SYNOPSIS
Knowing how to access dialects and accents can make you a more informed, versatile and bookable voiceover, on-camera and stage performer. Like all elements of the craft, it all begins with a strong foundation of applicable components. The focus on Eliza Jane's 3-prong methodology for learning ANY dialect or accent involves Auditory, Visual and Kinesthetic principles that can spark an entirely new realm of opportunity, knowledge and viability for actors.
This class is an introduction to techniques around learning a dialect or accent. This particular class is open to all SAG-AFTRA performers. There will be additional classes in this series that build upon this foundational piece, so attending this introductory class is mandatory to attending subsequent classes. The subsequent classes in this series will focus on accents and dialects from various nations and regions around the world, and will include guest panelists to reflect the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) community of actors and performers we serve. The subsequent classes will be open to BIPOC performers only who participated in the introductory course.
INSTRUCTOR BIO
Eliza Jane Schneider
Eliza is an actor (South Park, Finding Nemo, Batman), dialect coach (Eliza Doolittle Dialects School, various film/tv), and voice-match expert (Oliver Stone). She has taught accents and dialects at TrinityRep, SAG-AFTRA Conservatory, and The O’Neill Theater Center among others, and was an invited guest instructor in voice perception at the Voice Studies Graduate Seminar at UCLA. In the corporate world, she has presented on voice, including at the national conference of DRI, the membership organization for defense attorneys. She is also the creator of the Internet Dialect Database, for which she has traveled the globe to capture samples of authentic dialects. In her field research she has personally conducted thousands of interviews on six continents.
REQUIREMENTS
Participants must stay for the entire program, which is from 10:00 AM - 12:30 PM (PDT) / 1:00 PM - 3:30 PM (EDT).
There will be additional classes in this series for BIPOC performers only that build upon this foundational piece, so attending this introductory class is mandatory to sign up for the subsequent classes.
