voice-over
noun
1
a
: the voice of an unseen narrator speaking (as in a motion picture or television commercial)
b
: the voice of a visible character (as in a motion picture) expressing unspoken thoughts
2
: a recording of a voice-over
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Take, for instance, the voice-over in this new trailer, which sounds right out of the mid-aughts and/or a Saturday Night Live digital short making fun of trailers from the mid-aughts.
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 May 2025
Early on, there was a conversation about how to capture Cécile’s interiority without using [voice-over] narration in the film, which is what the Preminger adaptation does.
—Eugenie Dalland, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
The voice-over artist is thankful that her parents made that decision.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 30 Apr. 2025
Starting out as the Wormser Agency, KMR was formed in 1957 as the first voice-over and commercial agency in LA.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025
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Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 8 May 2025
Early on, there was a conversation about how to capture Cécile’s interiority without using [voice-over] narration in the film, which is what the Preminger adaptation does.
—Eugenie Dalland, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2025
The voice-over artist is thankful that her parents made that decision.
—Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 30 Apr. 2025
Starting out as the Wormser Agency, KMR was formed in 1957 as the first voice-over and commercial agency in LA.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 22 Apr. 2025
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“Voice-over.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/voice-over. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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