Vocals: Reality vs. Theatricality
Vocalizations are crucial to selling a fight. They are the dialogue that let's the audience know how you feel about the abuse you are giving or receiving. They convey surprise, pain, fear, joy, sorrow, aggression, confidence, etc. Without the vocals it may still look like an interesting and dynamic fight but there won't be a purpose to it, it won't be driving the story.
The reality aspect is challenging. For vocals to really resonate with an audience and effectively get a message across, they have be big, open, clear, and relaxed. Noises in a real fight are anything but.
This is one of the many areas where we jump off our base reality into story telling. While we are choreographing a fight, we are really telling a very short, intense, physical story. No matter how real you play them or how much history you base it off of, a story is not reality. Events are truncated and amplified to elicit reactions and thought. Real reality involves a lot of down time, a lot of calm, and maybe a dash of crazy.
The flip side is that you can't be too over the top. If the vocals don't fit the context the audience doesn't buy it. You have to find the sweet spot with your vocal pain.
Yet another one of the many delicate and beautiful intricacies that make stage combat so wonderfully hard to do.
Greg
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