![]() ![]() ![]() They were marketed to movie professionals, fans and scholars who were seen as an elite niche of consumers who could afford to pay more for definitive, quality editions. These were often very expensive compared to today's DVDs and included bonus material such as trailers, deleted scenes, production stills, behind-the-scenes information, and audio commentaries from the directors, producers, cast, cinematographers, editors, and production designers. The Criterion Collection company, for example, produced high-quality "deluxe" editions of classic films on Laserdisc, using the best available prints and re-edited versions. The value of audio commentaries as a marketing tool was revealed during the heyday of Laserdisc, the laser-based video format produced before the introduction of DVDs. ![]() Less common are actual video commentaries, showing the speakers as they are recording the commentary, requiring separate video tracks. Some DVDs feature commentaries with on-screen video enhancements, such as telestrator prompts, (allowing the director or commentator to "draw" on the screen, pointing out specific details), or the Ghostbusters "video commentary", where one of the subtitle tracks is used to add silhouettes of the speakers in a manner where they seem to be in a theater commenting on the movie as it was screened for them in the style of Mystery Science Theater 3000. In more elaborate productions, multiple speakers from various recording sessions may be edited together for a single audio program. (In recording sessions with multiple speakers, a designated moderator may encourage the discussion flow.) Some DVDs include outsider commentary performed by film critics, historians, scholars or fans. Occasionally actors will perform commentary in-character. Typically a commentary track will include feature-length commentary from the film's director, cast members, or occasionally writers and producers. Feature-length or screen-specific, which is recorded in one session: the speakers watch the movie from beginning to end and give their thoughts directly based on what is happening on-screen.Sometimes these are recorded without the speaker viewing the film and thus the commentator may make more general comments than pointing out specific details. Partial or scene-specific, which only covers selected scenes of the film.The two main types simply define the length of the commentary rather than the type of content. There are several different types of commentary. Among them may be at least one commentary track. These tracks will contain dialogue and sound of the movie, often with alternative tracks featuring different language dialogue, or various types of audio encoding (such as Dolby Digital, DTS or PCM). DVD players usually allow these to be selected by the viewer from the main menu of the DVD or using the remote. ![]() The DVD medium allows multiple audio tracks for each video program. ( March 2009) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. This section possibly contains original research. ![]()
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