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jomc | 19:58 Sun 29th Sep 2002 | Film, Media & TV
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In films there are two different types of sound - sound that is part of the action onscreen, and other sounds (such as voice-overs). What are the technical terms for these?
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In most films everything is done as a voice over. the actors say their lines on set but then in the dubbing procees the com into a studio and read their lines again whilst watching the action. It's all very painstaking but whist filming, you can't get the mics close enough to get a good quality sound. It's then up to an editor to sync up the re-enacted voice parts to the picture. Anyway a voice over is called just that, and a sound effect id called likewise. Written down they are v/o and fx
Non - speech over dubs ie. footsteps or creaking door hinges are done by people called foley artists. i don't know what it means or where it comes from but that's the name they have in Hollywood
You should find an answer here: http://www.filmsound.org/terminology.htm

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