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This is the summary of an interview from BBC Radio 4. The inerviewer, Francine
Stock, interviews with Morgan Freeman about voice development training and
generally mentioned his background in theatre. The interviewer initiated the
interview with the award Morgan Freeman had been nominated and the car accident
he passed. Introducing the films of Morgan Freeman such as Gone Baby Gone,
Wanted, The Dark Knight, and The Shawshank Redemption 1994, frnacine Stock
asked the initial question. The question was whether there is any connection
between Morgan Freeman’s background in theatre and his success through TV.
Morgan
Freeman answered this question very calmly and confidently. He said ‘‘I’m going
to say yes.’’ Then gave some reasons such as theatre actors have to have an
education about voice development and some other issues. He said that this
education was mainly effective in his career. Freeman continued by saying ‘
Being able to speak and being heard in the back of the theatre are important
things for actors. Then he started to speak silently as if he was tired of
something, and said ‘’Go on a stage and try to speak like this. The people
right down there would probably say: Huh? What did he say?’’ And laughter
comes.
In
that moment, Francine Stock made us listen a scene from The Shawshank
Redemption 1994 then the following question came: What are the important things
when you’re starting a film? Is there any way of appropriation of a character
on your own? Morgan Freeman replied this question directly as; No, no just read
it. Maybe doing something other than just reading. If you put your min to the
character, you can connect that voice. It doesn’t sound the same.
Here
the interviewer Francine Stock interrupted.
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That’s something
different from the way you trimming a dialogue.
After Morgan Freeman said
‘’Yeah!’’, laughter comes out loud again. He was really warm and sincere. So
actually it wasn’t like an interview, it was like a face to face chatting, and
another question came. Francine Stock said ‘’ Assume that I will read a story
kind of thing. What should I do?
Morgan Freeman started to list
the needs: Well, you have to got a microphone right here, you can sort of play.
Put on your phones and you also should have a little bit manipulative ability
so that the new voices will be much clearer ,n your ears when you talk.
After this answer, interviewer
continued by saying; You played so many fantastic voice, I mean you played God
twice.
Then Morgan Freeman read a poem
and said. What did I recognize that half of my tongue is total my cheeck you
know. The last and the biggest laughter comes then.
Francine Stock finished the
interview with mentioning the new-released film of Morgan Freeman-Gone Baby
Gone.
Well, If I were the interview,
I would ask this question first: Have you ever seen any feature of your role
character in your own life? And my second question would probably be ‘’ assume
that you’re not an actor. Then what would you want to be?’’ Thanks for your
interests.
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