Example Monologue for Solo Audio

Example of Monologue:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfcqSXKS-ic 

This is a monologue called "The belt" and it is from Robert Katz on a series called Blue Jam Monologues. The monologue is based on a man who is homeless and he sleeping in large operation buildings like BBC. A taxi driver calls into the building looking for some and so the man gets into the taxi as no one seems want the taxi. The man gets dropped off to a party hosted by a famous comedy actor. The actor asks the man for his belt and so he gives it to him but he realises that later the actor has accidentally killed himself through asphyxiation with his belt. Through out this monologue there is two pieces of music played underneath the voice over.

This monologue was most likely performed in a late evening show simply due to the fact that it contains strong mature content with death and sex. Therefore it would be based for an adult audience due to the mature content.

The actor for this monologue obviously has very good rhythm with their voice as the monologue is 6 minutes long so they have to sustain an engaging performance that will not bore its audience. Also they must be very clear with their words other wise the listener will not know what is going on. I don't believe the actor has to use must projection as they sound as if they are very close to their microphone. I think having the actor so close to their microphone is very effective as this monologue is quite sinister so have the actor close makes the words pierce into the listeners ears. I also noticed that the actor as a small reverb to their voice. I think they have done this to once again enhance the sinister sense to the monologue.

The background music at the start is very basic as it is a simple run on the piano that only lasts for a few seconds but is continually repeated. I think they have used this to show the simplicity of the homeless man's life by have a simple sound. However when the homeless man then goes to a more exciting environment the music changes to a quite lively sound. When the comedic actor finally dies in the monologue the music doesn't change. Actually everything stays the same. I think this was a conscious decision as it kind of show that the actor's death didn't matter, it wasn't important and it wasn't anything anyone cared about because nothing changed.