Accent Expert Analyzes 31 Actors Portraying Real People 🎬

Dialect coach Erik Singer explores how actors use unique speech patterns to bring real people to life on screen.

Accent Expert Analyzes 31 Actors Portraying Real People 🎬
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11.3M views • Aug 22, 2017
Accent Expert Analyzes 31 Actors Portraying Real People 🎬

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Dialect coach Erik Singer takes a look at idiolects, better known as the specific way one individual speaks. To best break down this concept, Erik analyzes some actors playing real people. Just how close was Jamie Foxx's Ray Charles? What about Cate Blanchett's portrayal of Bob Dylan? Is Daniel Day-Lewis' Lincoln accurate?

Check out more from Erik here: http://www.eriksinger.com/

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