Terminology used by the director in cinema and speech language pathology correspondence

Abstract

Objective: Study the terms and metaphors used by the director in filming to treat the oral actor expressiveness and check which their speech language pathology correspondences are. Methods: The participants were four film directors (D1, D2, D3 and D4) with over 20 years’ experience who have worked with a speech language pathologist correspondence The directors were interviewed by email and phone, following a semi-structured screenplay and their answers were recorded in writing and through recordings (audio). Results: The directors had use of terms related to the categories: accent, diction, modulation, tone, clarity, rhythm, calm, inaccuracy, projection, emotion, speech rate / flow, volume, speech, voice and expression. Metaphors related to oral expression were used by D2 (weight, take out the voice from the floor, take out the voice from the earth, take out the voice from the uterus, take the voice from the sky, take the voice to the top of the head, emotionless voice and voice driven by reason) D3 (speech is part of a whole) and D4 (the word that guides all the truth, speak tiny, scared voice, speak more pain and talk without crying).D1 did not report use of metaphors. Conclusion: The directors who reported theoretical basis of the Theater presented use of metaphors. The crossing of the terms, expressions and metaphors with images and literature led to the allocation of speech therapy correspondence .The study showed that the use of terms and expressions in the practice of direction of the actor in Cinema allows dialogue with the speech therapy language, allowing specific interaction through the use cues based on the physiological correspondence.