How to Record Voice Over for a TV Newscast

Video Transcript

"BILL ALBIN: Hello, I'm Bill Albin. And on behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to teach you what you need to know to be a local news reporter. In this clip, we're going to talk about VOs. The VOs are one of the four basic story types. Those being the readers, VOs, VOSOTs and packages. What sets the VO apart from the others is it's just video. VO stands for voice over. That means me talking and video flowing by. You wouldn't see me in the picture itself. I'd be off somewhere else doing my own thing and you would only see video. You'd still hear me talking but you wouldn't see me. There wouldn't be any sound bites. There will be no pre-packaged materials that go with it. You might not even see me on camera during the entire story at any time. And what would you use the video for? Well, it's a story that you don't need to see me in. You don't need a sound bite for. Let's say you're talking about something like the auto show, and people just want to see the pretty cars. They want to see the new flashy supercharged this or the 0 to 60 that. They don't want to look at me. They want to look at the new sports car. Well, we show them the new sports car, and it's right there in front of them, and they would never see me at any point during that story."