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Posted by Robin Jansen (Member # 4212) on March 27, 2014, 04:56 PM:
Long time ago I saw a machine to attach subtitles to a film on the dutch version of ebay. Today I was wandering how subtitles were attached to films. Dan anyone explain?
Posted by Paul Mason (Member # 4015) on March 28, 2014, 06:40 AM:
Robin,
Prior to the modern digital era there were two main methods: 1) Optical and 2) Chemical. The optical method involved the combined printing of the negative and sub-tiles on to a positive print. The chemical method used wax or paraffin and heat treatment in a kind of printing press directly on to the film print. More details here:
History of Sub-titling
Posted by Robin Jansen (Member # 4212) on March 30, 2014, 04:32 PM:
Thanks Paul. Explanation is loud and clear.
Posted by Allan Broadfield (Member # 2298) on March 31, 2014, 07:12 AM:
In the labs we oft used the mentioned separate subtitle neg. supplied, placed between the picture neg and print stock. Also available were various aspect ratio negs for clients who had shot full screen but required a 'wide screen' effect on their prints.
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