Intertitle

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A piece of static text inserted into the film to provide context or other information.

    "The film made frequent use of intertitles: every scene change was accompanied by text describing the new location."

Verb
  1. 1
    To insert text into a film in this way.

Synonyms

All synonyms
leadersubtitletitle card

Example

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"The film made frequent use of intertitles: every scene change was accompanied by text describing the new location."

Etymology

From inter- + title.

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