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Klappentext An acclaimed ventriloquist shares secret tricks of the trade, showing how to cultivate a variety of voices and offering helpful suggestions for putting an act together, developing material, handling bookings, and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword1. Ventriloquism What Is It? When Did Ventriloquism Begin? Photo Gallery 12. Basic Techniques How We Produce Sound Take a Deep Breath Put on a Happy Face Change Your Voice Vent Alphabet3. Substitute Sounds Letter W Letter F Alternate F Sound Letter V Alternate V Sound Letter M Letter B Letter P4. Choosing Your Partner Ventriloquial Figures Moving the Mouth Mechanical Movements Taking Care of Your Figure5. Animation6. Anything Can Talk Using Puppets Other Puppet Ideas7. Ventriloquial Novelties8. The Distant Voice9. The Muffled Voice10. The Telephone Voice A Phone Routine11. Tricks of the Trade12. Putting Your Act Together Selecting Material Writing Your Own Material Routining and Timing Showmanship Stagecraft13. Selling the Act Bookings Publicity14. Comedy Material Opening Lines Ad-Libs Lines for Hecklers Songs and Poems Parodies Double Gags15. Short Scripts The Baby-Sitter Baseball Nursery Rhymes Sailing Moving Day Spanish Astronaut Safete Script: Cross at the Green Talking Crow Libraries An Interview16. Photo Gallery 2Bibliography
