Sentence examples for footage narration from inspiring English sources

It is a narrative documentary collage using real footage, narration and subtitles, telling several small stories to create one big story, of how the impulse toward heroism, optimism, exploration and dissent has been eroded.

Now Mr. Van Zandt, the actor, producer and longtime guitarist with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band,  has persuaded the Rascals to do a set of shows that will not only be the first concerts the quartet has performed together since the early '70s, but will also tell the group's history through archival footage, narration and dramatic film segments.

Although images may be edited to fit the commentary, as in a documentary using primarily archival footage, most narration is added as a separate track and mixed like sound effects and music.

The credits of Raoul Peck's stunning documentary, "I Am Not Your Negro" list the subject of the film, James Baldwin, as its screenwriter because all of the words are Baldwin's own, through archival footage and narration by Samuel L. Jackson.

The 1980s footage, the narration by longtime New York crime reporter Jim Dwyer, the young boys in their taped confessions, the young men recalling their experiences with the same near-horror they must have experienced then, and the complete injustice of the whole ordeal reminds us that our criminal justice system is imperfect.

Blending more traditional animal documentary style footage with dramatic narration, the series told the story of the Whiskers, one of more than a dozen families of meerkats in the Kalahari Desert being studied as part of the Kalahari Meerkat Project, a long-term field study into the ecological causes and evolutionary consequences of the cooperative nature of meerkats.

Nearly 50 men and women talk about their wartime experiences, their testimonies punctuated by historical footage and somber narration.

Their subject matter may be grim — suicide, grief, violence, murderous dictators — but his constructions of found footage and appropriated narration are inviting and accessible.

Uncertain at first about how to proceed, Mr Godard and Ms Miéville decided to recast the unfinished work, mixing what they had shot with file footage, voice-over narration and written commentary.

The result is an unevenly paced muddle, with adoring voice-over testimonials about Mr. Swift's influence, old film footage, some direct narration from Mr. Swift (the best and most informative part of the show), impressive skill and high enthusiasm from the dancers.

Part 1, on Sunday night, often seems like a random collection of footage with flowery narration thrown in, which makes it the visual equivalent of the ambient sounds that you might coax from your stereo to help you wind down at bedtime.