In this post I will be looking at a small selection of two short films that showcase the use of narration excellently. The first film is called 'Voice Over', a film festival and online hit short directed by Martin Rosete. The clearly agitated narrator informs you that the astronaut on the screen is you, and you’re in trouble. You’ve crash-landed and your pressurised suit will only keep you alive for a limited amount of time. However, before your air runs out, you’re taken away to a totally different scenario. Then, with a similar race against time counting down, it happens again. The narrator is the key part of this film and it works really well. This film is definitely worth a watch.
The second film that uses narration excellently is a short film called 'The Gunfighter', an award-winning short film directed by Eric Kissack. This film is a brilliantly made comedy short that is about a narrator that tells the story of a lonesome cowboy who walks into a saloon. However, there is a twist; the so called 'gunslinger' can hear this narrator, and so can everyone else in the saloon. This narrator gives away everyones inner thoughts and it is very well thought through, and well made. Give this a watch.
Importance of dialect
With narration in film, it is vital that the voiceover is able to heard clearly and therefore easy to listen to while hearing and seeing whats going on in the film. A voiceover that is quiet and hard to make out will distract the viewing audience as they will have to work harder to make out what the narrator is saying instead of focusing on whats happening on screen.
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