By the end of this course, you will know how to:

  • master the subtitling rules related to shot changes and feel more confident about your subtitles

  • avoid most frequent subtitling errors so that you can keep getting more and better tasks

  • catch and eliminate many simple errors so that your QC scores can be impeccable

  • apply the 12-frame rule without second-guessing yourself

  • adjust subtitles quickly when they don't meet the requirements

  • use shortcuts to snap subtitles to shot changes

  • use automatic checks and fixes in professional subtitling software

Course curriculum

    1. 📽️ Welcome!

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    1. 📽️ What is a shot change?

    2. 📖 Shot detection functionality in subtitling tools

    3. 📖 What do shot changes have to do with subtitling?

    1. 📽️ Six rules on how to time subtitles around shot changes

    2. 🧩 Quiz on shot changes

    3. 📖 What does it look like in practice?

    4. 📖 How do I know I'm at the right distance from the shot change?

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    5. 📖 Various company guidelines on shot changes

    6. 📽️ How to define a hotkey to snap subtitles to shot changes in EZTitles and OOONA?

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    7. 📖 Why does it matter?

    1. 📽️ Congrats! What's next?

    2. 🌐 More resources for you

    3. 📌 Sharing the Certificate of Completion

    4. 🌟 Review Bonus

About this course

  • €49,00
  • 15 lessons
  • 0.5 hours of video content

What you will get from this mini course

Learn it in one sitting. Keep access for a year

  • 15 lessons

  • Video tutorials

  • Quizzes

  • Social media learning community

  • Certificate of Completion

  • 30 minutes to complete

Our guarantee

We are confident in the quality of our courses, which has been confirmed by many satisfied students. That’s why we are able to offer a 100% money-back guarantee.

If you buy the course and find that you did not learn anything new or that you think the course is not in line with its description or syllabus, we will refund you 100% of what you paid. [See “Terms of use” for details.]
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What our students are saying

Giuliana Tomio

5 star rating

“I really enjoyed this course. The videos are short and straight to the point, which makes learning easy and engaging. The visuals do a great job of reinforcing the content, and the quizzes are actually thought-provoking instead of just repetitive....”

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“I really enjoyed this course. The videos are short and straight to the point, which makes learning easy and engaging. The visuals do a great job of reinforcing the content, and the quizzes are actually thought-provoking instead of just repetitive. One of the biggest wins for me was finally understanding the tricky rules around subtitle timing and shot changes. It was something I'd always struggled with, and this course broke it down in a way that just clicked for me. Thanks!”

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CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION

Once you complete the course, you'll receive a Certificate of Completion. Certificates are a great way to document your learning! You can share them on social media and use them with clients, employers or colleagues.
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Meet your instructors

Experienced audiovisual translation trainers

Agnieszka Walczak, PhD, is a media accessibility expert, audiovisual translator, translator trainer, and one of the founders of AVT Masterclass. She wrote the first thesis in Poland on text-to-speech audio description and later earned her doctorate at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, where her research focused on how audiences receive audio description. For over ten years she has lectured at universities in Poland and Spain and is the author of more than fifteen publications on audiovisual translation. Alongside her academic work, she has worked for over a decade as a freelance subtitler, voice-over translator, and audio describer. She has also held a senior manager role in global content localization at a leading international media company. She is a member of the University of Warsaw's Audiovisual Translation Lab (AVT Lab) and a former member of the TransMedia Catalonia Research Group. She is affiliated with the Polish Audiovisual Translators Association (STAW). She also serves as an Event Manager for Women in Localization's Polish Chapter.

Agnieszka Walczak

AVT Masterclass Co-founder

Meet your instructors

Experienced audiovisual translation trainers

Łukasz Dutka is an audiovisual translator, subtitling trainer and media accessibility expert, and one of the founders of AVT Masterclass. He has spent years as a freelance subtitler, template author and QC'er on high-profile titles for leading localisation companies, and he pioneered live subtitling through respeaking in Poland, from the first accessible public events in 2013 to the first television broadcast with respoken subtitles in 2017. With years of experience running corporate training and teaching university courses on audiovisual translation, subtitling, SDH and interpreting, he has helped shape how live subtitling is done in Poland. He is a member of the Polish Association of Audiovisual Translators, the University of Warsaw's Audiovisual Translation Lab (AVT Lab) and the European Association for Studies in Screen Translation (ESIST). Born by the mountains and now living by the ocean, he shares a multilingual family, a serious coffee habit and an unreasonable amount of chocolate.

Łukasz Dutka

AVT Masterclass Co-founder

Meet your instructors

Experienced audiovisual translation trainers

Prof. Agnieszka Szarkowska is a researcher and educator in audiovisual translation and media accessibility. With over twenty years' experience teaching audiovisual translation, she has trained hundreds of students internationally and is helping to shape the next generation of subtitlers and researchers. As a trainer, she connects everyday practice back to the research it's built on. She is also principal investigator of several research projects, a member of the European Association for Studies in Screen Translation (ESIST), and an honorary member of the Polish Audiovisual Translators Association (STAW).

Agnieszka Szarkowska

AVT Masterclass Co-founder

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FAQ

Any questions?

  • How long does it take to complete the course?

    You can complete the course in one day! Please remember that by signing up, you get a one-year access to the course and lifetime access to our social media learning community.

  • I keep failing subtitling tests / getting QC flags. Will this actually help?

    That’s exactly who we built it for. Shot changes are one of the most common reasons subtitles come back flagged, and one of the easiest to fix once you know the 12-frame rule and the handful of exceptions. We can’t promise you’ll pass every test on earth, but we can promise you’ll stop losing marks on this particular thing.

  • Will I have to attend regular online classes?

    No. It’s entirely self-paced, with nothing scheduled and nothing to show up for. Do it in one sitting or spread it out, whatever suits you. You get a year’s access and lifetime access to our community.

  • Can I get an invoice for the course with my company/organization details?

    Sure! All you need to do is send us your organization details (name, address, VAT number) at [email protected]. Our accounting team will be back with the invoice.

  • Do you do bulk pricing for LSPs?

    We do. If you want to train a team, get in touch at [email protected] about team licences and tailored materials, and we’ll put something together.

  • Do I get a certificate?

    Yes. Finish the course and you get a Certificate of Completion, handy for your CV, your LinkedIn or an LSP that wants proof you know your stuff.

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