Location:
The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts, 39 West 19th Street, New York, NY.
Dates:
September 1992 - December 2007.
Learner Outcomes:
Speak to the camera clearly, intelligently, conversationally, and appealingly in spokesperson commercials and industrial films, and through voice-overs.
Instruction:
This course introduces students to the structure of spokesperson texts and helps students develop breathing, inflection, phrasing, and tonal color to aid in communicating copy attractively. Exercises are audio and video-taped. (Prerequisite: Two years of acting training and on-camera performance.)
Credit recommendation:
In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category or in the upper division baccalaureate degree category, 1 semester hour in Theatre, Drama, Communications, or Radio and Television when one of the following courses is also completed: Commercial Basics (COM101), Commercial Course (COM201), or Voice Over Skills (COM203) (11/97) (12/02 revalidation).
