The Voice

The video ‘The Voice’ really gave a clear insight of how it is when an actor uses their voice and how they use it. I think the most helpful aspect of the video was being shown how your larynx opens and closes when you breathe and when you use your voice to speak. Also, the video showed me ways in which I can use my voice to portray different sounds without straining my voice.

Your larynx is the hollow muscular organ forming an air passage to the lungs and holding the vocal cords; the voice box. I learned that during quiet breathing, the vocal cords are near the sides of the larynx, and the glottis is open however, during speech, the vocal cords are stretched over the glottis and vibrate as air passes through them, producing the voice. The vocal cords are the folds of the connective tissue above the opening of the larynx that produce the voice.