Voice Over Definition

Voice over (also known as voiceover and VO) has many definitions.  Below are a sampling:

- the voice on an unseen commentator in a film of television program
- Voice-over (also called off-camera or offstage commentary) is a production technique where a non-diegetic voice is used in a radio, television, film, theatre, or other presentation. The voice-over may be spoken by someone who appears elsewhere in the production or by a specialist voice actor.
- A TV broadcast etc., in which pictures are accompanied by the voice of an unseen actor or reporter; The audio track of such a broadcast
- ñ Recorded offscreen voice heard on a television or radio commercial.
- Recorded dialogue, usually narration, that comes from an unseen, off-screen voice.
- off-screen narrator’s voice accompanying images on the screen
- The recording of vocal announcements over a bed of music in commercials.
- a film technique in which a person, sometimes not present on screen, narrates the action, presents his or her feelings, or summarizes events. The voice-over is often compared to authorial omniscience in prose.
- the voice on an unseen commentator in a film of television program phonation, vocalisation, vocalization, vox, voice, vocalism – the sound made by the vibration of vocal folds modified by the resonance of the vocal tract.
- In television, a voice over is used as a linking device between scenes.
- An audio commentary that accompanies video or graphics. Hence voice-over artist, a person who reads the commentary.
- Indicates that dialog will be heard on a movie’s soundtrack, but the speaker will not be shown. The abbreviation is often used as an annotation in a script.
- adding a vocal track to video or music.
- A voice track laid over the other tracks in a film’s sound mix to comment upon or narrate the action on screen.
- A voice over is another word for narration, or anyone speaking on camera without being seen. The voice track is laid over the b-roll.
- Also called av/o or “vo”. Anchor reads live over some type of visual, whether videotape, full-screen graphic, etc.