Forum: Subtitling
Topic: What does frame gap mean when creating subtitles?
Poster: Jocelin Meunier
Post title: To ease the reading
Gaps are important in the sense that they allow a better reading. Let's say some character talks for a long time, how do you pack it all in one subtitle? The end result would be that half the screen is filled with text. So, long speeches need to be separated into several subtitles.
As Kristohper said, a frame is a short period, a fraction of a second. If this makes sense, imagine that a two-frame break is the equivalent of quickly taking your breath during a speech. It's the same in subtitling, we avoid subtitles that go for too long or are too bloated so that it's comfortable to read, and frame gaps are the tools we use to divide a speech.
Topic: What does frame gap mean when creating subtitles?
Poster: Jocelin Meunier
Post title: To ease the reading
Gaps are important in the sense that they allow a better reading. Let's say some character talks for a long time, how do you pack it all in one subtitle? The end result would be that half the screen is filled with text. So, long speeches need to be separated into several subtitles.
As Kristohper said, a frame is a short period, a fraction of a second. If this makes sense, imagine that a two-frame break is the equivalent of quickly taking your breath during a speech. It's the same in subtitling, we avoid subtitles that go for too long or are too bloated so that it's comfortable to read, and frame gaps are the tools we use to divide a speech.