Language for our films in England

[Ken Wilson]

We started to shoot our latest film last Sunday and following various requests
from actors, I decided to give more direction to the performers as opposed
to only technical direction.For some reason, one of our young ladies thought
that her character should be speaking with a very broad Yorkshire accent.This
was not indicated in the script, but it was her interpretation. I pointed
out that often our films are seen all over the country and sometimes abroad
and she should tone-down her accent as it would not be understood. On each
successive take, the Yorkshire accent got a bit less. I mentioned to her
that a famous subtitler named Dave, thought that "Dropping Off" was quite
broadly spoken, although to my ear, I didn`t think it was, so her wild (early)
EMMERDALE type dialect would not be appreciated beyond Barnsley.
She did an excellent job after that, though there are still one or two words
which may be hard for some to understand.The weather was a bit cold for June,
but we were:

"Up ont` moor tha nows".

Ken.

[Cinema For Thurso Group]

"Up ont` moor tha nows".

A massively valid point- wen ye consider aye wie o' e' banter here in aye
reil noarth. Wie al hid's twists an' turns ye'll niver ken bet,ur thaan e'
reist o' us fowk. A' gied no a dochan fur ony ither wie o' thins!

Shove that in microphone and record it! lol

[Willy Van der Linden]

"Cinema For Thurso Group" <canuimagine@btopenworld.com> wrote:

"Up ont` moor tha nows".


A massively valid point- wen ye consider aye wie o' e' banter here in aye
reil noarth. Wie al hid's twists an' turns ye'll niver ken bet,ur thaan
e'
reist o' us fowk. A' gied no a dochan fur ony ither wie o' thins!

Oh, my God ! I can understand only three or four words. That's all. Is that
Pictish ?
Could you subitle it for me ?
And do not be angry with me, please ! I've done my utmost to understand
these sentences.

[Michael Slowe]

"Cinema For Thurso Group" <canuimagine@btopenworld.com> wrote:

"Up ont` moor tha nows".


A massively valid point- wen ye consider aye wie o' e' banter here in aye
reil noarth. Wie al hid's twists an' turns ye'll niver ken bet,ur thaan
e'
reist o' us fowk. A' gied no a dochan fur ony ither wie o' thins!

Shove that in microphone and record it! lol

Sounds just like Dave's German!

[Cinema For Thurso Group]

A massively valid point-

wen ye consider aye wie o'

when you consider the way of....

e' banter here in aye reil noarth.

the banter here in the real north.

Wie al hid's twists an' turns

With all it's twists and turns....

ye'll niver ken bet,ur thaan e'

you will never know better than the....

reist o' us fowk.

rest of us folk.

A' gied no a dochan fur

I don't give a damn for....


ony ither wie o' thins!

any other way of things!


A'm gled a' dinna speak lek at al' e' time!