A voice-over is the voice of an unseen narrator, in a movie or television broadcast, a commercial or tutorial. It is a recording performed by a voice talent that gives life to characters, tells a story, guides you on a tour, or directs your telephone calls.
Usually, professional voice talents are enthusiastic, funny, charming, are flexible, and interact well with other people. They have the ability to take direction or criticism from others and can interpret copy to sell a product, concept, or a message.
Who is a Voice Talent?
A voice talent is a voice-over professional who interprets a script to meet a specific commercial, leisure, or educational goal. Voice talents provide the voices that you hear during a commercial on television, imaging on the radio, pod casts, narrators for film, voices for movie trailers, telephone systems, educational resources, and a wide assortment of web and kiosk applications.
Another name for a voice talent is a voice actor. A voice actor (or voice artist) is a person who provides voices for computer and video games, puppet shows, amusement rides, audio dramas, dubbed foreign language films, and animation works (including cartoons, animated feature films, animated shorts), and radio and television commercials.
Voice acting is an art, and very truly, it is acting. Although most voice work is recorded in the privacy of your own studio away from the glare of the cameras, a voice over will serve as a performance for the hundreds if not thousands of people who will receive the message you are giving voice to.
Uses of voice overs
Television Commercials
Television Imaging and Station Identification
Radio Announcers
Radio Commercials
Radio Imaging and Station Identification
Business Demonstrations
Business Presentations and Corporate Videos
Voicemail, On-Hold Messaging, IVR (Interactive Voice Response)
Entertainment and Celebrity Impersonations
Character Voices and Cartoon Voice Actors
Video Game Voices, Computer Game Voices
Audio books, Books on Tape
Educational Videos, CD-rom, e-Learning
Podcasting
Government Public Service Announcements
Medical Narration
Foreign Language Voice Overs
Translation Services
Jingles
Music Composition, Music Production
Coming in part 2 - An introduction to the voice over industry
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