What is Voice Over and Voice Acting

 Lots of blogs you have gone through many website you have searched regarding voice over and still in doubt about the word voice over, voice acting, voice artist. Here we have tried to keep it simple for you to get clear views about what is voice over, where you find it commonly.

Voice over

It is the production technique of voice by voice over artist for use in professional piece of audio work. Where the voice is recorded for off-screen or off-stage use, in which voice is not part of the narrative, and is used in radio, T.V production, filmmaking, Theatre.

Voice Acting

 The art of performing the voice overs to represent a character or to delivered information to an audience.

Voice Artist

The person who do voice over recording is known as voice artist. They can be of any gender, age, or ethnic they just need experienced with good skills.

So this must have given simple and clear understanding of these words now further you can have detailed information about how voice over is performed , what is called voice acting and name of few best Voice over artist in industry.

Characteristic of Voiceover

1 .Announcers: Can be heard in live T.V, or radio broadcasts (talk show, award show or sports event) doing introduction of segments live.

2 .Narrators: Often narrates in audiobooks, educational and business video, in documentaries.

3 .Actors: Are heard usually performing in Videogames, animated movies, T.V cartoon, puppet show and in some foreign language dubbing.

4 .Talents: It is termed coined for all the above so it often used by agencies or companies to hire voice over artist. Voice over began at the time when radio began that is almost we can say 100 years back. How the weather was going to be; in movies, in animation voice over is most prominent for audiences to understand it. Steam Willy, Mel Blanc are among few of that time best voice over artist who with their work have given voice over to the industry.

Even now the voiceover as evolved and had refined itself as compare to 1950s and 70s.As now VO can be heard in multiple platforms apart from radios , as in T.V, in commercials audiobook . Animated movies or T.V shows have gain popularities in 80s and 90s which give more chances to the new voice over acting artist, now mostly 3D to 5D  movies are done but they still need voice over actors for that.

Advancement of technology had brought many of us to use mobile so the prerecorded ” on hold calls” message has also become extremely common; or now a days we heard announcement instead of dialer tone while calling that is cheapest ways to make people understand government announcement that was also done by voice over technique.

So we could say that voice over acting by the artist is now something that we all see and hear in every aspect of our day to day life.