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Voice-over Narration

A voice-over in animation is when someone speaks off-screen to help tell the story or give information about what's happening in the cartoon. It's like having a narrator who you can hear but not see on the screen.

Please note that Voice-over Narration is not directly applicable to Brush Ninja.

In animation, voice-over narration is a powerful tool that enhances storytelling by providing an extra layer of immersion. It involves adding a voice to accompany the visuals on screen, guiding the audience through the narrative and providing context.

Voice-over narration sets the tone for the story, helping viewers understand the setting, character backgrounds, and plot developments. Whether it’s creating suspense, humor, drama, or excitement, the narration adds depth to the viewing experience.

Moreover, voice-over narration helps in world-building by providing additional information or exposition. It enriches the animated environment by introducing fantastical realms, explaining intricate backstories, or detailing complex concepts.

Voice-over narration also helps to make cartoons accessible to diverse audiences worldwide. Through dubbing or subtitling, animations can be translated into different languages while retaining the original intent and emotional impact of the narration.

Voice-over narration is an essential element in animation that enhances character development, world-building, and audience engagement. It adds depth to the story and captivates viewers, making the animated experience more immersive and enjoyable.

Animation Terms

2

2D Animation

3

3D Animation

A

Alpha Channel

Ambient sound

Animation

Anti-Aliasing

Anticipation

Aspect Ratio

B

Bezier Curve

Bitmap

Blue Screen

Bone Animation

Bounce

Broadcast Standards

C

Camera Angle

Camera Shake

Casting

Cel Animation

Character Animation

Character Design Sheets

Cinematic lighting

Claymation

Clean-up

Close-up

Color Correction

Color Grading

Compositing

Composition

Concept Art

Continuity editing

Cross-cutting

Cut

Cutout nimation

D

Depth of Field

Dialogue

Dissolve

Distributed Rendering

Dolby Atmos

Dope Sheet

Dutch Angle

E

Easing

Emitter

Exaggeration

Eyedropper

F

Foley

Follow through

Forward Kinematics

Frame Rate

Frame

Framing

Freeze Frame

G

Ghosting

GIF File Format

Golden Ratio

Graph Editor

H

High key lighting

Hue and Saturation

I

Inertia

Infographic Animation

Inverse Kinematics

J

Joint

JPEG File Format

Jump cut

K

Keyframe Interpolation

Keyframe

Kinetic typography

L

Layers

Lens distortion

Level of Detail

Lighting

Line of action

Lip syncing

Low key lighting

M

Match cut

Matte painting

Montage

Morphing

Motion blur

Motion capture

Motion graphics

Motion path

Motion trail

Mouth shapes

MP3 File Format

MP4 File Format

N

Network rendering

Non-linear editing

O

Occlusion culling

Onion skinning

Overlapping action

P

Pan

Parallel rendering

Particle system

Persistance of Vision

Phonemes

Playback speed

Plot

PNG File Format

Pose-to-pose animation

Props

Puppet animation

R

Render farm

Rendering

Resolution

Rigging

Rotoscoping

Rule of thirds

Run cycle

S

Safe zone

Scene

Score

Screenplay

Script

Shot

Silhouette

Skeletal animation

Slow Motion

Smears

Sound Design

Sound effects

Soundtrack

Special Effects

Split screen

Squash and Stretch

Staging

Stop Motion Animation

Storyboard

Straight-ahead Animation

T

Time Remapping

Timeline

Timing

Title Card

Title Sequence

Tracking shot

Tweening

V

Vector graphics

Visemes

Voice acting

Voice-over Narration

W

Walk cycle

WebM File Format

Weighting

Wide shot

Z

Z-depth

Zoom

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