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Acting with an Accent ACTING WITH AN ACCENT *************************************************************** New York City (and surrounding areas) - Streaming Video Accent Lessons - Produced by Written and Taught by David Alan Stern, PhD Content Copyright ©1979, 2003, 2012, 2020 DIALECT ACCENT SPECIALISTS, Inc. Video Copyright © 2020 BROADWAY ON DEMAND 2 About the Author/Host David Alan Stern received a BFA in Theatre-performance (University of Connecticut) and a PhD in Speech (Temple University) and then served on the fac- ulties of both Wichita State and Penn State before founding Dialect Accent Specialists, Inc. in Hollywood in 1980—working there primarily as a text and dialect/accent coach for professional actors. In 1993 he returned to his alma mater, UCONN, as Professor of Dramatic Arts. He continued in that post for twenty-five years while keeping a foot in the film/TV industry and serving as resident dialect coach for Connecticut Repertory Theatre and the Berkshire Theatre Group in Massachusetts. Among the many actors he has helped to prepare for stage, televi- sion, and film roles are Geena Davis (The Accidental Tourist), Julie Harris (Carried Away), Jennifer Jason Leigh (Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Easy Money), Shelley Long (Outrageous Fortune), Terrence Mann (My Fair Lady and Sweeney Todd), Liam Neeson (Next of Kin), Lynn Redgrave (Sweet Sue and Midnight), Pat Sajak & Joe Moore (Dial M for Murder), Vince Tycer (Chappaquiddick), Forest Whitaker (Bird and The Crying Game), and Daryl Hannah, Julia Roberts, Sally Field, and Olympia Dukakis (Steel Magnolias). He returned to the stage several years ago playing Zolton Karpathy in My Fair Lady (with Terrence Mann), Arvide Abernathy in Guys and Dolls (with Sarah Schenkkan), and Roy in The Odd Couple (with Pat Sajak and Joe Moore). He has just created his first three accent-learning video programs (English RP, New York, and American Southern) with Broadway on Demand. Visit David Alan Stern’s Website for - downloads of audio lessons in 24 different accent patterns - - audio and video lessons to Americanize accents of other languages - - audio downloads for reducing American regional accents - - audio downloads to improve your speaking voice & diction quality - - information and prices for 1-on-1 coaching via ZOOM or SKYPE – subscribe to the DIALECT ACCENT NEWSLETTER and immediately download a free copy of DAVID ALAN STERN’S ESSAYS: HINTS FOR ACTING & AUDITIONING WITH ACCENTS CTRL+CLICK TO GET IT NOW 3 - ABOUT - https://get.broadwayondemand.com/ Broadway On Demand unlocks essential secrets for how to make it on Broadway. In over 250 exclusive episodes, featuring more than 100 Broadway icons, Broadway On Demand admits both students and professional artists to experience critical master classes and coveted performer training with Broadway’s most celebrated creators–also with super-fan content, Broadway shows, special events, and more! Like Our Facebook Page. https://www.facebook.com/BwayOnDemand/ #BwayOnDemand Frequently Asked Questions about BOD https://www.broadwayondemand.com/pages/faq/a/faq 4 Listening to Native Speakers I am an accent parrot. I discovered at age 10 that I could reproduce accents just by listening to them. They went into my ear and then out of my mouth with no conscious analysis of what I was hearing. When first asked by a director friend to teach accents to the cast of her production, I soon discovered that simply playing samples or modeling the accent was a very poor teaching method. A very small percentage of actors are capable of listening to and mimicking them. Over the years that followed, I developed the accent-teaching technique you’ll worked with in this program. That doesn’t mean that listening to real speakers of target accents isn’t important. It gives you a sense of how people who grew up speaking a certain way actually sound when they communicate, as well as awareness of differences in given accents from speaker to speaker. But you also have to be careful. Most people of the world ARE NOT effective, interesting speakers—regardless of language or accent. Reproducing the exact speech patterns of accent speakers who are unexpressive, lack vocal variety, and fail to highlight ideas and images is of little benefit to actors. So, I’m providing you with links to relatively expressive speakers of various levels of this New York accent. Samples of Real-World NYC Speakers (If some links are no longer active, search for videos with the names of the speakers or programs.) Penny Marshall, Actor, Director, Writer Classic Bronx accent—EXCEPT rhotic R occasionally appears https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKuzct0qX9I (starts at 2:30 of clip) Garry Marshall, Director-Writer Classic Bronx-style NYC accent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IDsnRlbdHfY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eB7pdyDxyIg (starts at 0:25) Bernie Sanders Although Sanders has lived in and been an office holder in Vermont for many years, he still has a heavy NYC accent, which may not have softened much in all the years since he moved away. All the basic vowels consistent with our manual. NURSE vowel stays rhotic but isn’t quite as open as the version I teach. 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fG1vQnUrfvo http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2016/01/26/iowa-democratic-town-hall- sanders-campaign-political-revolution-01.cnn Bella Abzug, (former Member of Congress) She has the classic accent—with the EXCEPTION of the START Vowel, which she does NOT half-round into the lower lip) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA3lq_u39q8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh1tAVvEOak Elizabeth Holtzman (former Member of Congress) She has a significantly less harsh version of the accent than Abzug’s, albeit with moderate versions of all the NYC vowels EXCEPT the part of the PRICE set where the first stage half-rounds into the lower lip. OCCASIONALLY, a rhotic R appears—especially internally before a consonant. http://history.house.gov/Oral-History/Women/Representative-Holtzman/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYw3TzJIvog Rob Reiner (actor, director, writer) This is a moderate albeit very obvious NYC accent with pretty much all the target pronunciations. This is a great example of a NYC accent not interfering with the image of someone’s being smart and articulate. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfdIiff8Syo&list=ULOQKAqlPA3OY&index =2691 Rodney Dangerfield (comedian) Classic Brooklyn-style with lots of intonation. Some residual Yiddish inflections. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SVZvWaMWsA Amy Heckerling, (writer/director) (best at 1:00 and 4:27 of the clip) Classic moderate-degree NYC accent—Bronx style (relatively monotone). All expected vowels EXCEPT the NURSE vowel, which occasionally leans a little toward an RP pronunciation rather than the typical or street NY pronunciation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VXktZRa5Gdk All in the Family This huge hit that started in 1971 was the first weekly network show to deal with issues of bigotry. It, and other sitcoms produced by Norman Lear, are considered 6 to have both changed TV and helped begin changes in American culture. Very good NYC accents. If links are not current. Search ALL IN THE FAMILY, ARCHIE & EDITH, GLORIA & MIKE. Archie and Edith are VERY heavy “street accents.” Mike’s is still heavy, but more refined. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fqCS7Y_kME This is a young Rob Reiner (as Mike), now one of the most famous film directors in Hollywood. This is pretty much the accent he speaks with in the real world. Gloria’s accent is pretty good but not as dead-on as the others with a few vowels. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYgVKckoypk Laverne and Shirley Heavy NYC accents. Laverne’s is very heavy and very real. Shirley’s is quite good, but the R’s aren’t dropped consistently. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hW6Ae76AxWw&feature=related Welcome Back, Kotter – Gabe Kaplan Most of the accents are pretty accurate—occasional R’s not dropped. Occasional [ae] changed when it shouldn’t be. First time America saw John Travolta. Horshack (the nerd) is played by the late Ron Palillo, UConn BFA 1971. Ron and I overlapped as undergrads for two year https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df73uwfVVdY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksul9_x_Y2A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGm0r-L9izc 7 Acting with a New York City Accent - Episode One - LESSON ONE The Resonance and Muscle Impulses of the NYC Accent Follow the exercises in Lesson One of the video for producing two different degrees of the New York style of mouth movement and resonance/placement. You will apply the technique to the following sentences: We needed to do it. It’s doing him some good. The musicians had several gigs a day. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LESSON TWO Rounded and Half-Rounded New York Vowels A KEYWORD labels a set of words with consistent vowel pronunciation WITHIN accents. For example, the THOUGHT Vowel is pronounced differently in NY than in Cockney. ------------------------------------------------- An IPA Symbol describes or prescribes a specific pronunciation. For example, [ɔwə] is how the THOUGHT Vowel is typically pronounced in NYC. 8 Word Set Target NY Sound START Vowel [ɒ:] r hard to start the car card harm cartwheel The sergeants were archery partners. The cardinal played cards in the garden. They are old. R-drop: The car stopped. R-glide: The car arrived. R-drop: too far behind R-glide: too far away Additional START Vowel Drills ark, army, artful, bar, barn, charge, charming, Clark, darn, guard, harbor, harden, heart, march, marshal, scarf He disembarked from the sparkling new car. Father Charles argues about the guard's identity card. Carl and Marni formed an artful partnership. Arthur charged out of the arbor unharmed. He parked the car far away. ------------------------------------------------- PRICE vowel splits into: Target NY Sound NICE Version [ai] TIME Version [ɒi] NICE: bike nightlife 9 high time rising crime light sight right hike Michael bike nice ice mice life knife rifle ripe diaper typing She likes ice cream late at night.
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