The Voice!

The voice has three main features that make it what it is.

These processes are:

Respiration (Actuators - Breathing)

Sound (Vibrators - larynx - voice box)

Amplifiers (Resonators - mouth)

Breathing is one of the most important things when using the voice correctly. Using your lungs, diaphragm and intercostal muscles are the beginning of the process when using the voice.

When breathing, the vocal cords open and close. This is known as abduction and adduction. Abduction is when the cords open or expand to allow air to enter the lungs. Adduction is when the cords close and it is here when they vibrate and create sound.

There are several organs and tissues that control the sound being made. They are all located at the back of the throat and is usually referred to as the Adam's Apple on men (even though women have them too!)

Oscillators (Vibrators)

To see the voice box (or larynx) in action, watch the clip!

The final part of the body controls the type of sound being created. Using the mouth and all its components gives us different sounds and effects how others hear the sounds.

The final product is sometimes like this!

What's Wrong With Angry? History!

What's Wrong With Angry was Wildes first play. It first opened at the LOST Theatre in 1993 in Fulham, London. It had an unpaid cast and crew of about 20 and only 6 people turned up to watch the show. However once the gay press gave the show great reviews the show became a great success, having sold out on the final week.
The following year it was performed at Oval House in London and sold out and had t obe extended a further week at Battersea Arts Centre (BAC) Studio.

Film director, Simon Shore, and producer Steven Taylor approached Wilde about a film version of his play. Wilde wrote the screenplay for the film which was renames Get Real and was released in 1998.

Character Work

Steve Carter is a 16 year old British school boy and is a closeted homosexual. The monologue I have chosen to perform is his acceptance speech for the Basingstoke Young Journalist Competition where he 'comes out' to everyone present, including his school peers, their parents, the faculty, and his parents.

The character is a loner, being bullied by most of his peers for being different. He is a timid person and keeps his head down in school. Steve often goes to public restrooms where he engages in sexual activity with other men and it is here where he unkowingly arranges to have sex with John Dixon - the school's star athlete ands head boy. They eventually form a secret relationship but as peer pressure and rumours begin to form, both boys are put under a lot of strain. Steve wants to be open about their relationship, not caring who knows, whereas John wants to keep it a secret so that it doesn't jeopardise his future. After John attacks Steve in front of the other bullies Steve has finally had enough and outs himself at the award ceremony. He offers his audience the chance to also come out if their were any who wanted to, a subtle (like a punch to the groin) hint for John to stand up and be himself, but none do. Steve finally accepts that he is different, but is no less a human for it.

The monologue is very emotional and I believe it is a great piece because people are still insecure about who they are and how they should be. Love holds no bounds and people should realise that there really isn't anything to be scared of!

What's Wrong With Angry? - By Patrick Wilde

What's Wrong with Angry is a play written by Patrick Wilde. It was wrote when the age of consent for homosexuals was 5 years higher than heterosexuals and when Section 28 made homosexuality an illegal topic with schools.

Section 28 prohibits schools and local authorities from depicting homosexual relationships as an acceptable view of family life.

The playwright, Patrick Wilde, says it is vital that Steven be 16 years old to show the fact that he is technically breaking the law by engaging in relations whereas his heterosexual peers in school are not.