Voice-over technique is likewise used to give voices and personalities to animated characters. In Herman Melville's Moby Dick (1956), Ishmael ( Richard Basehart) narrates the story, and he 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 its 1974 television remake. Voice-over is added in addition to any existing dialogue and is not to be confused with voice acting or the process of replacing dialogue with a translated version, the latter of which is called dubbing or revoicing. It may also be read live for events such as award presentations. Voice-overs are used in video games and on-hold messages, as well as for announcements and information at events and tourist destinations. It is usually prerecorded and placed over the top of a film or video and commonly used in documentaries or news reports to explain information. Asynchronous, however, is also used in cinema. Synchronous dialogue, where the voice-over is narrating the action that is taking place at the same time, remains the most common technique in voice-overs. 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 actor. 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.

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