Captions - duration
by Sil Bia on Oct 29, 2012 at 12:02:41 pm
Hi all
I need to edit some captions on a documentary for cinema / tv distribution.
I am now wondering if there is any standard about the lenght of captions; of course every caption needs to stay on sceen the necessary time to be read, but I wonder if there is any general standard / rule that I should follow.
Re: Captions - duration by Joseph Owens on Oct 29, 2012 at 5:17:48 pm
If what you are talking about are actually subtitles then you may not have any choice about how long to keep them on screen -- sync is the overriding factor.
jPo
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Re: Captions - duration by Sil Bia on Oct 29, 2012 at 5:37:58 pm
Oh no, it's about interview captions (lower thirds), whith name and title of the interviewee. I guess for that reaidng time x 2 will be fine. Thanks all!
Re: Captions - duration by Shane Ross on Oct 29, 2012 at 6:09:55 pm
LOWER THIRDS! That's different. Typically 4-5 seconds, no less than 2. We thought you were talking about subtitles...words on the screen over what people are saying, so you can understand what they are saying if they are speaking a different language or if the audio is somehow inaudible. That rule of thumb is 2x read through.
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