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voice-over

[vois-oh-ver]

noun

Movies, Television.
  1. the voice of an offscreen narrator, announcer, or the like.

  2. a televised sequence, as in a commercial, using such a voice.

  3. any offscreen voice, as that of a character in a narrative.



voice-over

noun

  1. the voice of an unseen commentator heard during a film, television programme, etc

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of voice-over1

First recorded in 1945–50
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The laughs don’t come from intentional punchlines, but instead from situational circumstances and Murderbot’s dry voice-over, as well as its disinterest in dealing with humans.

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Because the voice-over is essential to the story, getting it right took a lot of trial and error.

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The voice-over became an evolving component of the episodes.

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After filming, Skarsgård, Chris and Paul got together in Stockholm, New York and Los Angeles for several recording sessions to try out different versions of the voice-over lines.

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“It was quite exhausting, but also quite fun creatively because you could see how much the tone of the scene changed when we tweaked the voice-over a little bit,” Skarsgård says.

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