voice-over
Off-camera commentary track
A voice-over is narration or commentary spoken by someone not visible on screen, heard over images in film, television, or advertising.
The speaker might be a character whose thoughts we hear, an omniscient narrator, or an announcer: The documentary featured Morgan Freeman's voice-over.
Also used as an adjective: voice-over work, voice-over artist.
Post-production sound replacement
- lip-syncSilent vocal mimicry
- ADROut-of-court resolution method
- soundtrackMusic accompanying visual media
- dialogueSpoken exchange between parties
subtitles · localization · director · scene · studio · post-production · sound-design · foley
One who tells events
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- audiobookRecorded oral narration
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
- expositionSystematic explanatory presentation
script · monologue · prologue · epilogue · recitation · inflection · cadence · diction
Post-production sound replacement
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- protagonistStory's central figure
- antagonistOne who opposes another
- sidekickSubordinate adventure partner
villain · hero · heroine · casting · performance · cartoon · anime · Pixar
One who tells events
- informativeProviding useful knowledge
- educationalPromoting knowledge or skill
- biographyWritten life account
- historyRecord of past events
nature · wildlife · series · episode · footage · expository · archival · interview
One who introduces programs
- networkInterconnected system
- radioElectromagnetic wave receiver
- podcastEpisodic digital audio series
- PSAFree civic advertisement
simulcast · news · sports · continuity · intro · outro · bumper · teaser
Paid broadcast promotion
- jingleBrief advertising melody
- brandingCreating distinctive identity
- sloganMemorable promotional phrase
- pitchFrequency of sound
endorsement · infomercial · promo · marketing · spot · campaign · announcement · tagline
dubbing
Post-production sound replacement
- lip-syncSilent vocal mimicry
- ADROut-of-court resolution method
- soundtrackMusic accompanying visual media
dialogue · subtitles · localization · director · scene · studio · post-production · sound-design · foley · revoicing
narrator
One who tells events
- storytellingRecounting events aloud
- audiobookRecorded oral narration
- commentaryExplanatory remarks on events
exposition · script · monologue · prologue · epilogue · recitation · inflection · cadence · diction · enunciation
dubbing
Post-production sound replacement
- characterNature, symbol, or role
- protagonistStory's central figure
- antagonistOne who opposes another
sidekick · villain · hero · heroine · casting · performance · cartoon · anime · Pixar · Disney
narrator
One who tells events
- informativeProviding useful knowledge
- educationalPromoting knowledge or skill
- biographyWritten life account
history · nature · wildlife · series · episode · footage · expository · archival · interview · reenactment
announcer
One who introduces programs
PSA · simulcast · news · sports · continuity · intro · outro · bumper · teaser · host
commercial
Paid broadcast promotion
- jingleBrief advertising melody
- brandingCreating distinctive identity
- sloganMemorable promotional phrase
pitch · endorsement · infomercial · promo · marketing · spot · campaign · announcement · tagline · testimonial
- Audio Elementsdialogue, effects, music, bass, treble
- film techniquesdolly zoom, closeup, close-up, fade, wide shot
- narrationfirst person, second person, third person, narrator, telling
- Narratorsstoryteller, first person, third person, omniscient, unreliable narrator
- localizationlocalization, locale, translation memory, glossaries, text translation
- storytellingstorytelling, story, tale, narrative, narrator
voice-overvisual storytelling
Conveying meaning through images
show don't tell · silent film · dialogue · dramatic action · cinéma vérité