Re: [Avid-L2] OT: Closed Captioning and title safe

Standard CC vendors are used to working with visuals that have been designed without regard to captioning. The caption position will be shifted as necessary to minimize interference with on screen elements. Captions can be moved up/down/left/right into about 9 standard positions. In drama, they are shifted to associate best with the speaker. In non-fiction they generally remain bottom center, but they are commonly moved to the top of screen briefly to avoid covering ID text, or just above the ID if that works better. Obviously you can minimize this by considering captions when designing your visuals, but it's tough.

Consult with a closed caption provider for guidance. We like National Captioning Institute (NCI) in the Washington, DC metro area.

Cheers,
tod

On Mar 18, 2013, at 11:35 AM, Michael Hancock wrote:

> I'm getting ready to work on commercial spots that will be closed captioned
> and the client is concerned that any supers we put on the spot will be
> covered by the closed captioning, if the view has them turned on. Is there
> an industry standard safe area to avoid for your supers if you're editing
> with closed captioning in mind? Or do all TVs display them a little
> differently? We will likely have the closed captioning done by a service
> like Extreme Reach, with an HD and center punched SD spot as a deliverable,
> if that matters.
>
> Anybody have any insight on this, or can you point me to some reading
> material? A preliminary google search didn't yield much, but I may not be
> searching for the right terms.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Michael
>
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