voice over
Off-screen spoken commentary
A voice over is narration or dialogue delivered by an unseen speaker, typically in film, television, or advertising.
The speaker may be a character whose thoughts we hear, a narrator providing context, or a pitch person describing a product.
Also spelled voiceover or voice-over.
The documentary relies heavily on voice over to explain the footage.
- accentsRegional speech patterns
- audiobooksNarrated literary recordings
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- radio dramasScripted performances for broadcast listening
- articulationClear vocal expression
booth · tone · narrator · breath control · demo reel · scratch track · dubbing · commercials · delivery · cold read · microphones · pop filter · looping · sound booth · pitch · headphones · podcasts · documentaries
- Language Servicestranslation, interpretation, interpreters, translators, document translation
- Narratorsstoryteller, first person, third person, omniscient, unreliable narrator
- translation termstranslation, literal translation, free translation, word-for-word, source text
- translationtranslator, literal translation, literary translation, free translation, French translation
- documentary techniquesinterviews, narration, voiceover, archival footage, talking heads
- flashback techniquestime jumps, backstory, retrospective, childhood memories, repressed memory
over, voice, voices, voiced, voiceless, voicing, unvoiced, overs