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Subject:Re: designing a demo--timing From:"Townsend, Emru" <etownsend -at- POSITRON -dot- QC -dot- CA> Date:Fri, 22 Jan 1999 09:25:16 -0500
When I was studying film animation at university, the general rule was three
seconds for every word onscreen, not counting conjunctions, articles, and
prepositions. However, being a fast reader, I found this annoyingly long.
So I timed how long it took me to read it three times, and averaged the
result with what I got from the rule given to me. No one ever complained
(about the text, anyway).
Emru Townsend
Technical Communications Wiseguy - Product Integration
Positron Public Safety Systems Inc.
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
e-mail: etownsend -at- positron -dot- qc -dot- ca
My words are my own. Confuse them with my employer's at your own risk.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jessica N. Lange [SMTP:jlange -at- OEE -dot- COM]
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 1999 8:02 AM
> To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
> Subject: designing a demo--timing
>
> The question: Are there any rules of thumb on how long text should remain
> onscreen before it disappears or the scene automatically switches to the
> next scene? Any rules on font sizes? (unlike web pages, the viewer cannot
> change the size)
>
>
