“When the “record” light on a smartphone or amateur camera comes on, the voice should change. You should rely on the diaphragm – then your whole body, including such a colossal thing as cavities (I mean now the pulmonary cavity, and the abdominal cavity too), will become a resonator. When you argue with your family, you usually squeak, not realizing how disgusting you are at this time. But as soon as you start talking about the diaphragm, your voice immediately becomes different, because your entire colossal body begins to work as a resonator. If you want to get to the very essence, I would not be lazy to take inexpensive, but very important lessons from professional stage speech teachers,” said Dibrov.
According to the TV presenter, amplitude is important in professional speech—at the end of a logical thesis there should be a point highlighted in voice.
“The next number in our program is amplitude. From literary studies we know that the noblest punctuation mark is the period. But the point must be determined by you and by voice too. For example, a monotonous clerical lecturer who is capable of putting any number of people to sleep is characterized by the fact that he has absolutely no lower intonation. Monotony is when there is no lower note in the voice. Pauses are also extremely important. They must certainly follow this lowest note of your speech, which should occur as often as the logical thesis ends,” he added.
Dibrov recommended that bloggers, when recording a video, half-smile and lean in the frame in order to inspire trust in the listener.
“In both television and vlogging, pacing is extremely important. How long the pause can be depends only on talent. You have to feel it. Even if you need to say something very quickly, no one in the world can cancel the need to make some pauses at the end of any semantic array. I would recommend that when speaking into the camera, you bend the corners of your mouth slightly upward, as if preparing to smile, this should definitely work. I also recommend leaning a little in the frame. This will help the voice flow freely. You cannot sit straight, as if you were taking a photo for a passport or an enamel oval for a monument. As a rule, the left side of the face is the working one. You need to turn your left side slightly towards the camera and tilt your forehead. This will allow you to instill trust in your listener, regardless of what exactly you say in your voice afterwards,” the TV presenter explained.
More advice from Dmitry Dibrov on how to train professional speech can be found in the article by Gazeta.Ru.
