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Video: Captioning from beginning to end
Videos need to be closed captioned from the moment the first movie logo appears on the screen, particularly in cases where theme music or other important sounds are playing over the logos of movie studios such as Warner Bros Pictures. Moreover, captions often need to do more than simply indicate that “[music plays]” or “[phone rings].” When background music, environmental sounds, or even ring tones are connected in some way to the content of the film, those sounds need to be, whenever possible, identified by name — even when they are playing over logos. Captions should start, if needed, as soon as the movie studio’s logo appears on the screen. [...]
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