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Re: Captions/Subtitles for Music Videos

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From: L Snider
Date: Oct 9, 2020 6:28AM

This leads from Jonathan's comment...I have seen a few videos in the last
month that used 'sad music', 'energetic music' etc. in the captions and it
was a great way to know what was going on (I use captions on Facebook, I
rarely listen to a video on there).

Cheers

Lisa

On Tue, Oct 6, 2020 at 1:33 PM Jonathan Avila < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> I'd add that just a music character in the captions is likely not enough
> if the music is communicating a mood, effect, or something more than just
> decoration. I find that in many videos music foreshadows events and sets
> the stage to put the watcher on edge -- which you don't get without at
> least some indication of the mood, tone, genre of the music being
> indicated. Another example - playful light staccato music might indicate
> that people are play fighting, etc. rather than at real odds.
>
> Jonathan
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