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(Skills that involve using your BODY) (Skills that involve using your VOICE)
Body How an actor uses their body to Projection Ensuring your voice is loud and
LanguageA communicate meaning. For example, clear for the audience to hear.
crossing your arms could mean you are fed
up. How loudly or quietly you say
Posture The position an actor holds their body when Volume something. (Shouting, whispering)
sitting or standing. For example, an upright Tone The way you say something in
posture or a slouching posture. order to communicate your
emotions. (E.g. Angry, worried,
Gait The way an actor walks. shocked tone of voice)
Pace The speed of what you say.

Pause Moments of pause can create
Facial A form of non-verbal communication that tension, or show that you are
thinking.
Expressions expresses the way you are feeling, using the Accent/diale Use of an accent tells the
face.
ct audience where your character is
from.
Pitch How high or low your voice is.
Gestures A movement of part of the body, especially
a hand or the head, to express an idea or
meaning.
Stance The way you position yourself when Emphasis “How could Changing the way a word or part of
standing to communicate your role. An a sentence is said, in order to
elderly person would have a different YOU do that?” emphasise it. (Make it stand out.)
stance to a child. “How could Try emphasising the words in
Proxemics How you use the space around you - the distance capital letters and see how it
between, and positioning of. your character and you do changes the meaning.
others and between your character and
props/furniture to show relationships. THAT?”