Alison Pitman Voiceover - British Female Voice Talent
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What Is a Voiceover ?
The dictionary definition of a voiceover is: a piece of narration in a movie or broadcast, not accompanied by an image of the speaker.
There seems to be no standard way of writing the word/phrase voiceover. It can be written as voice over, voice-over, voiceover.
The term voice-over can also refer to the actual voice actor who performed the recording. The terms voice actor, narrator, voice artist, announcer are all similarly used.
Types and uses of voice-over
1. As a character and creative device - In feature films, directors may add a voiceover to clarify a characters motivation or intentions. Critics are divided as to their value. A voiceover can also narrate the story and comment on the action. In works of fiction, the voice-over is often by a character reflecting back on his or her past, or by a person external to the story who usually has a more complete knowledge of the events in the film than the other characters.Voice-overs are often used to create the effect of storytelling by a character/omniscient narrator.
Voice over is also used to give a voice and personality to animated characters and cartoons. For examples, Nancy Cartwright is the well-know voiceover artist who brought Bart Simpson to life
2. As an educational or descriptive device - News reporters often use voiceover for their news reports. A voiceover is often used between television programmes to announce the next programme or provide further information on the last programme.
3. Live sports broadcasts are usually shown as extensive voice-overs by expert announcers over video of the sporting event.
4. In previous years it was popular for game shows to use voice-overs to introduce contestants and describe available or awarded prizes.
5. Voice-over commentary by a leading critic, actor or by the production personnel themselves is often a prominent feature of the release of feature films or documentaries on DVDs.
6.As a commercial device - The commercial use of voice-over in advertising has been popular since the beginning of radio broadcasting. Voiceovers ae now prominent on the internet being used on podcasts, product tours, youtube video narrations, online training programs and infomercials.