When was the first time subtitles were used for the original target audience?
Subtitles are traditionally (and, probably, most often) used for movies that were originally made for speakers of a different language--e.g., English-language subtitles added to a movie made in Danish, for Danes. But sometimes, in recent decades, a movie or TV show will have some lines in a foreign language to the target audience, with subtitles in the target audience's language--e.g., an American movie may have a few conversations in Danish, with English subtitles.
When was the first time this--use of a foreign language, with subtitles in the target audience's language--was done?
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What was the first movie with subtitles?
The first example of subtitles appeared in 1903, in Edwin S. Porter's Uncle Tom's Cabin.Who created subtitles?
Today we call them intertitles because they came between scenes, unlike modern subtitles. The earliest films with these kinds of subtitles appeared in the late 1800s. Two filmmakers pioneered them: James Stuart Blackton and Robert W. Paul.How were subtitles created?
Subtitles were created due to the expense involved in otherwise entirely re-filming movies with foreign dialogue or dubbing a foreign voiceover in sync with the original video. Subtitles would effectively bridge the gap between intertitles and audible speech.Why are subtitles called subtitles?
The word subtitle is the prefix sub\u2013 (\u201cbelow\u201d) followed by title. Of course, literary types may first think of a book's title, with a subtitle below it. For video content, here's a simple subtitle meaning \u2014 Subtitles are lines of text at the bottom of the screen that translate the spoken dialogue into another language.What Is Localization? - Demo (Subtitled)
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