Hello there! ✋

In this past class, we didn't cover a lot of theory per se, but we did different activities. The truth was a bit difficult for me because my tone of voice is soft. Do you already have an idea of the topic? That's right, we talked about... VOICE PROJECTION! 👄

First of all, we did exercises with our voice as well as imitations. We watched a video of the imitations that take place in the soap opera Betty la fea, which made me laugh. I guess that actors have a good control of their voices to express so many emotions and they are also good at imitating other people's voices and even gestures. The first exercise we did was basically about that: imitation. Us women imitated a man’s voice, I think I did pretty good although it was really funny. Men had to imitate a woman’s voice so they spoke in a high-pitched tone. Then we all had to imitate a child's voice and I feel like that one was easier because they speak high-pitched and my voice is already like that so it was a piece of cake haha.

The next exercise was about voice resonance. We had to hum the melody of a song and we also had to sing it. As a kpop addict, I sang the song that has gone viral on Tik-tok, Cupid by Fifty-fifty. We did exercises in which we had to pronounce the vowels very well and to elongate them.

As a third activity we did breathing exercises. I really didn't know what we were doing, I was just having fun. We put a pencil between our teeth and talked about any subject with whoever was in front of us. It should be noted that we were trying to talk because it was difficult to be understood with something that did not allow us to articulate well. Then, we increased the difficulty of the activity by moving away step by step until we were at a far distance. We had to shout to make the others hear us, and between so much shouting we could not understand well what they were saying. It seemed like a normal day at the market. To make it even more difficult, we started jogging in our stall and kept talking. I'll be honest, I was out of breath and with tachycardia.

As for the talk that our classmate Nidia gave, unfortunately I could not be there due to illness, but my peers told me a little about it. It seems that they talked about intention and that this is the way something is said (speaking of locution). There are different types of voice, you could say, which are sales/commercial/professional. Commercial voice-over is the art of giving voice to an advertising or institutional message with the objective of providing an identity to the brand and transmitting to the listener the precise emotion to make him/her perform a certain action. Then there is the natural/neutral voice which is the one we use on a daily basis, it is how we normally speak. And finally, there is the institutional voice. This voice is used for large companies or corporations, public administrations, political parties or serious locutions. Usually, we can hear a voice of these characteristics in corporate videos, presentations, institutions, political campaigns, etc.

The tone, intonation and strength of our voice is important when speaking in public. If we want to transmit a message well, we have to take this into account, since we transmit not only ideas but also emotions with our voice. And with this I sign off. SEE YOUUUUU! 👐