People who can imitate the voices and manners of others have been valued at all times. In the twenty-first century, the parody genre is still popular. Concerts of talented parodists usually gather full houses. Parody masters are gladly awaited at mass celebrations, parties, festivals. A person who has at least modest acting abilities can become a parodist.
Talent and work
To one degree or another, almost everyone has acting skills. It's just that not everyone considers it necessary to develop natural data. If you want to become a parodist, you just have to master the skills of acting. It is best to enroll in a theater studio or school. There you will be taught stage speech and movement, and most importantly, how to create and convey the image of a certain character, real or fictional. But don't expect drama to teach you everything a parodist needs. You will have to master a lot on your own.
Learn to observe
Watch those around you - relatives, neighbors, bystanders. First, try analyzing the speech and mannerisms of someone you know well. Pay attention to what words he uses most often, how he builds sentences, with what intonation he pronounces them. Maybe he uses professional vocabulary or speaks in a dialect specific to a particular area. Try to build the sentence the way he does it and say it with the same intonation. At the first stage, it is not required to accurately transmit the voice. Mimicry can help you. Try to capture the expression on your character's face. Then you can try to portray a popular singer. The algorithm is the same: listen to the song, pay attention to the text and peculiarities of intonation, try to convey these intonations.
Convey different sounds
A true parodist knows how not only to convey the peculiarities of speech of different people. He can imitate any sound. There are real virtuosos who manage to make sounds in such a way that they cannot be distinguished from the "original". Start with something simple. For example, picture the boiling of a kettle or the sound of a vacuum cleaner. Record what you have done on a dictaphone, listen and compare with the sounds that your "hero" makes. When you start to get more or less similar, try to convey the singing of birds or sounds that make different animals. By the way, help to master bird trills can, for example, in a hunting club. This genre is extremely popular with game bird hunters, and even competitions are held.
Prepare the number
If you are convinced that you are good at parodies, try preparing a small live performance. If you are parodying a popular singer, come up with new lyrics for a famous song. It should be very similar to the original, but it can include witty fragments that remind listeners of other songs of the same artist, of well-known facts from his life, etc. You can go the other way. Take, for example, the plot of a famous fairy tale and try to show how famous actors would retell or sing this fairy tale.
If you succeed …
The moment comes when an amateur parodist begins to think about a professional career. There are several possibilities for this. You can go to study at a professional educational institution - the Academy of Theater Arts, for example. They teach acting, but a professional actor can choose any theatrical genre. The College of Circus and Variety Arts also provides professional training. You can get on the professional stage through numerous variety competitions. By the way, contests that are held on the Internet have recently become popular. To participate in such a professional competition, you need videos with your numbers, it is better to make them in advance.
