In film & television, voice-over means: A voice heard over the images that does not come from someone speaking on screen, such as a narrator or a character's thoughts.
In Turkish: dış ses, anlatıcı sesi
How it is used
Written V.O. in screenplays. Documentaries, adverts and trailers use voice-over narration, and voice actors record voice-overs in a studio. O.S. (off-screen) is different: the character is in the scene but not visible.
Example sentences
The film opens with a voice-over of the grandmother remembering her village.
We'll record the voice-over for the documentary next week.
Common collocations
voice-over narration
record a voice-over
voice-over artist
in voice-over
Related terms
dubbingReplacing the original dialogue of a film or series with a recorded translation in another language, performed by voice actors.
documentaryA non-fiction film or programme that presents real people, events or places, often to inform, investigate or tell a true story.
ADRAutomated dialogue replacement: re-recording an actor's lines in a studio after the shoot while they watch the scene, to replace bad or changed dialogue.
screenplayThe written plan of a film in a standard format, with scene headings, descriptions of action, character names and dialogue.
