Dozens, even HUNDREDS of things to explain in addition to your images? How do I put them in? The answer is simple, the voiceover of course! Nothing better when you want to define an object, idea, or anything else after the fact. Théophile will explain everything to you in this video.
It seems complicated from a distance, but the process is elementary. All you have to do is use a little bit of cunning Put a voice on your images. Before completing Théophile's words, let's start by defining voiceover and its virtues.
Off course!
A voiceover is a voice belonging to a No one more of those who are on the screen. It is intended for the spectator. Not all the individuals you can see in the image hear the voiceover, with the exception of our customer success manager Théophile.
You have already seen these processes in reports on various PAF channels - Paysage Audiovisual Français - or in a multitude of masterpieces of the seventh art such as Dusk Boulevard by Billy Wilder, or The Tenenbaum Family by Wes Anderson. All have the general particularity of using this sound device as Storytelling medium. The voiceover is not just there to look good, it really says something.
It is often used to contextualize. For example, during a report on the Bayonne festivals, it is likely that the latter begins with a small voice superimposed on the images explaining that” Every year, the inhabitants of Bayonne meet for a drink or two... Or fifteen...“. For your corporate films, this can be used in particular to tell your happenings and explain why they were made.
But how does that work Jamy?
Great question Fred... Uh sorry, Robert's humor is definitely too much on our blog. So know that normally voiceovers are recorded after capturing the images you need. It is during the mounting that they are added. With Théophile we made sure to use all the resources of EasyMovie to save time.
Although it is possible to merge the image of one shot with the sound of another by asking the editor, it is also possible by automatic mode. As Théophile says very well, you just need to have someone holding the microphone behind the camera and who can speak as soon as the recording starts as illustrated in this photo:
One thing you need to know to do this is that the environment in which you decided to film must be silent. Except for your events of course. It would still be a shame to see your video interfered with by voices external to the one you want to highlight. And last tip: avoid putting a voiceover on a shot that shows just one person speaking in front of the camera. We made the mistake and we get the impression that the voice is total Offset with the lip movements we are confronted with.
We don't have anything more to tell you about voiceover, but we'll be back very soon for videos about other ways of storytelling. Ciao!
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