The Art of Subtitling

Carly bases her descriptions on the film's genre, style and features. The sound effects needed for a thriller like Stranger Things are very different from those used in historical period dramas. Carly belongs to a team of subtitlers who try to make their descriptions as close as possible to the sounds they hear. For example, upbeat music might be described as jaunty, full of energy and confidence. And so if you have a very upbeat sort of period piece where the music is very jaunty,. like you would use the word jaunty to describe the music, it's creating an idea of what a sound is like.