intertitle

To insert text into a film in this way.

Noun

  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.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:intertitle.

    Synonyms: title card leader subtitle

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁én Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér Proto-Italic *n̥ter Latin inter Latin inter-bor. English inter- Latin titulusbor. Old English titul Middle English title English title English intertitle From inter- + title.

Forms

intertitles

Verb

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

Forms

intertitles intertitling intertitled