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The Emperor's New Groove (2000)

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DZ-110: Voiceover

How can you use voiceover without it feeling like a cheat?

AI✦Uses Kuzco’s voiceover to explore how the distinction between self-address and direct address affects what information surfaces and how, ultimately determining whether the technique enhances or undermines narrative tension and audience connection.✦

⏱ 1h 41m

31 MAY 2024

Character · Audience · Words

Listen to explore how voiceover can set tone, reveal character, enhance empathy, and create tension.

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How can you use Voiceover without it feeling like a cheat?… →

Films: The Emperor's New Groove (2000) , Pain & Gain (2013) , Veronica Mars (2004)

Shows: Veronica Mars 1x1

Character: Character Motivation , Unreliable Narrator

Audience: Audience Sympathy , Tension

Words: Voiceover

"What it’s actually doing, because the other question is who are they talking to, you know, themselves or directly to the audience? I think what’s actually really interesting about this is it sounds like he’s talking directly to the audience, but really he’s talking to himself, right? Voice over Kuzco is trying to talk to- In the story world, Cusco, right? And that affects what he’s saying."

— stu | DZ-110: Voiceover

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