Ralph Vaughan Williams

[Jim]

If any of todays 'actors' did go to RADA or any other acting school, then it must be their policy for actors to be 'natural' - therefore mummbling!!

My niece wants to go into 'show-business' and there are times when I can't understand what SHE says most times! So she should do well

I must say that the Anglo-Saxon is always chrystal clear! :mad:

[Steve Crook]

</div><div class='quotemain'>AlBabson: [snip] What I notice, though, in even the most rubbishy of the old "B" movies (except, of course, where a print has deteriorated badly) is that every word of dialogue is perfectly audible. I find that I am unable to follow many of today's films completely(not that I bother very often!) because the actors are often inarticulate, the dialogue has not been recorded clearly or it's down to a combination of the two.Does this bother others? [/b]

But what about those accents and those strained vowels?

It's not too bad for us southerners but can anyone else in the country understand people like Celia Johnson in Brief Encounter? And her accent isn't the worse by a long way.

I like to hear a bit of regional variation and a few accents.

Steve

[Ascoyne D'Ascoyne]

</div><div class='quotemain'>SteveCrook: </div><div class='quotemain'>AlBabson: [snip] What I notice, though, in even the most rubbishy of the old "B" movies (except, of course, where a print has deteriorated badly) is that every word of dialogue is perfectly audible. I find that I am unable to follow many of today's films completely(not that I bother very often!) because the actors are often inarticulate, the dialogue has not been recorded clearly or it's down to a combination of the two.Does this bother others? [/b] But what about those accents and those strained vowels? It's not too bad for us southerners but can anyone else in the country understand people like Celia Johnson in Brief Encounter? And her accent isn't the worse by a long way. I like to hear a bit of regional variation and a few accents. Steve [/b]

Being an "Eastender" I certainly have never talked about "Getting merrid in church" or "Being on taim for an appointment" but I can, nevertheless, understand the meaning perfectly when I hear such lines in an old film. I'm in no doubt, either, about what's being said in a Frank Randle or George Formby film; these actors, as did all of their generation (presumably because they received their grounding in theatres where they couldn't rely on microphones) articulated their lines perfectly clearly in spite of their regional accents and, in Randle's case, lack of teeth!

[Gibbie]

Clear pronunciation is always appreciated. thumbs_u

[Jim]

TALKING OF REGIONAL ACCENTS - (AND I LIKE TO HEAR ALL OF THEM; WITH THE EXCEPTION OF MY OWN MIDLANDS ACCENT), I REMEMBER SOME MUFFIN OF A POLITICIAN WANTED TO ERRADICATE ALL REGIONAL ACCENTS! CAN YOU IMAGINE SUCH ARROGANCE?

BY THE WAY, JOHN MILLS ON TODAY, CHANNEL4, 1.00 PM "THE OCTOBER MAN".

[Marky B]

I am now listening to Ralph Vaughn Williams' Fantasia based on a theme by Thomas Tallis after a day walking twelve miles over farm lands,taking the wrong turns,following marked paths which went nowhere,limbo dancing under a barbed fence which had been illegally put across a field. Ah bliss - now going out a for a few pints of Carling Extra Cold:£1.10 a pint!

Ta Ta
Marky B [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img]

[Steve Crook]

</div><div class='quotemain'>Marky B: I am now listening to Ralph Vaughn Williams' Fantasia based on a theme by Thomas Tallis after a day walking twelve miles over farm lands,taking the wrong turns,following marked paths which went nowhere,limbo dancing under a barbed fence which had been illegally put across a field. Ah bliss - now going out a for a few pints of Carling Extra Cold:£1.10 a pint! Ta Ta Marky B [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img] [/b]

A walk like that deserves better than a lager. Educate your palate towards a lovely drop of good British ale thumbs_u

Steve

[Marky B]

I am in the licensed trade - have been for twenty five years and I have got certificates for real ale (Younger's No 3). So I am well familiar with the juice. I used to like Tetley's Imperial,but over the last couple of years my palate favours the taste of lager.
Where I wnet last night,it is only 97p for a pint of Tetley's,John Smith's Magnet,80 shilling and 87p for Mansfield.
Ta Ta
Marky B thumbs_u

[Jim]

</div><div class='quotemain'>Marky B: I am now listening to Ralph Vaughn Williams' Fantasia based on a theme by Thomas Tallis after a day walking twelve miles over farm lands,taking the wrong turns,following marked paths which went nowhere,limbo dancing under a barbed fence which had been illegally put across a field. Ah bliss - now going out a for a few pints of Carling Extra Cold:£1.10 a pint! Ta Ta Marky B [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img] [/b]

AH! BLISS MARKYB, BLISS! Whoops! Sorry. There I go again - in caps - Ah! bliss Markyb, bliss!

I think I'm going to move up north at those prices!!!!!


[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/tongue.gif[/img] duh

[Marky B]

You'll always be welcome,Jim
Ta Ta
Marky B thumbs_u

[Gibbie]

Tallis piece is a classic. That would be great soundtrack for a hike.

Wonder what your shop visitors would think if you had a jukebox full of Williams, etc. :)

[Marky B]

We sometimes have the music channels on in the bars,which span anything from the 70's up to modern day music. If I had classical music on instead and stood my ground on playing them,I think I would find out what Custer felt like at his last stand.
Ta Ta
Marky B

[Gibbie]

</div><div class='quotemain'>Marky B: We sometimes have the music channels on in the bars,which span anything from the 70's up to modern day music. If I had classical music on instead and stood my ground on playing them,I think I would find out what Custer felt like at his last stand. Ta Ta Marky B [/b]

Watch out for your scalp!