Twilight – Sean Zdenek, PhD

February 27, 2011

Iambic pentameter captions?

Should poems and other quoted material be captioned as they were originally written?

Captioning/Visual Design

A screenshot from Twilight (2008) featuring Kristen Stewart

September 26, 2009

Twilight: Captioning the “gaspiest” movie ever

Featured post from 2009: How should gasps, groans, sighs, grunts, scoffs, moans, pants and other assorted “breathy” sounds be captioned? When should they be captioned? What’s the difference between them? Why does it matter?

Captioning/Non-Speech

A screenshot from Twilight (2008) featuring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson

August 15, 2009

Exploring Twilight and music lyrics through closed captions

In this example from Twilight, captioned music lyrics draw meaning out of hiding as the backchannel breaks through into the viewer’s consciousness.

Captioning/Music

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Iambic pentameter captions?

Twilight: Captioning the “gaspiest” movie ever

Exploring Twilight and music lyrics through closed captions