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Ventriloquism
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- 2. Ventriloquism is the art of "throwing" one's voice in such a way that the sound seems to come from a source other than the speaker. A dummy or doll is commonly used to assist in the deception, with the ventriloquist moving the dummy's mouth while speaking through closed lips.
- 3. Ventriloquism got its start in the ancient times, around the sixth century BC. It was supposedly believed to be a way to communicate with the dead. The first known ventriloquist of this type was Louis Brabant. He was in the court of the French King Francis the First. It became a widespread belief that the spirits of the dead went to the stomachs of the prophets and continued to exist there. This belief helped the prophets to foretell the future, and made the people believe that the spirits were speaking from his or her belly. The spirit would make its replies from the priest's belly while the priest's facial expression and lips remained fixed, to show the illusion.
- 4. Theorigin ofthe word "ventriloquism," is a blend of two Latin words: "Ventre" (the belly) Ventre and "Loqui" (to speak). Thus ventriloquists Loqui were originally known as "belly speakers."
- 5. Substitution of some specific sounds (or combinations thereof) by others that sound similar, but need no lip or chin movement. Avoidance of those sounds which cannot easily be substituted. This is feasible because the text to be spoken is known to the artist in advance, and he therefore can choose synonyms for difficult words. Keeping one's mouth almost closed (with the lips frozen in a 'keep smiling' position), which serves to hide movements of the tongue. Hiding the movements of the chest while breathing; Distraction of the audience, which in itself consists of two elements: Gesturing with some fancy puppet, which the audience is made to believe to be the originator; Significant changes in the pitch of the speaker's voice, seemingly to better fit together with the puppet and to distinguish between a multitude of them, but mainly to cover the sounds that have been replaced. People will more easily forgive a puppet for using a somewhat weird pronunciation.
- 6. Sound Replacement b soft 'd' or 'g' very soft 'th', with the tongue Sound Example Treatment f retracted a little back from 'th' to the pp supper avoid, or try a soft 'dd' 'h' position mp ampersand avoid m 'ng' like in 'singing' avoid, sometimes 'kl' will pl replace do 'kh' or a sound halfway between 'd' and 't', spoken with the tongue ps lips avoid, or try 'ts' or 'ks' p touching not the teeth, but the upper avoid, sometimes 'sk' sp speak gums. Difficult at word beginnings might work qu quantity one more 'th' derivative v another form of 'th' gh laughing same as 'f', replaced by 'th' yet another 'th' variation, even softer w than the 'f' substitute 'ng', ie: same as 'm' alone, forget mb about the 'b' in there
- 7. Cindy Robinson Keith Harris Edgar Bergen Jay Johnson Charlie McCarthy Kevin Johnson Mortimer Snerd The Great Lester Effie Klinker Ronn Lucas Shari Lewis Sandy Powell Lamb Chop Carla Rhodes Jeff Dunham David Strassman Terry Fator Jez Rose Ray Alan Fred Russell Peter Brough Saveen Nina Conti Ian Saville Otto & George David Strassman Tom Crowl Max Terhune Roger De Courcey Willie L. Brown Shirley Dinsdale Willie Tyler Jim Barber Meghan Miller Wayne Federman Jules Vernon Wayland Flowers Señor Wences Ramdas Padhye Paul Winchell Terry Hall Arthur Worsle Paul Zerdin Satyajit Padhye Dan Horn Karl Jeffery
- 8. 1939: You Can't Cheat an Honest Man - W.C. Fields comedy with Bergen & McCarthy 1964: Devil Doll - Horror (British); Bryant Haliday plays an evil ventriloquist/hypnotist 1978: Magic - "A Terrifying Love Story" starring Anthony Hopkins and Ann- Margret 1988: Pin: A Plastic Nightmare - Canadian "low-budget descendant of Psycho" (IMDb) 1988: Child's Play - Horror; first in the Chucky series 1990: Child's Play 2 1991: Child's Play 3 1995: The Dummy - Horror; director Dante Falconi 1998: Bride of Chucky 1999: Cradle Will Rock - true drama of politics and art in the 1930's; Bill Murray is a vent 2000: The Dummy - Horror; writer/director Steve Singleton 2002: Dummy - Adrien Brody plays a ventriloquist; writer/director Greg Pritikin 2004: Seed of Chucky 2005: Dummy - Low-budget horror; writer/director Matthew Graves
- 10. 1949: Studio One (The Rival Dummy) 1950: The Edgar Bergen Show Featuring Charlie McCarthy 1956: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (And So Died Riabouchinska) 1957: Alfred Hitchcock Presents (The Glass Eye) 1962: Twilight Zone (The Dummy) 1964: Twilight Zone (Caesar and Me) 1977-1981: Soap 1990: Tales from the Crypt (The Ventriloquist's Dummy) 1990-1991: What a Dummy
- 11. http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=_TDAuSLqnpA&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=3NB4hUUoGDw&feature=related
- 12. Reference Date http://houseofdeception.com/Ventriloquism_History.html 31-08-09 http://www.vpuppets.com/images/ramdas.jpg 31-08-09 http://www.leapfrog-entertainment.com/Artists/Big/GeneC/Gene.jpg 1-09-09 http://www.alstevens.com/ventriloquism/pics/fred/00jayjay1.jpg 2-09-09 http://blog.nj.com/entertainment_impact_arts/2007/11/medium_Achmed_Jeff.jpg 2-09-09 http://www.essortment.com/all/ventriloquismhi_rlty.htm 3-08-09 http://www.kimn.net/vent/history.htm 3-09-09 http://www.answers.com/topic/ventriloquism 3-09-09 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ventriloquists 3-09-09 http://www.austinchronicle.com/binary/e2c4d58f/arts_feature-36601.jpeg 3-09-09
- 13. Thank YouMs. Antra for your help, guidance, inspiration and cooperation.
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