In this short video, our acting students demonstrate how placing emphasis on different words in a sentence can completely change its tone and meaning. Using the playful line “I am not eating my sprouts?”, the exercise shows how actors bring variety, nuance and emotion to even the simplest phrases.
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Jayne is an experienced actor and director with over sixteen years in performance and more than two decades in teaching. At City Lit, she leads the Acting and Theatre program and is the course leader for Level 3 accredited training.
