I was wondering, how many films in the Public Domain have the great Bela Lugosi in a speaking role? I know about the Ed Wood ones, and I think White Zombie, but I'm curious if there are any others.
I ask specifically because, there's this program called Utau that basically allows you to make your own Vocaloid using speech samples you either legally own or that are PD, and I think it'd be a fun idea to see how viable one would be for Lugosi!
But, it'd be wise to have lots of sources to choose from, so I wonder if there are any other PD ones beyond the three? Thanks!
I was speechless!
For as long as I could remember I’ve had problems with speaking in front of a group of people. This isn’t ideal being a student. I tend to avoid these situations as much as possible which is hard when it is in fact a mandatory part of most courses. How can one work on this in a real functioning way?
EDIT: Thanks for all the good tips I had my presentation today and it wasn’t as bad as it usually feels
I plan on visiting/spending some time in the U.K. so that's why I'm asking. I'm from Sweden btw and speak fluent English with a pretty good generic southern (English/U.K.) accent or so I've been told at least.
We may have wasted our lives in this org, but the one good thing I took away was my public speaking skills.
I have a 1.5 hr seminar I need to do on lighting for a photography conference in Vegas in March. I was stumped at first, then I thought, this is no different than preparing a talk. I need a good intro to catch their attention (which I was always good at), the main body, and then the conclusion. I have no fear speaking in front of large crowds, so no issues there. Shit, I might even bust out my Benefit book and utilize some pointers. Refresh my memory haha They stole years from my life, I’m gonna steal all their pointers and utilize them for my worldly pleasures 😂
Have y’all used any public speaking skills since leaving?
This could be for anything from work presentations to groups to a wedding speech etc. I always find myself super nervous and short of breath when having to do this sort of thing. Not to mention the anxiety beforehand.
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“The disconnect between valuations for innovative companies in the public vs. private markets is as wide as I ever have seen. The arbitrage opportunity is enormous. https://t.co/cI12OI1QXL ”
How do you all see the arbitrage closing? Private valuations going down, public valuations going up, or a little of Column A and B?
Hi everyone! I’m certified in DDI & TMBC for facilitation. I have been facilitating and public speaking for over 5 years and have been teaching others how to do so for 4 years. I’m thinking of doing a class but wanted your thoughts.
So I’m going into the academic field and realize that my public speaking skills are kind of mediocre. Not the worst but I am not particularly proud of the way I speak.
Normally I wouldn’t care so much but in the next two months, I’ll be presenting at a huge R1 institution conference in my field, and my mentor also nominated me for a statewide research competition where I could potentially get loads of prize money, so I really want to do well.
I think a lot of it stems from anxiety and the fact that I have a bit of a valley girl accent (think Elle Woods in Legally Blonde). If anyone has any tips so I can get better I would love to hear them :)
I firmly believe that public speaking skills decided the winner this season, Xander lost because he choked his pitch, be it nervousness, youth or lack of oratory prowess that's why he lost Erika was able to confidently pitch her average gameplay as strategy, the jury was already somewhat anti Xander too, it would have taken at least intermediate to very strong oratory skill to own his moves and convince people that had a negative view of him to put their emotions aside and vote for him, he failed at that miserably. I'll definitely give Erika credit for her ability to articulate her mediocrity as strategy.
I think Xander had a legit chance to win but his lack of oratory skill destroyed him.
A trained orator would have been able to own and articulate his thwarting of liana's KIP his social game making it to the merge while he had no vote at tribal pre-merge a huge resume point that could have been juxtaposed with Erika having to not even deal with tribals until post merge, he could have pitched his altruism move a little when he sat out for rice, pivot off his ridiculous read of the jury's emotions and rephrase it like he wasn't afraid of/or wanted to go against true competition at the end, this pitch would have worked way better if he had actually followed through with his plan of playing the idol for Ricard and/or stepping down to face off against Erika or even Ricard had he played the idol for him in fire making sending a legit competitor packing which he like would have done handily and double down on not being afraid of competition, that's a bold tactic, respectable and likely would sway some votes his way...
a move like playing the idol for Ricard and then beating him in the fire making contest and defending the moves as respecting competition and knowing that he had to be the one to directly take out Ricard, Ericka would not have been able to pitch a better move than that. Something like that would have gone down in history as potentially one of the greatest moves ever, save the odds on favourite and beat them in the fire making competition. Something like that likely would have earned him a vote from Naseer, Danny, and Ricard, probably even Evvie because she seemed like she was actually neutral about the finalists.
Hi everyone, I was wondering if any of you would be interested in setting up a weekly meeting wherein we could speak about random topics, deliver presentations and practise extempore speeches on Zoom
A small group of 4-5 members would be beneficial as we could receive constructive feedback on your fluency and speech and thereby improve our articulation skills
Let me know if you’re interested!
Provided that they also know how to speak English or whatever the dominant language of your country is?
"Love Works" has a podcast interview of Gentille Chhun. (Running time 23:50). The actual interview begins at 1:30.
Some interesting tidbits: Brian submitted the application for the couple to be on the Marrying Millions show. Gentille says that there was no scripting by the producers. She learned of Brian's engagement ring-shopping when watching the episode - she didn't know about any of it in advance. She was OK with the modest ring he purchased because she already has nice jewelry. She was OK with paying for most things while they were in the relationship because she had the ability. She is really happy now and not currently in a relationship. She gets lots of DMs, emails, texts, letters from prison, etc. offering to be her Sugar-Baby (from both men and women) or just explicitly requesting financial assistance. She hired an assistant to help her filter all of the requests.
This allows you to study your posture and mannerisms, and gives you a different perspective of how you come across to the public. This will give you added confidence during the speech so you won't be so focused on how people "see you", and you can focus more on the speech itself.
I fall apart if I have to do a presentation. I go bright red, I shake uncontrollably and I can’t get get my words out. I’m just a complete mess up there. I’m doing an Access to HE course & I just got an interview at my first choice university. I was so excited. Then I read the interview content & it’s an all day interview with part of it being a presentation. I’ve now cancelled the interview as I’ve been so unbelievably anxious ever since I found out about the presentation. I think I need to do some kind of public speaking course for people as bad as me & try & get over my fear or something, I don’t know.
If so, what sort of techniques work best to achieve this? I have only had glimpses of this extreme calmness under pressure a few times in my life and they were spontaneous and unpredictable. I am normally an anxious person who gets impaired severely during stressful moments.
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I will finish my Master's this year and I've always thought I wanted to do a PhD so I could do research. I know you have to do some public speaking, but how much? I have social anxiety but I am able to give presentations (even though I hate it), and I usually get good comments on them from my professors, but the thought of getting questions in front of a crowd scares me. I feel like even though I would have a lot of knowledge in a specific area, there's always someone who asks really complicated questions and I'd feel so stupid if I didn't know how to answer them etc. And I don't mean that I don't know the answer, but thinking quickly and giving a good answer can be difficult.
I'm also generally wondering what being a PhD student "looks like"? Because I often hear negative stuff, and I'm wondering what is so negative/stressful about it because people never seem to specify that. I'd like to know what I get myself into beforehand so I know if it's actually worth it or not. I only know a few stuff atm but really not enough to know if I'm actually ready to pursue it now that I'm so close.
I actually enjoy it, although I wouldn't be so bold as to say that I'm the most charismatic person in the world. Not too bad though, could probably get really good at it. Some studies have reported that people self-report being more afraid of public speaking than death (although that's obviously coming from people who've never had to face death but whatever).
Do you like public speaking? Are ISTPs good orators?
i have a project and viva situation and i SUCK at speaking in front of people so I need some help so that I don't pass out thanks :)
I'll tell a bit about myself, I'm 22F and in college, I'm great in academics as in i can score well if i put my mind to it. I have an okayish CV. I applied for internship opportunities in various places, some of which were prestigious institutions and I got a chance to do interviews/ got calls, which is a big thing. But each time, i feel i fucked up. Like somehow i felt that they didn't actually want me but they were just doing the interview or call for a formality and would reject me; i tried my best to respond in the best possible way but i get nervous at literally the mention of any form of public interaction. I fucking hate it. The truth is I've always been like this and now it's beginning to affect my career opportunities and that further messes my confidence.
I feel it also has something to do with the fact that people have always perceived me as a beauty with no brains (even my family) and I'm super emotional so i can't be smart. I'm not trying to blame anyone else for it, i know its something i need to work on, but i guess its all built up inside me and it hinders my ability perform well even when I know that if it wasn't for the nervousness, i would have rocked it. I feel pressured to prove to myself and I don't like doing that.
Basically, I want to learn how to be a super confident public speaker and in general be great at socializing and giving interviews instead of being this nervous wreck. I want to start working on myself, and change this thing about me, i hope its not too late. If you were like this before and worked to become confident, please tell me how to do this. In general, if anyone has any advice/ tips or suggestions, please free to post them down here.
Thank you so much for patience.
ENFP here and I absolutely hate it. I get nervous and feel like everyone’s judging me. But have no problem talking to people in small groups that I already know.
If they don't, then I guess that's my answer, but if they do, any suggestions? What are your favorites? Or is it really just a game involving talking at random.
I have a job where I am required to present a few times a year. I absolutely hate, hate, hate being the center of attention. I start having massive anxiety about a month prior and start to fantasize about getting out and start having trouble sleeping. I have tried telling myself I am excited! not anxious but generally have this persistent deep fear in my stomach about it almost like I'm embarrassed about something that hasn't even happened yet. I take Hydroxyzine and propranolol and even with that I had a panic attack during my last presentation which wasn't even in person, it was online. My heart rate was almost 145, I tried mindful breathing it didn't even touch it. I squeaked about 30 seconds of garbled mush out. Pushing through is not working for me, I'm trying counseling for the probably 10th time in my life and my therapist said she was kind of shocked because I seem confident and well spoken but put me in a room where anyone is listening to what I'm saying and i am just paralyzed with fear. Anyone have a similar experience and what helped you?!!! I'm a self fulfilling failure at this point, I'm open to suggestions.
I need to find a way to get over my irrational fear of public speaking. I have let it control my life for too long. I would be more than grateful to hear of any experiences with clubs or classes that you guys have been to or heard of.
I have heard of the Toastmasters club, but I do not think they have started meetings yet. Does anybody know anything about the Demosthenian Literary Society? I saw it on a Reddit post from years ago.
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