Accents are crucial in making a performance believable. Like make-up or costumes, accents can be used to indirectly describe your character and tell the audience more about that character’s story. When an accent is delivered well, it makes the character more believable, thereby improving your performance by lengths.
Similarly, an accent can break a performance when inaccurate or when insufficient time was invested in adopting the character’s accent completely. If you aren’t 100% comfortable with the movements and sounds of your target accent, it can distract you from your performance and even lower your confidence. I want to help you avoid that so together we’ll make sure you’re in full control over your accent work so you can focus completely on what you really want to be doing: acting.
Whether you’re looking to learn a new accent from scratch to elevate your portfolio and make yourself more castable, or you’re just looking for a little bit of help to nail your next audition or self-tape, I’d love to help you with your accent work!
_____________________________________________________________________
My linguistic training helps me understand how facial muscles affect our accents as well what sounds are important for which accents. Understanding how your muscles work is the first step to learning any accent. I can help you take those muscles under conscious control regardless of your native English accent, or even if your native language isn’t English at all.
I fluently speak German, Swiss German, as well as General American English, RP, and Standard Scottish English. I also speak French and Spanish and thanks to years of studying linguistics I know the sound systems of various languages – ranging from European languages like Italian or Russian to languages like Nepali or Navajo. Having studied such diverse sound systems gives me the expertise to teach you ANY accent you would like to acquire.
_____________________________________________________________________
Every person learns in a different way and I create unique coaching sessions that fit and help YOU the best. I am able to work with you during pre-production, on set, and post-production.
My rates vary from project to project so please
if you’d like to know more and discuss your project with me.
In the three months that I have been training with Dani, I have improved my grasp of the RP accent greatly. This is something I have been struggling with for several years as an actor. Dani’s methods are simple and slides are easy to follow. She is a patient and friendly coach who has the remarkable ability to turn this task which I’ve often found daunting into something I now believe I can master with more practice. I would highly recommend Dani for anyone looking for a hassle free way to master an accent. – Navin
Dani Morse-Kopp 