depends...
...on what you want to do?
TITLE: Paris, France. 1944.
...displays the text on a black screen.
SCROLLING TITLE: France, 1944. The Allied advance meets determined German resistance in the hedgerows and trenches of this war-torn country. This is the story of one particular American infantry unit, commanded by a determined young officer who knows his men think him a coward just like his pappy. He will do anything to prove them wrong...
...blah blah and up she goes while we all fall asleep.
SUPER: Paris, France. 1944.
...displays the text over the picture, in the center of the screen.
SUBTITLE: Paris, France. 1944.
...displays the text over the picture, at the bottom of the screen.
With dialogue, you can use a parenthetical to indicate spoken language, and whether you want English translation subtitles to appear:
FRENCH SAILOR
(in French)
Now there is a pretty girl!
FRENCH SAILOR
(in French; subtitled)
Now there is a pretty girl!
GERMAN SOLDIER
(in German)
Halt, or I will shoot!
GERMAN SOLDIER
(in German; subtitled)
Halt, or I will shoot!
...and you don't have to include the foreign translation, just the English.
-Derek
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