The Weird, Wonderful Voiceover - Brows Held High

In a world... where absolutely everyone does voiceover...
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[@Sleepy12ftPanda]

Ladies and gentleman, welcome to violence! Once upon a time in a far away land, Royal Tenenbaums bought the house on Archer avenue and this created a lot of problems for a lot of people. As far back as I can remember, I wanted the holy grail of christmas gifts, "One Ring to Rule Them All," but why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose the greatest, strongest of all these heroes, the aptly named "Sir Not Appearing in this Film," and I was unconditionally and irrevocably not there in this moment. I swear we are Spiderman. Goddamn it Kyle, YOU'VE KILLED US ALL!!!!

[@Tine_of_Nice_Dreams]

This mashup alone justified the whole video... and then the rest was really interesting too!

[@autumntaylor2533]

I love this

[@oof-rr5nf]

THANK YOU

[@Xidnaf]

oh god, i was not expecting that

[@indigohalf]

I wonder how Kyle would pronounce your moniker. (I say the X as a glottal fricative.)

[@honeycombfromheaven]

XIDNAF!! Wow, unexpected random fan moment. (please make a new video soon)

[@JessieEchidna]

You got spooked, huh! O.O

[@qwertyTRiG]

Interesting that when you started making political videos, you talked about this and decided to appear on screen.

[@varana]

"This is how I normally dress." World shattered.

[@ninaavins4887]

"As far back as I could remember I always wanted the Holy Grail of Christmas gifts; one ring to rule them all". Nice.

[@ActuallyAnanya]

That little story constructed from different snippets of voiceovers at the start was just fantastic.

[@cedricwublin9306]

So good.

[@hethrham123]

There was an episode of "The little mermaid" where Ariel met a def mermaid who spoke in sign language. They both went to a witch to have thire wishes come true. The def mermaid want to sing beautifully and Ariel wanted legs, like you do. One fight scene later Ariel told the def girl she already spoke beautifully, with her hands. I always am reminded of that episode and I have no idea why.

[@liamshanley4920]

I remember that one of the reasons I got so into the art of film language in middle school was because due to my autism, I wasn’t that good at articulating myself through spoken/written language. I never liked talking to people or making eye contact in conversations. I also wasn’t good at essay writing because it requires giving lots of detail and explaining. My brain was hardwired to make statements short and succinct and I couldn’t place myself in someone else’s head to figure which details they may not know and need to be told. Then, I started watching film analysis essays and I discovered that there was a way to convey emotions and stories where you didn’t need to speak. You just need to position the camera at a certain angle, block the actors correctly, and get the right lighting and you could connect with other people without saying a word. For years, I would subconsciously decry the use of exposition or dialogue in film. With absolutely NO EXCEPTIONS, film is strictly “show, don’t tell”. I suppose I just saw film as this safe haven from awkward social interactions in real life. To me, language was this barrier that kept me from connecting with other people and film was a world of visual language that knew no bounds. Nowadays though, I find that I have much more appreciation for well-delivered exposition for world and character building as well as witty, sharp dialogue. Of course, it is partly because I have gotten better at talking to people, but also because spoken communication in visual mediums is an art in itself. It’s because of this that I think the rule for film should be “have an instinct to SHOW, but know when to TELL and how to do it well”.

[@Chowder_T]

I love how Scott Pilgrim vs the world uses voiceover. From the video game annoucer both emphasizing both the style and what is happening ("scott earned the power of love" "k.o."), to creating something dream like (scott meating ramona in hyperspace), to even just keeping the momentum of a scene going. Just another interesting example.

[@Chowder_T]

kevin willems That was just a perfect way to start that scene.

[@InoMercy]

"Once upon a time In Toronto, Canada Scott Pilgrim was dating a high schooler..."

[@archer1949]

Ooh, “In A World”! I thought I was the only one who saw that. Fun little movie.

[@atheistsgod]

You may feel bad about the "lateness" of this video. Be sure that that had no play over how excellent, thought provoking, and worthy this video is. I'm so happy to be able to contribute, even a little, to your being able to continue making these videos. So long as you keep putting stuff out there, you will have loyal and devoted fans who appreciate your content. So long as you take the time to continue to make thoughtful and interesting works, who fucking cares if it's "late". I loved this video. Sincerely, a fan in Australia, who is a day ahead of you. ^_^

[@cedricwublin9306]

Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to violence. Once upon a time, in a faraway land, Royal Tenenbaum bought the house on Archer Avenue. And this created a lot of problems for a lot of people. As far back as I can remember, I always wanted the holy grail of Chrismas gifts: One Ring To Rule Them All. And why would I want to do a thing like that? I chose the greatest and strongest of all these heroes, the aptly named, Sir Not-Apearing-In-This-Film. And I was unconditionally and irrevocably.. not... there. And in this moment, I swear, we are- Spiderman.

[@chishionohana]

Kyle talking about Withnail and I is something that I did not know I needed but am now so glad I have (and in an adorable jumper too)

[@Petulant_Petrichor]

Between liberating and frightening I would say is terrific. At least if you can get people to recall both meanings of the word simultaneously.

[@minski76]

Ironically, this is one of the rare videos that I DID watch and not just listen to from another tab... :)

[@Plutoburns]

THANK YOU for referencing Stranger than Fiction. I was starting to think i was the only person who bothered to watch that gem

[@akinmytua4680]

Plutoburns such a surprisingly good movie

[@Bedinsis]

I am reminded of that Seinfeld episode where Elaine starts renting videos from the "recommended by Kevin" aisle, and being emotionally engaged by those recommendations, and Kevin starts calling her with his voice as voice over and it's quite emotionally engaging, and at the end of the episode it turns out that Kevin is just some kid, the contrast between his voice and his appearance played for laughs. I don't remember if his name was Kevin though.

[@elizabethashley42]

The gag during the Stranger Than Fiction clip made me laugh out loud. Well done on that one.

[@rangerkasdorf4476]

The Lobster is another example of a movie that makes great use of voiceover. The main character's actions are narrated in the third person by a female voice, and eventually we find out that that voice is the main character's lover.

[@Nuvasieris]

First Voice over I was ever exposed to was on radio, the Radio presenter, a voice over voices and sounds, rather than images. In this case Wallace Greenslade and Harry Secombe of 'the goon show' Perhaps not in line with the themes of this show, but none the less, presentation, narration and monologue over a mental image painted only in sound.

[@xwiirastusx]

Now that you have touched the subject, I quite enjoy your voice - it has what I call an "ivory" sound to it: hard and voluminous, yet rounded, even voluptious in its cadences. I suppose it has something to do with my being synesthetic.

[@sweetasbloodredjam]

Great Video! I felt so cought, when you brought up our modern voice consumption habits with youtube. I usually don't do that with video essays (the visual aspect is just too important, and people spend so much time on editing that it's just a waste not to watch it as well as listen). Podcasts though? Yeah. All the time. I work a lot while having these voices float around my room as well and it helps me not to get too consumed by repetetive of frustrating tasks.

[@thevampirefrog06]

Saaaaame. And maybe it's the ADHD, but the flipside is usually I need something kind of brainless to do during podcasts/less visual youtube videos, like eating or rolling a ball of yarn or something. With music I can close all the tabs and sit there for Maximum Concentration, but podcasts need an activity somehow.

[@andlabs]

As for the question of "how many of us put KZbin videos in a tab in the background" (and forgive me for making two separate comments here), my own answer to that question leads to another question: how many of us watch a video the first time, and then just re-listen to it in the background while doing other things, and what does ⁠*⁠that⁠*⁠ do to our experience?

[@autumntaylor2533]

This was really interesting! They way you discuss the uses of voice in everything we watch, without even thinking about it, really made me think man. Good job.

[@ActuallyAnanya]

To answer your question near the end, for me it depends on the type of video whether I'll actively watch it or just listen. A number of game and anime analysis channels I watch just edit together random clips from whatever is being analysed with no rhyme or reason, as just something to replace a plain black screen. I usually just listen to those while doing something else. Then there are beautifully, purposefully edited videos like Every Frame A Painting's, Nerdwriter's, and yours (among many others), that I can't help but give my full attention to - because I feel they're an integral part of the video. They are explaining your point just as much as your words are.

[@VTimmoni]

This is incredibly thought provoking. Thank you Kyle. You bring up a large number of very interesting ideas especially about power and how we perceive it.

[@Thraim.]

11:40 You let me down Mr. Kallgren. I would have expected business casual at the very least. This betrayal shall not go unpunished!

[@scaper8]

There was a part of me that honest-to-God thought that he was born in that jacket. LOL.

[@davincent98]

A friend of mine recently watched the 90s FOX Spider-Man cartoon and was annoyed by how much of the voiceover there was. I suppose that when there's only one character on screen in animation, dead air can become worrisome.

[@kelsea8767]

Ye gods I adore watching your work Kyle. It is wondrous for have this jumble of feelings and expressions find a voice through your work. Despite the need for less voices, for less opinions so that individuals can further devolve their own interpretation of experiences instead of adopting others; yours is a voice that has grand merit. Even if borrowed or incomplete there is a presentation that warms my heart and tickles my brain to think.

[@CourtneyCoulson]

I don't know if it's because I'm autistic, I mean it probably is, but I much prefer to listen to a voice in isolation. The best conversations I have are in a car where there is no pressure to look anywhere but straight ahead. I can relax and just focus on the words. And I consume hours and hours of podcasts while I work, I rarely have the time to watch TV and even when I do I find it hard to sit still and focus. There's no way I would watch a ten hour documentary series about the Mongols, but I loved listening to Dan Carlin talk about it in his podcast. Plus I think if Hardcore History was a TV series I would find myself getting distracted by details, like Carlin's appearance or judging the production quality, or the recreations of Mongol costumes and props. I think appearances can obscure the truth too, reading the news online is just disembodied facts, but if I were to watch the same information delivered on TV I'm probably focusing more on what the presenter is wearing or what she's doing with her hair or getting distracted by moving graphics and crawling text at the bottom of the screen. It's too much noise. I think audio as a medium is less judgmental too, it doesn't matter what your race is, or how old you are, or if you're attractive or not, your audience is focusing exclusively on what you have to say.

[@cedricwublin9306]

Oh my gosh, it's like you're describing my life... There's something great about podcasts (or audiobooks) letting you get at the topic or subject without the distractions of visual noise. And long car journeys (or long walks) are the best places to have conversations. And, after going back and listening to all of HH from the beginning, I've just got to the Mongols, and they're great. (I was so weirded out though when I saw a video of Carlin speaking and hearing that familiar voice linked with the unfamiliar face and expressions.) So yeah, I find it slightly creepy, but you sound just like me.

[@CourtneyCoulson]

Hah, kindred spirits I suppose. I just looked up what Dan looks like, it's so bizarre, I don't think I had a specific image in mind of what he looked like and that's perhaps why it's so strange. As a voice he is a concept, a series of ideas, but now he's solidified into a person in an instant.

[@GeekWithClipOns]

I’m autistic too and often I do prefer listening to watching depending on my mood. I prefer an audio book if it’s an autobiography read by the author since they can get the inflections better than anyone else since they lived it. David Sedaris being the best example of this, Nick Offerman is another great one. ^_^

[@alien_kae]

Autistic people have a harder time with sensory filtering and processing a lot of stimuli at once, so yes, it may very well be because of autism. Personal preferences can be influenced by lots of things, including a person's autism. Nothing wrong with or unusual about that.

[@SockMonkee16]

That was super interesting. I especially liked the discussion of voiceover in relation to horror. My mind immediately went to the joke in Airplane! where Ted notices he's speaking in voiceover and starts saying stuff. (Also, on a tangent "welcome to violence" from Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! is legit one of my favorite openings to a movie).

[@Lucholosabe]

This is one of your best, Kyle. Love that you mention Stranger Than Fiction...such a brilliant movie! Is not internet all about us trying to make our voice heard? I believe that Elephant Talk by King Crimson is a great song to listen after this video :)

[@pinkcloudsnightlightbell]

I love this so much. Definitely going to rewatch and rethink. It'd be great to spend some time thinking about voice and text and social media and KZbin + all the implications

[@TAPKAC]

"DUNE" . . . you hear almost everyone's thoughts in almost every scene. And let's not forget Your Humble Narrator, Alex DeLarge, in "A Clockwork Orange".

[@oof-rr5nf]

The ending was so disconcerting! And, yup, the internet is the ultimate platform for me to separate from my reality and my body, even my voice is left out. Just words remain. And I love it. I see why that is fucked up, but still . . . I really enjoy this separation from self. Your editing is a joy, you choice of voiceovers are amazing. This was great, and I have only seen three so far. Boy, oh, boy. Your channel better prepare for intensive binging from my end.

[@theMillieBun]

12:05 wow kyle you didnt have to call me out like that no joke i was doing exactly what you said while the video was playing

[@zerakielvmark]

I kinda struggle with this as a writer. I'm afraid that the more I appear in public, the less people will accept what I write because they won't believe that this face, race, gender and body knows the perspective of that face, race, gender and body. Writing should win someone over with the text itself. I don't want people to read my text in my voice, narrated by my face because I think people will stop believing in it.

[@GummyDinosaursify]

People dont look at a Writer's face, only their work. If you believe your work doesn't stand on it's own, then I would figure out why you feel this way.

[@scaper8]

Zerachiel van Mark Interesting that you should mention this. Just over the last few weeks I've seen this very thing play out in regards to Andy Weir. His first novel, _The Martian_ had a protagonist that was, essentially, him: a snarky, white, male. _Artemis_ , his recently released second novel, features a woman of Saudi decent. And he's getting flack or rather push back, in some areas for his "imperfect" character. Given that many of the same "imperfections" existed in Mark Watney as they do in Jazz Bashara, I have to wonder if Weir wrote Artemis under a female, Middle Eastern pseudonym would the same discussion be taking place? (Ignoring the fact that the novle would be less discussed in general if it were by an unknown writer, of course.)

[@scaper8]

TableWrens In a perfect world, that would be true. In reality however…

[@honeycombfromheaven]

IMO it's less about knowing the perspective of a difference race/gender/body, but more that there are members of those groups whose voices are pushed aside in favour of the group that is already a majority, and these prejudices are larger than writers and readers, and have real-world consequences. The situation is unfair to everyone involved, but I can definitely see that side of it.

[@Inlelendri]

This is purely my own experience but even when I've known the face of the author, the moment I open their books, they are nothing more than a name to me. A name on the cover page that I then just file away and the story that they tell me is all I care about until I've finished the last page. :)

[@idrils]

I love the point you make about the godly authority the disembodied voice gives to the narration, and it makes me think of how Chris Marker subverted that pitfall in Sans Soleil / Sunless - have you seen it ? He had collected a lot of documentary rush along his travels and probably had lots of ideas to weave through his narration, linking one thought to a place, to another thought, to another place, but the whole exercise might have felt like some self-aggrandizing white man meditation on how the world is - so he had a female narrator speak over the images, saying "he says that ...", narrating his convoluted meditations on the world with a subtle mixture of distance, interest and sarcasm. A bonus reference to your episode :)

[@JimFaindel]

This reminded me of Berberian Sound Studio, a tragically underapreciated movie about sound production in movies... and some other things

[@stefanfilipovits21]

I love Fantasia, Walt Disney’s crowning achievement as far as I’m concerned

[@buckleygeneration]

Brilliant as ever. Thank you.

[@kilo1012]

"As far back as I could remember I always wanted the holy grail of christmas gifts" I chuckled

[@snowcherryleopard]

We are SPIDER-MAN

[@oof-rr5nf]

_I knew it!_

[@gabe_s_videos]

I'm surprised you didn't mention more about modern animated movies relying on "this is me" monologues (although there's a whole other video about that). And as always THANK YOU for not mumbling any more.

[@Greeklings]

Kyle watches History Buffs! Crossover time please!

[@GriffinPilgrim]

...I thought exactly that...

[@PEZhead5432109876]

Love what you did with the Stranger Than Fiction scene. One of my favorite movies, I wish people talked about it more.

[@Loungemermaid]

"how many times do you just listen to youtube videos while you do something else in another tab' you didn't need to call me out like that, kyle

[@ZeSheshamHahu]

Nice to see a shout out to Xidnaf.

[@MrTizzay]

One of my favorites essays yet! Really great editing and a great thesis, something I think about a lot in game design

[@KittyQuixotic]

Every video you turn out is so good this is the channel I get most excited about seeing in my subscription feed BY FAR.

[@gamestation2690]

Sometimes having a voiceover is intrusive and redundant, and makes it seem like it's spoonfeeding the audience information we can clearly see for ourselves, as is the case with Phil Harris's narration in Rock-A-Doodle.

[@rahulrt6396]

A superlative video, Kyle! It was worth the wait.

[@Picledude]

I love all your youtube recomendations

[@Briansgate]

I love how your vids make me actually think.

[@BuddhaBot]

0:58 oh man, was getting some LOST IN THE STATIC flashbacks with that one.

[@Tuckerscreator]

On video reviews and voiceover, I think the reason why I prefer seeing a physical person speaking or at least an avatar is that I prefer to see visible expression. I like seeing people be excited and happy over the things they are talking about, or frustrated and anger over things that infuriate them. I like being able to see what they're wearing, and from those physical traits try to guess a bit about their identity and why this media work is meaningful to them specifically. A disembodied voiceover tends to feel, to me, dry and and authoritative. The latter trait is more significant since, as you said, voiceover can carry the implication of an godlike message of absolute truth, which is disorienting when I'm trying to keep in mind that the reviewer is human and what they saw may not be necessarily true. I also think it might have something to do with my disability; I often have difficulty picking up implied meanings from words alone and have to rely on expression to guess what is fully meant. To describe it concisely, every conversation sounds like speaking Tamarian and I need a while longer to figure out, from context and expression, what are the missing details the speaker didn't quite say.

[@SplitMutton]

Excellent video, Kyle. I have never been a huge Sci Fi guy but I like Black Mirror and this video gives me a very different perspective on the genre.

[@Wingedmagician]

WE ARE Spider-Man

[@StellaMariaGiulia]

And this is my I love this channel so much, I wasn't expecting that!

[@FearlessSon]

12:04 - Honestly, at exactly that moment I was playing Kerbal Space Program on my other screen while listening to this video. I do that all the time, doing some "low attention" output in one channel of my brain while I have another "low attention" input on another channel of my brain.

[@Resulka]

There's two movies I always thought had interesting voice overs/Narrators - The first being The Glass Slipper - mostly because of the strangest character voice the narrator is given. He has such a standard Narrator's voice for the era but the phrasing for the time is so off. When someone who sounds like they could be telling you about the great depression suddenly says "Y'know, it's one if those cycle things" it can just throw you. I adore that movie but such strange yet wonderful things I notice about it as I get older. The other movie is the Enchanted Cottage - with the Narrator at the beginning and end like he's discussing the couple at the party and then he's in the story entirely without narration... But sees a lot for a blind pianist... It's certainly something I consider a lot when designing adventure games - whether to have a narrator and if I do if they should have a discernable character slant. The game I'm currently working on has one of the characters in the plot as narrator and so she had to narrate upon herself - which makes it even muddier but oh well. It's one little blip in the tapestry of the game world where she fits perfectly everywhere else.

[@asalways1504]

Better late than never, Kyle. Quality over quantity is always preferred.

[@writerspen010]

Oh man, I'm going to be thinking about this video for weeks...

[@geneirai]

11:42 is why I love you so much kyle, you are a genuine creative who pushes their content to be both funny and informative while using that humour to make your audience think or punctuate your point

[@einootspork]

And in this moment, I swear, we are Spider-Man

[@artemis7093]

Thank you, thank you, thank you Kyle! Your videos are so good and amazing ❤

[@xingcat]

This is great. We are much more trained to be taken in by sound than visual stimuli. Otherwise, we'd have more visual track than soundtracks in movies. I love exploring stuff like this.

[@thehopeofeden597]

This starts with a Fantastia clip as I watch "Fun and Fancy Free." Huh.

[@MDBowron]

Literary critic Northrop Frye talked about there being 4 presentation styles: "epos" where the author addresses the audience but the characters are hidden, followed by "Drama" where characters address the audience but the author is hidden, "fiction" where characters and the author address the audience and nothing is hidden, and "lyric" where the author addresses characters and the audience is hidden. These four were related to four modes of literature, where the character differs in power in different historical periods. "Myth" for Gods like Hercules or Christ, "Romance" for demi-gods or classical heroes like King Arthur or Beowulf, "High Mimetic" for leaders or national heroes like Richard VIII or Othello, "Low Mimetic" which is everyday common people like in Madame Bovary, and "Ironic" where the character is inferior to us, like say Forrest Gump or Winston Smith or Chance the Gardener. One thing he noticed in Western Literature was that the hero or protagonist has moved from gods in Classical periods to romances in Medieval, High Mimetic in The Renaissance, Low Mimetic in Modern Times and Ironic in contemporary times, or the early to mid 20th century, and may now in the late 20th century to early 21st century may be moving back into myth with genres like science fiction and superhero movies or disaster films. There were also four genres matching the seasons: Comedy for Spring, Romance for Summer, Tragedy for Fall/Autumn, and Irony and Satire for Winter. These could also be correlated with the 4 presentation styles and four major periods of history, Medieval, Renaissance, Modern and Contemporary. If so we have moved slightly beyond "fiction" which began with recorded written stories and was most common in the form of the novel, and been replaced more with "lyric" which I more consider as recorded sound, being an event of radio, television, audiobooks, music in general and podcasts. While novel is printed material, lyric is electronic, different to epos which is more spoken directly to an audience in the form of oral storytelling.

[@prof_parahelix2390]

"Being an actor, he will go on speaking for some time. It is not important that you hear what he says." Man I needed those kneecaps

[@ceedubelu]

Your stuff always brings a smile to my day. This is no different. Keep up the good work, please.

[@ShawnRavenfire]

We often picture cavemen sitting around a campfire listening to the storyteller, but if you think about it, the cave painting were done in such a way that they would seem to move as the light flickered, so the storytellers probably were off to the side or behind the audience. So if you think about it, they were probably the first voice-over artists.

[@nathaniellevesque2782]

You should do a video on why film adaptations of The Hunchback of Notre Dame rarely use the book's original ending.

[@sammidai1030]

beautiful work

[@AuraSight]

"We are- Spiderman" Kyle calling Spiderverse's theme a year in advance.

[@ThePa1riot]

Good. I was actually starting to think you wore the suit and tie everywhere. XD

[@razzlefrazzlelor]

The funny thing was, today I wanted to listen to something while I was drawing so I played this in the background without realising that this video in fact was about voiceovers LOL

[@MoonShadowWolfe]

I often do just listen to your videos. Never the first time; I always watch the first time. But most rewatchings, yeah, I do something else and just listen. Your steady cadence can be very comforting. I've noticed this disconnect from the body for a while. First when I was thirteen and I got into the furry community, where it's customary to interact using a cartoon animal face. And from there, it occurred to me that most online interaction is using some kind of mask; little cartoon men as you mentioned, or cartoon animals, but it can also just be a profile picture. Any kind of chosen face counts. I've come to care more about the face someone's chooses than I care about the face they were born with, and I think it tells me more about who they are. And personally, I think it's a good sign. It takes a shortcut around most of our biases; any subconscious distrust people might have for someone for being unattractive, for being a different race, what-have-you, doesn't matter if they can't be seen and so what they look like can't impede their message. What's more, once it sinks in that you don't know what someone looks like, sometimes even what their voice sounds like, you stop assuming those details and keep in mind that you might be talking to anyone. And the effect of constantly doing that, listening or talking to someone without knowing anything about their appearance, gradually weakens the importance of those things in someone's mind. I've had it proven to me over and over that I can't judge someone's intelligence or skill just by looking at them; it's one thing to hear that you can't judge a book by its cover, but it's quite another thing to experience that.

[@WikiSorcerer]

Could our propensity to detach our identity's from our own faces be a sign of the next stage of our evolution? Is this prospect a good thing? A bad thing? Should I even use words as meaningless as "good" and "bad" in this context?

[@ThePinkStarsGirl]

I think I added like 50 movies to my watchlist only by seeing this video...

[@MoonShadowWolfe]

Rewatching this video (and actually watching), I started to wonder, 'Where do you even begin to compile all these clips? How did you think of that perfect illustration of your point?' Not 'where did you see the movie', because these aren't obscure movies, but 'how did you remember all these examples of voice independent of image'? The only way I could put together something like this is to have the idea of this topic (and a fairly broad one at that, simply the section of the video about all the different emotional effects acousmatic sound can have) in my head while I'm watching movie after movie in my spare time. I see an example I _might_ use, I write it down. Eventually, I'd accrue a vast collection of possible examples and write that section of the script, probably using comparatively few of them.

[@Sacr3dJoe]

Thats a great jacket you got there, Mr. Kallgren

[@idrils]

A note about March of the Penguin, because you mention it : in its original, french version, it has no voice over - just images and music make the narration understood. But voice over narration was requested for the american audience ...

[@tereziamarkova2822]

12:05 - Damn, you got me here. And I am not even ashamed of it, when the main focus of the video is on presenter's speech, like on most of the movie reviews and analysis I "watch", visuals are usually super boring (the only exeption I've encountered are Nostalgia Critic videos, which have a well-developed visual humor and even a plot of sorts, so they are closer to actual parody movies rather than pure reviews).

[@seniseviyurum]

If you're curious, I've often heard that Rouben Mamoulian's City Street (1931) was the first film to use voice over to represent someone's thoughts. But when looking it up to confirm, turns out it was just the first *American* film to do so. Apparently the sound version of Hitchcock's Blackmail got there first. So there ya go, heh..

[@MoonSpiritChannel]

As a fellow content creator myself, I actually find myself more comfy doing VO than on camera work b/c there's less work to be done behind the mic. For the record, I was kind of expecting this to be about voice acting rather than the act of voice overs overall. But I like this.

[@Forceprincess]

I clicked on another tab twice, while watching this. I'm ashamed of myself!

[@dubbingsync]

Well at least we got one little scene from In A World... in a video about voiceover

[@lostuser1094]

Deconstruction baby!

[@TheRappingCrocodile]

Such a good video. Couldn't help thinking of Critical Role. That's the show you mostly hear but also can see and get so much more from it. Also it's the polar opposite of reality tv and I LOVE IT.

[@coffeefrog]

I was hoping you'd include that clip from Adaptation. Great stuff!

[@deltaprime3509]

Excuse me Kyle is possible for to make a video talking about what holidays mean for people like a full breakdown

[@nanardeurlambda]

Another origin for the voice-over, that I'm surprized you didn't mention, could be the early to mid silent era of the bonimenteur(sorry, couldn't find a english name for them). basically in early films a man would assigned in each theater to comment or explain parts of the movie. it's something that fade as directors started getting more confident in their visual storytelling.

[@171QA]

I was just wondering the other day when you'd upload a new video. :) This is a nice surprise.

[@SuperMegaPeanut]

Awesome! Though, it should be noted, Chion borrowed the idea of the acousmatic from Pierre Schaeffer, rather than from the Pythagoras.

[@gg.gama666]

Marked out for City of God, amazing video like usual

[@Djinnk042]

Voiceover just allows more info to be presented in a shorter period of time. That's ideal for KZbin.

[@KronosMonkeyKing]

once again another brilliant video!

[@UltimateKyuubiFox]

We are Spider-Man.

[@Crusader1089]

Oh hey Xidnaf! I wasn't expecting to see him show up on one of your videos!

[@violatralala]

Now I NEED Kyle to voice someone in the WTNW universe 😭