Comments on: Language Arts http://nonfictionmedia.com/blog/2008/06/03/language-arts/ nonfiction media's documentary production diary :: Nepal Fri, 13 Aug 2010 13:56:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Chris Boulton http://nonfictionmedia.com/blog/2008/06/03/language-arts/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Chris Boulton Wed, 04 Jun 2008 07:31:02 +0000 http://nonfictionmedia.com/blog/?p=190#comment-99 I commend your choice to let the girls speak in their own language. Keep in mind that, in addition to subtitles and voice-over, you also have the option of simultaneous on-camera translation. What I like about this technique is that you can watch the subject's face as they listen to their own words in English. "Manda Bala" uses this strategy to great effect. To see a sample, use the link below, skip to 3:45 and watch till about 6:30. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJYTiMy8VY&feature=related Cheers, CB I commend your choice to let the girls speak in their own language. Keep in mind that, in addition to subtitles and voice-over, you also have the option of simultaneous on-camera translation. What I like about this technique is that you can watch the subject’s face as they listen to their own words in English. “Manda Bala” uses this strategy to great effect. To see a sample, use the link below, skip to 3:45 and watch till about 6:30.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlJYTiMy8VY&feature=related

Cheers,

CB

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