Jorge Díaz Cintas & Aline Remael Subtitling: Concepts and Practices

TYPE OF DOCUMENT Instructions & script

CHAPTER 4
EXERCISE 4.5.11
KEY Web > Chapter 4 > Exercises > Exercise 4.5.11
FILM House on Haunted Hill
SCENE Hysteria
TOPIC Subtitles layout – OOONA

About the film

Five people are invited by Frederick and Annabelle Loren to spend 12 hours in the house on Haunted Hill. All
who manage to do so will receive $10,000. The house is presumably haunted and greed drives most of the
guests, who immediately face various threats to their lives. A chandelier almost kills one; another is
haunted by the ghostly apparition of an old crone; while yet another gets a bump on the head in a
mysterious room. As the guests continue to be frightened and threatened, two have their own very
specific reason for being there and not everyone will live through the night.
imdb.com/title/tt0051744

Activity
All the in and out times of the subtitles shown in this video are assumed to be correct and you do
not need to adjust them. However, you will see that many subtitles are in different colours and
fonts and appear all over the screen. Your task is to make sure that all the subs appear in the
same colour and they are centre-positioned and centre-justified at the bottom of the screen.

Transcription of dialogue

NORA: I don't want to stay here!

FREDERICK: Nora, what happened? That's Jonas Slydes and his wife. They’ve been caretakers here for
years. She's blind, you know?
NORA: I'm not going to stay here!
FREDERICK: Well doctor, it looks like we have a real case of hysteria on our hands.
DAVID: I think she's just a little upset, not hysterical.
ANNABELLE: Good evening.
FREDERICK: Hello, my dear. This is my wife. These are our guests.