Re:BBC Subtitle Guidelines
by dragonwriter on Friday December 23, 2022 @11:23AM
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> But if you're watching the politician speak, you can already see all of the emotion in their facial expression and body movement.
No, you can’t; how much emotion is shown via those things vs. tone, volume, and other auditory cues varies from speaker to speaker and speech to speech; sometimes, speakers demonstrate one emotion through gestures but indicate that it is insincere/being mocked/etc. via vocal cues, even.
Not to mention the degree to which simultaneously tracking face and subtitles makes you likely to miss parts of either or both.
No, you can’t; how much emotion is shown via those things vs. tone, volume, and other auditory cues varies from speaker to speaker and speech to speech; sometimes, speakers demonstrate one emotion through gestures but indicate that it is insincere/being mocked/etc. via vocal cues, even.
Not to mention the degree to which simultaneously tracking face and subtitles makes you likely to miss parts of either or both.