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31: 44: 166: 74:) the photographed action at various points. Intertitles used to convey character dialogue are referred to as "dialogue intertitles", and those used to provide related descriptive/narrative material are referred to as "expository intertitles". In modern usage, the terms refer to similar text and logo material inserted at or near the start or end of films and television shows. 311:
format and recorded directly onto the film. Several specialty accessories from this period such as Sony's HVT-2100 Titler and cameras such as Matsushita's Quasar VK-743 and Zenith VC-1800 could be used to generate intertitles for home movies. Early 1980s video game consoles and applications catering
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aficionados to intertitle their works post-production led to the development of a number of innovative approaches to the challenge. Frequently lacking access to high-quality film dubbing and splicing equipment, amateur film makers must plan ahead when making a film to allow space for filming an
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intertitle over the existing film. Intertitles may be printed neatly on a piece of paper, a card, or a piece of cardboard and filmed, or they may be formed from adhesive strips and affixed to glass. In the early 1980s,
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device (they were common for providing narration, but not dialogue, well into the 1930s), but they are occasionally still used as an artistic device. For instance, intertitles were used as a
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as the first British film to use intertitles. Film scholar Kamilla Elliott identifies another early use of intertitles in the 1901 British film
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is a modern filmmaker known for recreating the style of older films, and uses intertitles appropriately. Some locally produced shows, such as
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once the films became of sufficient length and detail to necessitate dialogue or narration to make sense of the enacted or documented events.
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were also adapted for the generation and recording of intertitles for home films. Among these were included the
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and its related spinoffs used them to give not only the location, but also the date of the upcoming scene.
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Nagels, Katherine (2012). "'Those funny subtitles': Silent film intertitles in exhibition and discourse".
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Woodcock, Roderick (May 1983). "The TV Den: Understanding Techniques and Technology".
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presentation in 1929 included an award for "Best Writing – Title Cards" that went to
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uses them to give location, date and information on distant events beyond
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The British Film Catalogue, by Denis Gifford (Routledge, 2016), page 142.
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technology improved to the point where intertitles could be created in
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Chisholm, Brad (1987). Marsden, Michael T.; Nachbar, John G. (eds.).
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Intertitles have also had a long history in the area of
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Intertitles

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari

films
silent film era
subtitles
captions
Art Deco
silent films
The British Film Catalogue
Robert W. Paul
Scrooge, or, Marley's Ghost
first Academy Awards
Joseph W. Farnham
Fair Co-Ed
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
Telling the World
talkies

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epigraph
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