Chapter Five
Performance Development
5.1 Introduction
In the previous chapter, you began to learn how to develop your voice. Having a pleasant speaking voice is the first step in being a professional broadcast performer. In this chapter, we take that good speaking voice and learn how to use it to develop a delivery style that is appropriate for broadcast performance situations. The most sought-after general delivery style in broadcasting is a conversational tone—the ability to speak to hundreds, thousands, maybe even millions of listeners or viewers, yet make it sound as if you are talking one-to-one. Most broadcast situations make this fairly difficult to accomplish for two reasons: first, you lack direct feedback to what you are saying; and ...
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