Editing Voice-over (section)

===Character device===
In ''[[Moby Dick (1956 film)|Moby Dick]]'' (1956), [[Ishmael (Moby-Dick)|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 (film)|Sunset Boulevard]]'' (1950) and Eric Erickson (William Holden) in ''[[The Counterfeit Traitor]]'' (1962); adult Pip ([[John Mills]]) in ''[[Great Expectations (1946 film)|Great Expectations]]'' (1946) and [[Michael York (actor)|Michael York]] in [[Great Expectations (1974 film)|its 1974 television remake]].

Voice-over technique is likewise used to give voices and personalities to animated characters. Noteworthy and versatile [[voice actor]]s include [[Mel Blanc]], [[Daws Butler]], [[Don Messick]], [[Paul Frees]], and [[June Foray]]. Charactering techniques in voice-overs are used to give personalities and voice to fictional characters. There has been some controversy with charactering techniques in voice-overs, particularly with white radio entertainers mimicking [[AAVE]].<ref>{{Cite book|title=Voice Over: The Making of Black Radio|last=Barlow|first=William|publisher=Temple University Press|year=1999|isbn=1-56639-667-0|location=Philadelphia, PA|pages=2}}</ref>

In the late 1920s, radio started to stray away from reporting exclusively on musicals and sporting events; instead, radio began to create serial talk shows as well as shows with fictional story lines.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Invisible Storytellers Voice-Over Narration in American Fictional Film|last=Kozloff|first=Sarah|publisher=University of California Press|year=1988|isbn=0-520-05861-5|location=United States of America|pages=26}}</ref> Radio became the ideal medium for voice impersonations.