homework 3

Homework 3 

Why do Actors need to

warm up their voices

Actors need to warm up their voices because like a musician has an instrument an actors instrument is their voice.

A vocal warm-up is a series of exercises that prepare the voice for singing, acting, or other use
Physical whole-body warm-ups should also be done because Stretching helps to activate and prepare muscle groups that take care of balance and posture, and muscle groups are directly involved with breathing and facial articulation. Stretches of the back, neck and shoulers which we have done in class are important to avoid tension, which helps the sound of the voice on stage while they are performing.
Preparing the breath involves not only stretching the many muscles involved with respiration, but preparing them to exhale during for long periods so they can sing and speaking passages. Specific training of the respiratory muscles is required for singers to take very quick deep breath and sustain their exhalation. 

Without Warming up they could stumble and stutter because there jaw and mouth arent warmed up properly this could lead to a bad performance.