Knight-Thompson

The Magic of Omnish

Flloyd Kennedy 10 May 2016 Performance Skills Training, speech, Voice acting school, Knight-Thompson, Omnish

We are halfway through my final term of teaching voice in my current position, and this morning I had one of those magical moments that make teaching acting students so special. Our first years are all taking turns at leading a short warm-up in class, and I’ve been at great pains to encourage them to […]

How to Acquire an Accent

Flloyd Kennedy 30 September 2014 Performance Skills Training, speech accent training, accents, Knight-Thompson

Accents – believe it or not – are not easy. Let’s face it, if you’ve spent 20, 30, 40 years using your head and facial muscles and your tongue to speak words in a particular way, and tuning your voice to go up and down in pitch the way your friends and family do, it is going to take