I was lucky - I saw The King's Speech over Christmas in snowbound Scotland before it reached the cinemas. If I told you how I would have to kill you.
Back in London I have been able to reflect on why it has been an important film for me. Fanatical as I am about voice training and its benefits, here is a film that brilliantly encapsulates what we do at Resonance and shows why it matters.
Not that we only give presentation or public speaking skills training to people who stammer - whilst we could, there are even better qualified speech therapists who help people to overcome this. But we do deal with the many other complexities connected to public speaking at work that are as paralysing as having a stammer. Nerves that shut us down and make us unable to utter a word, an adrenalin rush that speeds us up so much we can't be followed by our audience. The inabilty to breathe sufficiently to get enough volume or power or make us interesting.
Our core Voice training courses deal with all these issues but more than that - and as shown in the film - by working physically with the body and breath self confidence grows. As a person finds their natural speaking voice so they seem to grow bigger before our eyes and flesh out - becoming somehow vocally and physically complete. That is magic to see and hear. That is also why voice training the Logue (and our) way is not just for royalty - it is for everyone.
Resonance Voice Training - Voice, Presentation, Confidence
