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🎙️Voice Acting and Diction (Aotearoa NZ)
Speak clearly, read a script well, and use your Kiwi voice on purpose
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Unit 1
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Course overview
Your voice is four systems working together
Breath, folds, resonance, articulation
The vocal folds and where pitch comes from
Folds vibrate fast, and speed sets pitch
Resonance, the part that makes your voice yours
Hollow spaces shape the raw buzz
Articulation is where words are actually made
Tongue, lips, and jaw cut sound into words
Unit 2
Breath support from the diaphragm
Power your voice from low, not from the throat
Breathing for sustained speech
Take quiet, low breaths at natural breaks
A five-minute warm-up
Wake up the voice before you use it
Lip trills, humming, and straw phonation
Gentle exercises that balance the folds
Caring for your voice
Hydrate, rest, and never push through pain
Unit 3
Diction, the crisp-consonant fix
Finish your consonants, especially at word ends
Vowel clarity
Open the vowels so the tone rings
Tongue twisters as daily drills
Build articulator agility with repetition
Pace, pause, and phrasing
Group words and use silence on purpose
Pitch, intonation, and killing the monotone
Move your pitch to keep the ear awake
Unit 4
Stress and emphasis carry meaning
Which word you punch changes the sentence
Projection without shouting
Carry the room with breath and resonance, not force
Filler words and uptalk
Replace "um" with a pause, and watch the rise
The elements of a vocal performance
Tone, character, intention, and subtext
Reading copy, cold reading, and marking a script
Prepare a script so it performs
Unit 5
The main styles of voice work
Commercial, narration, character, e-learning, audiobook
Microphone technique and a basic home setup
Right distance, slight angle, pop filter
The New Zealand accent is a real voice, not a flaw
Own the Kiwi accent, and know how it works
Saying te reo Māori correctly
Five vowels, the wh and ng sounds, and place names
Voice acting as a craft and a job in Aotearoa
Practise daily, get feedback, and find the NZ industry
Unit 6
Where to go next
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