voice-overs in TV-dramas

[Caroline Flaxman]

NHK provides narration on the "bilingual" audio channel for its
sight-impaired audience. The problem may go away if you change
the settings on your television.

Caroline Flaxman


>Once more, a TV-related question:
>
>How come that Japanese TV-dramas place so much emphasis on voice-over
>narration? (Schoolgirl stares into the camera; voice-over: "Hiroko,
>looking disappointed"; schoolgirl A walks away from schoolgirl B after a
>brief conversation; voice-over "schoolgirl A, walking away; schoolgirl
>B, watching schoolgirl A walking away", and so on, and so on.) One feels
>tempted to explain this as a device to make up for bad acting or
>directing, but perhaps there are other reasons.
>
>--
>birgit kellner
>department for indian philosophy
>hiroshima university
>