Insert

This article covers the technical terms from film, video editing, sound engineering and mechanical engineering. For insert in the sense of diplomacy see Transsumpt and for inserts in advertising see advertising separator .

The term insert has different meanings in the contexts of film, video editing, sound engineering and mechanical engineering, which are explained below.

Movie

An insert ( neuter ) in the film is an informative text overlay or an intertitle within a film, which mostly supports the understanding of the plot or makes the film understandable in the first place. This is not to be confused with the credits , because inserts provide additional information, e.g. B. with regard to place, time, historical context or the like. So they are mostly a necessary part of the plot and the dramaturgy .

An example of the usual use of inserts is z. As the prologue text of Gladiator , which educates the audience about the circumstances in the middle of the second century. Inserts are also common information that provides information about how much time has passed between two scenes. In the film 28 Days Later , this insert is also used to indicate the film title.

While the insert often conveys important information, the day of the week, time of day and time are shown at the beginning of the film Psycho . Data that remain insignificant in the further course.

Inserts are also used on television, for example for fading in sports broadcasts or as a so-called belly band during interviews, which shows the name of the person speaking at the bottom of the screen.

Video editing

When cut and the post-processing of video material designated Insert a einfügenden interface - in contrast to assemble , is added to the existing in the other material.

Sound engineering

In sound engineering, the insert is a special socket for looping an effects device into the signal path, usually from dynamics processors such as compressors and gates . Also equalizer be "inserted".

mechanical engineering

In mechanical engineering , especially in the case of hybrid structures in combination with fiber composite materials , an insert is a mostly metallic component that takes on the main function of introducing force into the fiber composite . Since a direct connection of a fiber composite element can usually not be designed in a way that conforms to the flow of forces, metal inserts are used for shafts, for example, which transmit a torque via a form fit into a wound structure. If such an element is applied to the exterior of a structure, it is called an outsert . However, the functionality is similar to that of the insert. Similar elements can be found, for example, in injection molded parts in vehicle construction, in which nuts or other connection elements are introduced.

literature

• Werner Kamp, Manfred Rüsel: From dealing with film. 1st edition, Cornelsen, ISBN 3-06-102824-2 .
• Hubert Henle: The recording studio manual. 5th edition, GC Carstensen Verlag, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-910098-19-3 .
• Siegfried Stitz, Walter Keller: Injection molding technology: processing - machine - peripherals . 2nd edition, Carl Hanser Verlag GmbH & Co. KG, ISBN 3-446-22921-3 .