KOOKIE VOICE CAMP OUTLINE
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KOOKIE VOICE  CAMP OUTLINE

1. INTRODUCTIONS: NAME, AGE, GRADE, WHERE WE ARE FROM, FAVORITE FOOD, FAVORITE DRINK, TELL ME ABOUT YOUR BEST FRIEND, FAVORITE PLACE TO GO/VACATION, WHAT 3 WORDS BEST DESCRIBE YOU, BEST MEMORY EVER/CHANGE SOMETHING ABOUT THE WORLD WHAT WOULD IT BE.
   
2. DISCUSS THE PURPOSE OF THE CLASS.  CREATE INTERESTING AND UNIQUE SOUNDING CHARACTERS.  WHAT GOES INTO MAKING A CHARACTER?
   

1. NAME
   
2. GUY OR GIRL
   
3. AGE
   
4. WHAT DO THEY LOOK LIKE TO YOU? HEIGHT, WEIGHT, HAIR COLOR,ETC
   
5. WHERE ARE THEY FROM?
   
6. HISTORY OF THAT PERSON
   
7. WHAT DOES THEIR VOICE SOUND LIKE?
   
8. OTHER CHARACTERISTICS..STUTTER, SAD, HAPPY, ANGRY, FRUSTRATED, LAZY, TIRED, BORED, EXCITED, ETC
   

3. VOICE:  WHAT ARE SOME DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS OF A VOICE?  HIGH, LOW, BREATHY, SCRATCHY, SHAKY, WHISPER, DUCK-LIKE, ENERGETIC, LAZY, SWALLOWED, FORWARD, BRIGHT, DARK, NASAL, MONOTONE,  

4.  BEFORE WE BEGIN CREATING, IT’S IMPORTANT TO WARM UP THE VOICE PROPERLY...THIS INVOLVES THE VOICE AND THE DIAPHRAGM.

1. VOCAL WHEEL TOGETHER AND INDIVIDUALLY
   
2. BREATHING GAME:  BALLOONS, “F” GAME, COUNTING GAME
   
3. DICTION EXERCISES: READING TONGUE TWISTERS REALLY FAST
   

5. TIME TO BUILD YOUR CHARACTER:  HAND OUT PAPER AND HAVE THEM GO INTO SEPARATE ROOMS.  LIST THE INFORMATION ON LIST ABOVE...NAME, AGE ETC.

6.  COME TOGETHER AND DISCUSS THE CHARACTER THAT HAS BEEN CREATED.  IF TIME, BREAK APART AND CREATE ANOTHER ONE, IF NOT TIME THAT IS WHAT THEY DO AT HOME.

7.  ASSIGNMENT:  GO HOME AND WORK ON YOUR 2 CHARACTERS.  TELL US ALL OF THE INFO LISTED ABOVE IN THAT VOICE THE NEXT DAY.

DAY 2

        WARM UPS: SEE ABOVE

1. DO 2 CHARACTERS IN FRONT OF CLASS
   
2. RECORD THE SAME THINGS IN STUDIO ALL OVER AGAIN
   
3. HAND OUT COMMERCIAL SCRIPTS:  STUDENTS MUST PICK OUT TWO COMMERCIALS AND PRACTICE THEM AS THE CHARACTERS CREATED.  SEPARATE AND GO INTO DIFFERENT ROOMS AND PRACTICE THE COMMERCIALS.
   
4. COME BACK IN AND PRACTICE THEM IN FRONT OF ONE ANOTHER.
   
5. ASSIGNMENT FOR EVENING:  GO HOME AND PRACTICE THE COMMERCIALS FOR THE NEXT DAY.
   

DAY 3

1. WARM UPS: SEE ABOVE
   
2. PRACTICE COMMERCIALS FOR ONE ANOTHER
   
3. RECORD THE COMMERCIALS IN STUDIO ONE AT A TIME
   
4. PLAY CHARACTER GAME:  DRAW OUT OF A BAG.  
   

• FIRST BAG HAS EMOTIONS: HAPPY, SAD, ANGRY, DEPRESSED, EXCITED
  
• 2ND BAG HAS VOICE TYPES... HIGH, LOW, BREATHING, FAST. SLOW, NASAL, ETC
  
• THIRD BAG HAS PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES
  

ONCE PICKED, THE PERSON HAS TO CREATE A CHARACTER FROM THE OPTIONS CHOSEN.

5. ASSIGNMENT:  CREATE CHARACTER FROM WHAT WAS DRAWN FOR RECORDING NEXT DAY.  THE TOPIC IS “THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE WAS WHEN…..” AND TELL WHY.  MUST BE AT LEAST 30 SECONDS LONG...SO NEED TO TIME WHEN PRACTICING.

DAY 4

1. WARM UPS
   
2. PRACTICE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE CHARACTER
   
3. RECORD BEST DAY OF MY LIFE CHARACTER
   
4. PLAY SELL IT GAME
   
5. PRACTICE ALL THREE CHARACTERS TO HAVE A CONVERSATION FOR LAST DAY.  STUDENT MUST WRITE A 30 SECOND SCRIPT TO SAY THANK YOU AND HOW MUCH FUN IT WAS AND GOOD BYE.  
   
6. IF TIME, SEPARATE AND GO INTO DIFFERENT ROOMS TO WRITE SCRIPT
   

DAY 5

1. WARM UPS
   
2. PRACTICE FINAL CONVERSATION
   
3. RECORD CONVERSATION
   
4. CANDY