Meaning of voice-over | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A production technique, in which pictures are accompanied by the voice of an unseen actor or reporter.
2. A voice-overed release, especially of foreign content.
3. The voice audio track of such a broadcast.

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“Fogel, working with a script by the journalist Kerry Howley, follows Winner from the age of nine to the aftermath of her plea, and organizes the movie around voice-over reminiscences by Reality (the character is played by Emilia Jones). […] With Reality [Winner]’s voice-overs doing the bulk of the dramatic work⟳, the movie depends heavily on editing to keep⟳ the action moving visually, and “Winner” may well prove⟳ to be one of the best-edited movies this year.”

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