donnie wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 1:45 pm
Speech - Using Your Voice (1950)
This is a pretty amusing one, though I doubt it has much specific information that would really be helpful. The Goofus examples are funny, especially the man at 3:24. (And why is he standing up and making a speech about this to the other men?
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I really liked this one! I have to disagree about it being very helpful. It's a nice introduction, and I think that if I had had a class on this when I was young, a really reassuring class about how to make a speech, I might have done a little better when I had to do presentations. They just threw us to the wolves, so to speak. I wish more schools would give you the whys and hows of learning, instead of just throwing facts at you and making you memorize them.
I love when you can see the Goofus and Gallant examples. By the way, I wonder if the phrase Goofus and Gallant was prominent before those Highlights magazines were a thing?
I thought that the way the first man is giving his speech, with his "uh's" and "er's" as the presenter calls them, sounded exactly like he was totally making up his adventure in Africa. To answer your question, maybe he was giving a presentation about his adventurous missionary trip. I went to an assembly like that one time with my friend when I was young.
donnie wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 1:45 pm
I disagree that carelessness is the problem of the girl reading in class—she appears to be just speeding through it because she’s nervous.
I'm absolutely with you, especially with the way her voice is quavering. She is
so scared!
The next one with the man mumbling.... this doesn't seem like regular mumbling to me. Sounds like he's a stroke patient, which definitely isn't his fault.
donnie wrote: ↑Mon Jul 05, 2021 1:45 pm
A couple of odd things: the giant mouths at 5:23 are a little surreal (especially the second one, who looks like it's cussing someone out
). And where does the group of students suddenly come from at 7:25?
He
did seem to be pretty angry about something. As for the students, I didn't even question that part for one second. That's pretty funny!!
The older lady at the flower convention is perfect in the second part with her warm tones. She speaks in a caring, reassuring tone, and it reminds me of why certain voices are made for radio, and others are not.
The boy's question about his friends thinking he is peculiar for speaking in a different way than he always does is a good question, but using a round tone as the flower lady did would definitely fix that. It shows that she cares about what she's saying and gives you a sort of comforting feeling that she cares about you.
My favorite piece of information this video gives is the round, soft tones. It
does make a huge difference. I find that if I speak especially softly and smile a lot at work, it seems that everyone else is smiling, too. Your attitude totally makes a difference on others, whether it
should be that way or not. It's just a known fact that if you are pleasant to others, people will feel pleasant toward you. As my mother always said, "You catch more flies with honey than you do vinegar."
Thanks for this one - I loved it!