On this workshop notes, I will share a few ways the beginners and amateurs in the art of Ventriloquism can make performing on stage a little bit easier..using a ventriloquist puppet with a big mouth with a loud sound system takes the audience attention off of you the ventriloquist and on to your partner, you would need to practice on the mouth manipulation of the Ventriloquist puppet as you speak. The microphone sound system volume is turned up high, your amateur Ventriloquist lip control skills are good enough not to be seen moving because the size of the head of the puppet head provide shade, this means the audience do not have a clear view but can notice your lips are not moving. In this ventriloquism illusion the eyes see the big mouth moving and hear the sound of the voice,making a pretty good illusion that you the amateur or beginner are a pretty good Ventriloquist,of course this gimmick is for temporary use and over time you will not need them.another way using the big head big mouth puppet is putting a microphone in front of the ventriloquist puppet and one microphone directly in front of yours,this way cover or hide your lips and the puppet voice is heard clearer…the second gimmick of ventriloquism for a beginner or amateur ventriloquist is the ventriloquist dummy answering the ventriloquist question with body language, such as answer yes or no with the movement of the Ventriloquist puppet head,in this ventriloquism gimmick the Ventriloquist figure communicate with body language, eyes ,face, head, arms, eyebrows,etc.some ventriloquist puppets have moving parts.This gimmick is very good for a Ventriloquist that has a message to deliver where the ventriloquist do all the talking or speech or a beginner Ventriloquist that quite haven’t got the lip control down yet but ready to start performing as a ventriloquist, as I mentioned the Ventriloquist doing all the talking,a amateur standup comedian can use this gimmick by doing his standup comedy act and have the puppet listening, watching and laughing, I call this gimmick the silent partner..take a look at ventriloquist ronn Lucas in the photo, the puppet has a large size mouth, as a amateur or beginner to use the ventriloquism gimmick that we are taking notes on,this is a example puppet size that you want to use, I went to watch ventriloquist ronn Lucas show at the comedy and magic club in California, I was very happy to see ventriloquist ronn Lucas show, the illusion of life with a soft puppet was amazing!. I suggest that you get some ronn Lucas material for training and study to learn how to use the big mouth puppet on these workshop notes on the ventriloquism gimmicks for amateur and beginner ventriloquists. some may say What’s with the Ventriloquism gimmicks lessons and notes? and I will answer the question, this is my answer: there are many lessons on the market of the art of Ventriloquism, there are not many schools that you can attend for the art of ventriloquism such as dancing or acting, most ventriloquist are self taught, and self taught is not bad at all because you become the artist that you yourself create.the notes on Ventriloquism gimmicks is to shine some light on the way the amateur or beginner that are hungry to become a ventriloquist to get there career going. these ventriloquism gimmicks I have used myself, I was a kid in my school that could not sing or dance or even be a rapper and sports was just not going to happen for this little poor kid, and for sure I had no criminal skills, I always wanted to be in show business, I always wanted to be in comedy, and I always wanted to be a writer. Then something happened for this poor little kid, and one morning I awake from a long restless tiresome sleep and all of a sudden I became a singer, a rapper, a dancer, a writer! a poet, a storyteller, a actor and most importantly a ventriloquist!! yes these ventriloquism gimmick are to help the amateur or beginner Ventriloquists to get out there to make their dreams come true like they did for me. Edgar Bergen said if it’s loud enough and fast enough it will be over before audience know it’s terrible. These gimmicks were created by me as a young Ventriloquist they helped me get some amateur stage time in on my training in the performing arts of becoming a ventriloquist. remember as a beginner you are a student of the art and as a amateur you a performer, let me clarify a amateur Ventriloquist and a beginner Ventriloquist.as a beginner you are most of the time reading, writing, practicing, rehearsing, studying, and creating “your” art and entertaining with your talent at the breakfast table or making the delivery person at the front door hear a baby crying in his delivery truck or someone see you having a conversation on the phone and can’t believe what they are hearing from the voice that is coming out the phone, that someone is so nosey you hand them the phone, and then that someone put the phone up to there ear to hear no sound at all then you move your hand like it’s a puppet to carry on the conversation, the amateur is the Ventriloquist that is moving up ladder in the art of Ventriloquism, when I was a amateur Ventriloquist I was hungry for the stage, I was everywhere! talent shows, talent contest, family and friends birthday parties and celebrations, church events, charity functions,etc. as a amateur Ventriloquist get on stage as much as possible because guess what after amateur night is the biggest night of your life! it’s show time baby! You’re turning PRO! or semi-pro!. yes that’ the way it works, beginner-amatur-semi,pro/pro. You need to study the art of ventriloquism alot and practice, and don’t be a afraid to be creative, bring something new to the art, how about a talking penis as a Ventriloquist puppet, as a amateur Ventriloquist you might be able to get away with that maybe not as a professional,so take advantage of your creativity with the Ventriloquism gimmicks. as a amateur Ventriloquist I didn’t have much material or content so I wrote gimmicks and created gimmicks to complete my act, and as I wrote more material such as jokes, skits, comedy routines, the gimmicks became less but I kept them in my back pocket for if I ever needed them. I think the fall a part puppet is a wonderful gimmick for a amateur Ventriloquist, I built a ventriloquist puppet when I was a amateur where the body fall apart and I am just standing holding the puppet head,why this gimmick because I was amateur and I needed comedy, I had not much material, and this gimmick got me laughs through the years,the gimmick went like this, a well dress Ventriloquist walk on the stage and his Ventriloquist partner is well dressed, everything looks good, then the puppet arm fall to the floor, then the other arm,oh it’s shocking to me the Ventriloquist then the puppet body fall forward to the stage floor,I look at the ventriloquist dummy head that I continue holding up in conversation position and the dummy turn and look at the audience and says “I’m naked!” I try to cover the dummy head with my other hand and the dummy head says to me “you got your hand on my stick!” then turn to the audience and says “quick somebody bring him some lotion!” “not so rough lover boy, your ashy hands!” “get me out of here!” and me the Ventriloquist exit the stage with the ventriloquist dummy head moving as if it was talking to me the ventriloquist.the fall apart body was easy for me to build, the body was a cardboard box covered with nice clothes and the arms were contacted with a string to the Ventriloquist puppet head inside the body that I could release with my finger so that the arm fall to the floor, the body was leaning or resting on the puppet head for support so when I lifted the puppet head up and with a gentle push the puppet body falls forward to the floor.. gimmick aren’t good or bad but your ventriloquist act should not be built on gimmicks alone, the gimmicks that I created for my Ventriloquist acts was because I was a overweight stage eater just constantly eating stage time, I was always creating new comedy skits and bits. remember notes in this workshop based on Ventriloquism gimmicks, remember the ladder of show business and becoming a artist and remember gimmicks are a temporary tool, not a permanent solution. let’s talk about the forbidden fruit called LIP SYNCING!!! what a art of ventriloquism gimmick, wright! but don’t worry this workshop art of ventriloquism gimmicks are for beginners and amateurs Ventriloquist so it’s ok! lip sync is a very good gimmick for the amateur singer Ventriloquist that wants to get there songs heard by an audience, I see nothing wrong with a ventriloquist singer song writer lip syncing to their own song and I must mention doing a very good job at the illusion that they’re singing live,so take some acting classes or rehearsing and rehearsing the songs over and over with your puppet. is it okay to lip sync another person song, the answer to that is,well, to me that is not a gimmick and these notes are based on Ventriloquism gimmicks, I think lip syncing a recording artist song with the audience should be ok, that would be in the audience participation category, a gimmick is a tool that will help you move up the ladder of your Ventriloquist career. is lip syncing the art of Ventriloquism? The answer is yes,then why is it forbidden? The answer is, lip syncing is not forbidden for beginners and amateurs Ventriloquists but it is definitely forbidden for the semi-pro and professional ventriloquist if a semi-pro or professional ventriloquist lip sync this is almost moving into the bait and switch category, and scammers category and also people maybe yelling fraud on your Ventriloquist act reputation, why? because you’re getting paid to sing live, not for giving a recording of yourself singing, when you become a pro everyone expect perfection from you and I mean everyone. as a amateur Ventriloquist singer of your own songs you better lip sync your ass off because once someone pay you for your singing Ventriloquist act the lip syncing is over and done with, so stay in the amateur shows spot light until you are ready to become semi-pro or pro. but I want to get paid for my singing Ventriloquist act, is what you ask? as a amateur Ventriloquist the safe way to get paid using this gimmick is for you to move up to semi-pro, charging fees or admission prices will be by donations, this means the audience will pay what ever “they’ choose for your ventriloquist act not your suggested fee or demand fee, now once you decide to go semi-pro you can never go back to amateur, the only way to go back to amateur is retire your ventriloquist career.. You may be confused about shows of category, I will explain here. The workshop notes on this subject is Ventriloquism gimmicks for the ventriloquist amateur, there are laws all over the world and show business is a business all over the world. a gimmick is a tool, a tool that some people don’t like being used,this is why it is forbidden for some artists to use. as a singing Ventriloquist act you should study copyright laws all over the world if you choose to go semi-pro or pro. lip syncing for amusement and fun is safer than for profit and don’t forget the government wants a cut of the money you make from your successful singing Ventriloquist act career. these Ventriloquism gimmicks should be used for a stepping stone or even a filler for your ventriloquist act, use them then put them in your back pocket for a rainy day. In closing on this workshop of Ventriloquism gimmicks one day you will be at the breakfast table having a 🍊 orange and a grapefruit have a yo momma joke battle then the next thing you know you will be living a dream of your wildest imagination.
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