American Accent Work

One of the technical challenges of my character is the Standard American accent. Since its only my character and 2 others with this accent we haven't spent time in class learning how to do it. I have found it useful to practice through some youtube tutorials. Through doing these every few days I am learning how important it is to do a full vocal warm up in order to get a full grasp on the accent. Without doing so I find myself swallowing words, slipping up on my accent and my mouth feels stiff and not like a useful tool. The tutorials aren't perfect as they cannot tell me when I get it right and push me in that way but they have been a good starting point and have taken me back to basics before building me back up again.

This video recommends you do the warm up video. I have done this many times but I have also found it useful to adapt the warm up to suit me and how I feel that day and to how my voice and body work.