Charlotte Allen Sep 20, 2009:

"Voix in" and "Voix off" I agree with Lundy that this has to mean "voix in" and "voix off" - in other words, we have on-camera dialogue (e.g. interviews with bikers) and voice-overs. I.e. the story is told both "live" on camera and with the use of voice-over. See this website for use of "in" and "off" in this context (not always preceded by "voix") http://ehess.tessitures.org/scenographies/scenographies/virt...

Héloïse Ki (X) (asker) Sep 20, 2009:

Another possibility... Not sure why I didn't pick up on this yesterday, but I have also found an apparently common use of "in et of" in French to refer to "official" and "unofficial" in terms of festivals in particular (eg Festival d'Avignon), or "mainstream" and "underground" in terms of culture more generally. Here's quite a nice explanation: http://www.rfi.fr/lffr/articles/103/article_2491.asp and another here: http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00257227/en/

I wonder whether this might be possible? The syntax is then a little bit puzzling - certainly the idea of 'on/off camera' makes more sense from that point of view. Opinions gratefully received!

Héloïse Ki (X) (asker) Sep 20, 2009:

More context (such as it is): "Alors Julien tourne, beaucoup, et invente son concept : « Ride the world ». Sous cette étiquette, on retrouve une série de vidéos qui allient culture et sport, mix entre le fameux « J’irai dormir chez vous » et « Nitro Circus ». Son idée : proposer à divers freestylers de présenter à travers leur sport la culture du pays visité. Ride the world, c’est encore un road movie à paraître en DVD à l’automne, retraçant en ***« in » et « off »*** un an de balades à travers la planète. C’est aussi une marque de vêtements pour ceux qui – tiens donc – n’ont pas envie de se prendre la tête avec les règles."


Not sure that this helps, but I know it's annoying when the asker doesn't give all the information they possibly could!

cc in nyc Sep 20, 2009:

"on and off"? I also think that this was meant to be "on et off un an" meaning sporadically during the year in question.

Tony M Sep 19, 2009:

in-vision and off-camera I'm inclined to agree with F2E's idea, that it is referring to these two kinds of (usually) commentary — though it's hard to see quite how that fits with the rather slim context as given.

Perhaps part of it is shot as 'pieces to camera' (= in vision) and part of it uses off-screen commentary ('off' in FR, aka voice-over) — but it is far from clear from the context.

HugoSteckel Sep 19, 2009:

Maybe something like "from all [possible camera] angles" might work?

French2English Sep 19, 2009:

Could it mean.... something like 'on and off camera'...even though, as we all know, the 'off-camera' bits ARE actually filmed, but don't form part of the film itself. A film within a film. Sort of filming the 'story' of the bikers, then showing them sort of 'behind the scenes' ?? Perhaps?

Dr Lofthouse Sep 19, 2009:

could it be 'on and off' ?

HugoSteckel Sep 19, 2009:

I think it must mean that it's filmed using two different types of approach, a "hands on" and "hands off" one, with documentary and narrative style, objective and subjective camerawork. Certainly the following link, plus your assertion regarding the combination of travel doc. and freestyle motorbiking, seems to confirm this:

http://www.liberation.fr/cinema/0101418392-chabrol-du-vignob...