The Course
There are 28 Online Course Videos – 6 sections – 2 hours 20 minutes
As outlined below.
Section 1 - Where do we start? Three starting elements: 18 minutes total
‘The Ideal Performing State’ – starting element 1 – the goal of any professional. (6 minutes)
‘Responsibility of the performer’ – starting element 2 – understand the ‘responsibility’ of the job. (7 minutes)
‘Understand, Feel and Do’ – starting element 3 – first questions to ask yourself regarding your material. (5 minutes)
Section 2 - ‘Technicalities’ of the performer: 43 minutes total
‘Technical exercises’ – ‘Tricks-of-the-trade’ - Breathing, Tension, Diction, Volume and Projection. (15 minutes)
‘Nerves’ – understanding and controlling. (5 minutes)
‘Communication Percentages’ – understanding percentages of human communication. (3 minutes)
‘Self-conscious behaviours’ – understanding and controlling. (4 minutes)
‘The Vital First 30 Seconds’ – essential to start right and make a good first impression. (8 minutes)
‘Vocal and Physical Progression’ – Simple explanation. (2 minutes)
‘Presenting when seated’ – understanding seated body-language. (6 minutes)
Section 3 - Purpose, content and structure of material: 16 minutes total
‘Business and Passionate Purposes of material’ – Understanding both. (2 minutes)
‘Content’ – some considerations. (3 minutes)
‘Structures’ – ‘Numerical’ and ‘Storyline’ structures. (11 minutes)
Section 4 - Three professional performing techniques: 20 minutes total
‘The Process of Explanation’ – professional performing technique 1. (7 minutes)
‘Process of Speaking in a Major Key’ – professional performing technique 2. (7 minutes)
‘Process of Externalising Emotion’ – professional performing technique 3. (6 minutes)
Section 5 - Further disciplines and techniques: 32 minutes total
‘Building Inner-confidence’ – with your material and yourself. (7 minutes)
‘Preparation’ – understand the importance of this key element. (5 minutes)
‘Discipline’ – understand that discipline leads to freedom, not the other way round. (5 minutes)
‘Coping with fear and handling stress’ – Some considerations (6 minutes)
‘The Audience’ – Understand the wide gulf in behaviour. (4 minutes)
‘Visuals’ – understanding where the focus of attention should be. (5 minutes)
Section 6 - Some random musings: 10 minutes total
‘During Performance’ – concentration and maintaining focus. (2 minutes)
‘When something goes wrong’ – don’t pretend it hasn’t happened. (3 minutes)
‘Everything starts with the thought’ – never just saying words. (1 minute)
‘Confrontation without aggression’ – open face and major key. (1 minute)
‘Q and A sessions’ – some considerations. (2 minutes)
‘In Conclusion/Next steps’. (1 minute)