Why is it that subtitles on old films (like black & white) are shown for quite a while on screen, and the further into the future we get - the less time on screen the subtitles are shown?
Do the film makers believe the human race continously developes faster reading skills? ......its now at the point where i can either watch the film or read the subtitles but not do both.
Anyone else get this or just me? ?
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2007-01-21 01:21:36 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
yes i totally agree, if there is alot of writing in the subtitles then i end up concentrating so hard on trying to read them in time, that i end up losing track of what is going on in the film and im totally lost and the film is ruined! i thought it was just me that had the problem!
2007-01-21 01:30:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dialogue is quicker on films these days with a lot less pauses in between speaking. The subtitles have to be fast to keep up. I guess that people demand faster paced films and shows these days.
2007-01-21 01:29:11 · answer #2 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-24 04:41:18 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The subtitling needs to match the amount spoken on film and it can't take up much space, so it need to be paced accordingly. I'm so used to subtitles I don't notice that at all.
2007-01-21 01:25:46 · answer #4 · answered by Cold Bird 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some really recent good movies have been subtitled.
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Apocalypto
Sometimes you need subtitles to capture the true essence of the movie.
2007-01-21 01:39:33 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a big fan of American cinema. Here in Berlin / Germany we watch --- Thank God --- those beautiful movies in the original version.
So we need subtitles. You cannot stand good American movies set up in German. Nothing fits. The voices do not fir to the character.
So it is better --- for us --- to see the "ov" with subtitles and hearing the original voice of our hero than hearing it in German or Italian.
PS: A good movie I watch more than twice...
Aaron.
2007-01-21 01:59:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
ive notice this too...i think its because the pace of modern films has got quicker due to the alleged shortening of people's attention spans--in the old days the films were much more sedate and developed at a more natural pace-think of casablanca etc
2007-01-21 01:26:23 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I understand. I have to read the subtitles for my wife and even I can;t keep up with it
2007-01-21 02:18:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well they have to coz films are faster paced these days, I dont understand why ppl have probs with em they're not too hard to follow i think
2007-01-21 01:31:57 · answer #9 · answered by NightOwl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is because further conversation does not push the plot foreword anymore.
It is an old silent movie trick called acting through expression.
showing surprise with your eyes instead of saying OH my!!!
2007-01-21 01:28:20 · answer #10 · answered by Rickdark1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋