According to different classification standards, ventriloquism can be classified in different ways.
1. According to the standard of whether an actor's performance is public or not, the ancient ventriloquism can be divided into two categories: Ming Chun (referring to the actor's direct performance on the stage, hall or square) and Dark Chun (also known as the next-door drama).
2. According to the standards of different performance forms (in what genre), ventriloquism can be divided into acrobatic ventriloquism, crosstalk ventriloquism, sketch ventriloquism, story-telling ventriloquism, duet ventriloquism, dubbing music radio plays, imitating sounds in film and television plays, improvising ventriloquism and so on.
3. According to the different standards of ventriloquism, ventriloquism can be divided into three categories: single ventriloquism, double ventriloquism and multi-ventriloquism.
4. According to different standards of ventriloquism, ventriloquism can be divided into acoustic ventriloquism and prop ventriloquism. Acoustic ventriloquism does not use any props, but can be performed with the mouth, such as birds, birds, insects, animals, babies crying and so on. Actors can also perform (in a small range, of course) without public address equipment. Prop ventriloquism should be assisted by hands, or simple items such as dice, leaves, onion leaves and corn husks should be used as props, such as Han card games. In addition, strictly speaking, we must use sound reinforcement equipment and microphones for ventriloquism projects, such as airplanes, cannons, trains, gongs and drums, etc. The effect produced by the actor through his mouth and the near field effect of the microphone also belong to prop ventriloquism.
5. According to the standards of different performances (what kind of things are shown), ventriloquism can be divided into animal ventriloquism (which can also be divided into birds, birds, mammals, livestock, insects, etc. ); Musical instrument ventriloquism (can be divided into instrumental ventriloquism, percussion ventriloquism and so on. ); War ventriloquism (the sound of guns, planes, tanks, vehicles, etc. ); Natural ventriloquism (wind, rain, thunder, electricity and other sounds); Language ventriloquism (imitating the voices of great men, celebrities and famous actors. It also includes the oral skills that one person imitates the dialogue of more than two people and many local accents, which the ancients called disyllabic. Other types of ventriloquism (setting off firecrackers and fireworks, sawing wood, working scenes, etc.). ).
6. According to the different standards of vocal organs, ventriloquism can be divided into head ventriloquism, and head ventriloquism is mainly based on head resonance. Nasal oral skills with nasal resonance as the main sound; Oral skills based on oral resonance (which can also be subdivided into tongue skills, dental skills and lip skills); Laryngeal phonation skills mainly based on laryngeal cavity resonance; Chest oral skills with chest resonance as the main sound; Abdominal ventriloquism (or ventriloquism) with abdominal resonance as the main sound; However, only one resonant cavity is used to produce sound. Most ventriloquism is mixed ventriloquism (or mixed ventriloquism), and multiple resonant cavities produce sound together.
7. According to how many different sounds are made at the same time (whether different sounds are made at the same time), ventriloquism can be divided into monosyllabic ventriloquism and polyphonic ventriloquism (polyphonic ventriloquism is similar to Humai in singing art, which can make a variety of different tones, pitches and sounds at the same time, and the ancients should call it polyphony. Compound pronunciation is not the same concept as compound pronunciation and ventriloquism. Multi-voice ventriloquism has basically disappeared).