Voice-over Research

• A voice over is a piece of narration in film which is non-diegetic and not part of the narrative. 
• Voice over are very common in film trailers and can be used in a variety of different ways. 
• The voice-over can be the focus of the trailer or just be in it for a small proportion and it can be spoken by a character in the film, or be spoken by a voice actor. 
• Voice-overs help t get the genre and the narrative of the film across to the audience in film trailers.
• Don Lafontaine was a very famous American voice actor and recorded voice-overs for over 5,000 film trailers. 
• Some of his nick names included: Thunder Throat, The voice of God and The King of Movie trailers.