OT: We talkin' about practice

[Huskybass]

If you haven't seen Frank Caliendo's impression of Morgan Freeman doing the Iverson Practice rant, check it out on YouTube. It is spot on and would make even Andy DuFresne laugh.

 

[Kitaman]

 

[Rocktheworld]

It really is quite amazing. Really demonstrates how impressions are not so much about the voice itself (although he got that down) but moreso about the mannerisms; the pause patterns, pverall rate, intonation patterns, phrasing and breath groups. I can do a MEAN Gordon Ramsey. Can't mimic the voice and accent, but I got his phrasing, intonation and rhythm down

 

[CL82]

pverall rate? Not busting you for the typo just not sure what you meant. Agree with your point though.

 

[Rocktheworld]

Overall rate meaning pacing, which works with the breath groups and pause patterns. More specifically, at the syllable/word level, when and how the person you're impersonating elongates certain vowels/syllables. But then also like I said, when and how long pauses occur between phrases also affects that overall rate.

 

[TheRealKBuks]

pverall rate? Not busting you for the typo just not sure what you meant. Agree with your point though.

Cadence

 

[Rocktheworld]

Cadence

Good word

 

[Rocktheworld]

"Suprasegmentals" or "prosody" are more technical, albeit esoteric terms