Subtitles in Cinemas

jamo2oo9

Not 100% sure if this is the right forum for this.

Why is it so rare to get a subtitled film showing in cinemas outside Dublin?

I'm in Limerick and I would've imagined that there would be at least one cinema that offers subtitles on all films but at selected time given the population.


It's really frustrating that as a deaf person, I have to wait till the DVD is released before I can watch it and understand what is being said.

Skerries

do cinemas in Dublin show subtitles for main stream films or is it only certain showings?

jamo2oo9

Skerries wrote: »

do cinemas in Dublin show subtitles for main stream films or is it only certain showings?

I know that Cineworld does. They offer subtitles for the majority of the shows but mainly the top grossing films available at the time.

e_e

In any case it's definitely something you should contact your local cinema about. Shouldn't be too much to at least have a once a week showing.

biko

I never heard of this, except for non-English films.
So some cinemas in Dublin subtitle English language films? Good idea I suppose for deaf people and when the actors have thick accents

Generally most cinemas will have subtitled screenings on weekend afternoons. I know that there was talk awhile back of having cinemas show subtitles with any film if requested by a deaf audience member but I'm glad that it never went anywhere as it would be incredibly distracting.

I think that if no cinema close to you offers subtitled screenings the best course of action is to get onto them and see if they can accommodate it as I imagine there are a lot of deaf cinema fans out there who would jump at the chance for special screenings.

Guy:Incognito

I wonder could they incorporate it with 3d projectors. Obviously it would have to be on non 3d films but could they put the subtitles in and only have them visible with a set of glasses with the same polarising lens in each? Like with the PlayStation where you can have 2 players using 1 3d tv and both having full screen for each of their images.

Guy:Incognito

I would imagine most cinemas would have subtitled movies, albeit quite infrequently. The format is usually called AD/ST, meaning audio description and subtitles. These are catered towards those that are deaf and blind. Ask your local cinema about this. I'm not sure what they would call it, but explain that it's when there are subtitles and a voice narrating the story through Bluetooth headphones.

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

I wonder could they incorporate it with 3d projectors. Obviously it would have to be on non 3d films but could they put the subtitles in and only have them visible with a set of glasses with the same polarising lens in each? Like with the PlayStation where you can have 2 players using 1 3d tv and both having full screen for each of their images.

Interesting. I'm not 100% certain, but I'd imagine that the subtitles come in a separate file on the hard drive that contains the 3D movie. I don't imagine that they have to be in 3D themselves.

Guy:Incognito

Guy:Incognito wrote: »

I wonder could they incorporate it with 3d projectors. Obviously it would have to be on non 3d films but could they put the subtitles in and only have them visible with a set of glasses with the same polarising lens in each? Like with the PlayStation where you can have 2 players using 1 3d tv and both having full screen for each of their images.

There was talk of something akin to that awhile back and it's the kind of use of the tech that I could see happening.

jamo2oo9

Well I've sent an email to my local cinema in Limerick so hopefully I'll hear back from them soon!

Guy:Incognito

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Interesting. I'm not 100% certain, but I'd imagine that the subtitles come in a separate file on the hard drive that contains the 3D movie. I don't imagine that they have to be in 3D themselves.

The way it would have to work is for a 2D film to be shown with a 3D projector. With the 2nd lot of images being the subtitles rather than the 2nd lot of images it would normally use to make the picture 3D. So the subtitles are invisible to anyone not wearing glasses.

A similar, but better , scenario is that at home, yourself and the other half could be watching 2 different programs on a 3D tv , but to each of you it looks as if only your program is on. Both parties get their image in full screen, uninterrupted by the others program, which is essentially what happens with 2 player on the playstation. You're both playing a game together but cant see the others screen. Its as if you have 2 seperate TV's.