more comprehensive understanding of how his/her work ‘should be’ read.” (Sheinberg, 2019).
referred back to the Chubbuck technique. This method for acting is one I have most used whenever I have had to embody a character for performance, especially during my first year at UAL when I was reading Contemporary Theatre and Performance at Wimbledon.
Ivana Chubbuck’s acting technique revolves around the concept of “active opposition” with twelve different tools that aid in identifying a character’s objective and encouraging action-based choices in response to the character’s external or internal opposition to create effective dramatic tension. Acting coach Chubbuck believes that “an actor must identify their character’s primal need, goal or OBJECTIVE. With this OBJECTIVE in mind, the actors must then find the appropriate personal pain that can effectively drive this OBJECTIVE…the pain must be powerful enough to inspire an actor to fearlessly commit to doing whatever it takes to WIN their OBJECTIVE.” (Chubbuck, 2019).
The following are her twelve tools:
- Overall Objective
- Scene Objective
- Obstacles
- Substitution
- Inner Objects
- Beats and Actions
- Moment Before
- Place and Fourth Wall
- Doings
- Inner Monologue
- Previous Circumstances
- Let It Go
Bibliography
Chubbuck, I. (2019). The Power of the Actor: The Chubbuck Technique. Vancouver, B.C.: Langara College.
Sheinberg, D. (2019). Author as performer: performing autobiographies. International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media, [online] 15(3), pp.326–339. doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/14794713.2019.1603733.