Calls From The Führerbunker

John LaBonney said:
I could use more development time for Barn Dance too. But the fact is that I wrote it for this short time limit. In order to expand it to nine or ten minutes I would have to do a rewrite. Besides, we didn't shoot much additional footage outside of what was needed, so I don't expect to make a director's cut.
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Cool. I ended up writing a good seven pages in the end. I don't go nine or ten minutes with seven pages. Maybe eight minutes max. Similar to last time.

Cheers,

Mike
 
Playing with subtitle fonts. I needed to use colour. White wasn't showing up during certain scenes. Neither was grey.

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Let me know what you think.

Mike
 
Way to low. Don't plan on seeing that on TV, gets cut off.

I like it though, just move it up.

Also, post more grabs with it. More than one example would help. Maybe a clip while your at it. Oh hell just put the movie, that'll make it easier. But make sure it's the WHOLE movie. :):D

Robbie
 
It wouldn't get cut off on TV. It's going to be a 2:35:1 aspect ratio so there would still be some black bars below the image. Some of the black bars would get cut off, but not all of them entirely.

I agree though, I think it needs to be higher.
 
I half-agree with Alex... feels too low, but I find it doesn't 'pop' like it should. Subtitles aren't meant to be artsy (I know, I'd want to make them look slick too). They should be easy to read so you can watch the movie and not have to concentrate on the reading...you know what I mean?

I did a hugh Cosmetology training DVD Series and had to include both English and Spanish subtitles as well as English and Spanish audio tracks. That's when I really learned about subtitles. If you make them a little bigger and a brighter yellow (in this case), the eye will be able to read them without having to focus on them. The viewer can then enjoy the awesome visuals you create in all your films. IMHO
 
ZazaCast said:
I half-agree with Alex... feels too low, but I find it doesn't 'pop' like it should. Subtitles aren't meant to be artsy (I know, I'd want to make them look slick too). They should be easy to read so you can watch the movie and not have to concentrate on the reading...you know what I mean?

I did a hugh Cosmetology training DVD Series and had to include both English and Spanish subtitles as well as English and Spanish audio tracks. That's when I really learned about subtitles. If you make them a little bigger and a brighter yellow (in this case), the eye will be able to read them without having to focus on them. The viewer can then enjoy the awesome visuals you create in all your films. IMHO
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Seems like brighter and slightly higher may be a good idea. I'll give both of those suggestions a try. :thumbup:
 
Agree with Penguin (I can't believe I just said that) that the muted tone really fits the film ... assuming I know what kind of film he thinks it is.


Looks good.
 
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