A new year just started, bringing the IB programme with it, and as far as the Drama IB course goes I am still quite nervous and full of doubts and expectations about whats going to happen throughout these 2 years. Last class we started exploring the boundaries and corners of our voice and breathing, which made me see the wide spectrum of voices one could use to create a character, for we are normally used to only talk in one register, which really limits our characterisation and exploration of a character. In terms of the breathing it was really interesting to try and understand how voice was originated in the first place, because by merely letting air through our throat some sounds are produced, and we slowly started 'finding' our voice. I felt a certain level of awkwardness while exploring my voice, and i think this is due to the fact that i am used to talk in the same type of voice all of the time and that is the voice that i feel makes me who i am, and by changing it you immediately become different to the people around you, which adds to the fact about how important voice is towards characterization. This exercise was really interesting to be a part of and I do feel i've learnt something very useful in terms of acting skills and character creation.

Why do many actors keep exactly the same voice for their roles when there's so much room for exploration?