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  • Should hold a maximum of two lines of text on screen at a time.

  • In case of CC - should have a coloured background with high contrast (i.e. white on black).

  • In case of Subtitles - should have high contrast with the film (i.e. coloured background or stroke).

  • Font should be similar to Helvetica Arial (a sans serif font).

  • Font should be large enough to read easily (minimum font size of 18 points).

  • In case of CC - Background noises, or non-speech sounds, should be added in square brackets in capital letters.

  • Punctuation and both lower- and upper-case letters should be used.

  • Limit captions to 20 to 30 characters on screen per second.

  • Left-justify or Center-justified multi-line captions.

  • Should be placed in the center of the lower third of the screen, but move when obscuring important visual elements.

For your RAZOR submission you must follow a specific styling of the captions. Click HERE to go to the page with all the requirements.

VISUAL EXAMPLE OF SUBTITLES AND CAPTIONS

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