Voice-over

Voice-over (also known as off-camera or off-stage commentary) is a production technique where a voice—that is not part of the narrative (non-diegetic)—is used in a radio, television production, filmmaking, theatre, or other presentations. The voice-over is read from a script and may be spoken by someone who appears elsewhere in the production or by a specialist voice talent. It is usually pre-recorded and placed over the top of a film or video and commonly used in documentaries or news reports to explain information. It may also be read live for events such as award presentations.

Techniques

Character device

In Herman Melville's Moby Dick (1956), Ishmael (Richard Basehart) narrates the story and sometimes comments on the action in voice-over, as does Joe Gillis (William Holden) in Sunset Boulevard (1950) and Eric Erickson (William Holden) in The Counterfeit Traitor (1962); adult Pip (John Mills) in Great Expectations (1946) and Michael York in a television remake (1974).

Voice-over technique is likewise used to give voices and personalities to animated characters. Noteworthy and versatile voice actors include Mel Blanc, Daws Butler, Don Messick, Paul Frees, and June Foray.

J. B. Blanc

Jean-Benoît "J. B." Blanc (born 13 February 1969) is a French-English actor and voice actor.

Early life

Blanc was born in Paris, the son of a French father and English mother. He moved to England with his mother at the age of five, where he was educated at Bramcote School in Scarborough, North Yorkshire and Sedbergh School in Sedbergh, Cumbria. At the age of 16, he successfully auditioned for the National Youth Theatre. In 1987, he was accepted at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), the youngest person to do so that year. He graduated in 1990 and, after a short sabbatical travelling, began his theatre career.

Career

At one time, Blanc ran his own theatre company and was working with companies on the London scene, collaborating with directors such as Rufus Norris, Howard Davies, and Sir Peter Hall at the Royal National Theatre. In 2001, after 12 years almost exclusively working in theatre, he played the Luigi Vampa in the 2002 film The Count of Monte Cristo. Since moving to the United States, he has appeared in television series such as Breaking Bad, Cold Case, CSI: New York, Raising the Bar, The Unit, Crash, NYPD Blue, Prison Break, Dr. Vegas, and The Company.

Illini Media

The Illini Media Company is a nonprofit, student media company based in Champaign, Illinois. The company owns several student-run media outlets associated with the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign: the general newspaper, the Daily Illini; the entertainment paper, Buzz Magazine; the engineering quarterly, Technograph; the U of I yearbook, the Illio; and the commercial radio station, WPGU.

The Illini Publishing Company was chartered by the State of Illinois in 1911. In 1984, it became the Illini Media Company. The company helps students prepare for and careers in print media and broadcasting and to inform and entertain the University of Illinois community. Revenues exceed $2.5 million.

In 2012, the Illini Media sought support to keep its business running. Prominent alumni, such as film critic Roger Ebert, urged alumni to donate to the corporation. Additionally, a referendum passed to allow a fee on student's tuition to go towards the company.

Location

The Illini Media Company is housed at what was previously the Illini Media Building, located at 512 East Green Street in Champaign. Illini Media has since sold the building and moved all of its units to the third floor.

Human voice

The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal folds for talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming etc. The human voice is specifically a part of human sound production in which the vocal folds (vocal cords) are the primary sound source. Generally speaking, the mechanism for generating the human voice can be subdivided into three parts; the lungs, the vocal folds within the larynx, and the articulators. The lung (the pump) must produce adequate airflow and air pressure to vibrate vocal folds (this air pressure is the fuel of the voice). The vocal folds (vocal cords) are a vibrating valve that chops up the airflow from the lungs into audible pulses that form the laryngeal sound source. The muscles of the larynx adjust the length and tension of the vocal folds to ‘fine-tune’ pitch and tone. The articulators (the parts of the vocal tract above the larynx consisting of tongue, palate, cheek, lips, etc.) articulate and filter the sound emanating from the larynx and to some degree can interact with the laryngeal airflow to strengthen it or weaken it as a sound source.

Horizon Zero Dawn

Horizon Zero Dawn is an upcoming action role-playing video game in development by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation 4 in 2016. It will be the first intellectual property developed by Guerrilla Games since Killzone in 2004 and will be the studio's first attempt in developing a role-playing game.

Gameplay

Horizon Zero Dawn is an action role-playing game in which players take control of Aloy, a hunter and archer, as she progresses through a post-apocalyptic land which is ruled by mechanized creatures, such as robotic dinosaurs. The game is set in a future 1000 years from the present, in which human civilization has long abandoned Earth due to the world being dominated by robotic creatures, which have since become the strongest creatures in the world. The component of these creatures, such as electricity and the metal they are composed of, are vital to Aloy's survival, and she can loot these creatures' corpses to find these useful resources. The game's role-playing elements are said to be between that of Assassin's Creed and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

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Blanc, JB Filmography

Play in Full Screen Iron Man: Rise of Technovore

2013, role: actor , character name: Obadiah Stane
Play in Full Screen More Information Please

2013, role: actor , character name: Voice of Willson National Bank
Play in Full Screen Red Dawn

2012, role: actor , character name: Newscaster
Play in Full Screen Delhi Safari

2012, role: actor , character name: The Director and Prime Minister
Play in Full Screen Diablo 3: Wrath

2012, role: actor , character name: Diablo
Play in Full Screen Animen: The Galactic Battle

2012, role: actor , character name: Captain Hered
Play in Full Screen Sugartown

2011, role: miscellaneous crew
Play in Full Screen Too Big to Fail

2011, role: actor , character name: Alistair Darling
Play in Full Screen Sugartown

2011, role: producer
Play in Full Screen El gran milagro

2011, role: actor , character name: Don Chema
Play in Full Screen Blood Oath

2011, role: miscellaneous crew
Play in Full Screen The Lift

2011, role: actor , character name: Albert Brown
Play in Full Screen Mother of Normandy: The Story of Simone Renaud

2010, role: actor , character name: Voice Actor
Play in Full Screen Une vie de chat

2010, role: actor , character name: Victor Costa
Play in Full Screen Darksiders

2010, role: actor , character name: Ulthane
Play in Full Screen Justice/Vengeance

2009, role: actor , character name: Joseph - Mendel - Schrager
Play in Full Screen Henry John and the Little Bug

2009, role: miscellaneous crew
Play in Full Screen Moonlight Serenade

2009, role: actor , character name: Paul Holtzman
Play in Full Screen The Informers

2008, role: miscellaneous crew
Play in Full Screen Baiohazâdo: Dijenerêshon

2008, role: actor , character name: Various
Play in Full Screen Gekijô ban Bleach: Fade to Black - Kimi no na o yobu

2008, role: actor , character name: Sajin Komamura
Play in Full Screen Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End

2007, role: actor , character name: Clerk
Play in Full Screen Gekijô ban Bleach: The DiamondDust Rebellion - Mô hitotsu no hyôrinmaru

2007, role: actor , character name: Sajin Komamura
Play in Full Screen Bleach: Memories of Nobody

2006, role: actor , character name: Jai
Play in Full Screen Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties

2006, role: actor , character name: Hotel Porter
Play in Full Screen Tristan + Isolde

2006, role: actor , character name: Leon
Play in Full Screen Hikari to mizu no Daphne

2004, role: actor , character name: Lee
Play in Full Screen Licensed by Royalty

2003, role: actor , character name: Rowe Rickenbacker, Waiter
Play in Full Screen Texhnolyze

2003, role: actor , character name: Mizuno
Play in Full Screen Licensed by Royalty

2003, role: director
Play in Full Screen The Count of Monte Cristo

2002, role: actor , character name: Luigi Vampa
Play in Full Screen I My Me! Strawberry Eggs

2001, role: actor , character name: DeeDee
Play in Full Screen 102 Dalmatians

2000, role: actor , character name: Police Captain
Play in Full Screen Shadowlands

1993, role: actor , character name: Undergraduate

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