Please, carefully read the below information to ensure your submission is correct!
For RAZOR submission, you should follow the Australian CC accessibility standards and create Open Captions in the correct styling.
Subtitles provide a text alternative for the dialogue of video footage – the spoken words of characters, narrators and other vocal participants. Most often used to translate audio to different languages.
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SUBTITLES | CLOSED CAPTIONS | OPEN CAPTIONS |
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Assumes viewers can hear audio | Does not assume viewers can hear audio | Does not assume viewers can hear audio |
Only includes dialogue | Includes dialogue, sound effects, music etc. | Includes dialogue, sound effects, music etc. |
Designed for audiences who are not fluent in the original language | Primarily designed for audiences who are Deaf or hard of hearing | Primarily designed for audiences who are Deaf or hard of hearing |
Developed prior to a film or TV show release | Often added after the film or TV show is released | Often added after the film or TV show is released |
Translates languages as text | Displays all dialogue and audio as text | Displays all dialogue and audio as text |
Can be burned in or not | Can be turned on and off (using .SRT file) | Burned into the film |
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If your film needs subtitles orclosedcaptions, make sure to follow the guidelines below. |
Guidelines for Subtitles and
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Captions:
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.
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SOME MORE GUIDLINES YOU MIGHT WANT TO HAVE A LOOK AT:https://techhelp.towson.edu/TDClient/1879/Portal/KB/ArticleDet?ID=140903 |
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
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CAPTIONS
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