audiodescription
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Lend me your eyes so my ears can see
Audio description or AD is the oral narrative system used in film, and during certain live events such as theatre performances and sporting competitions, to compensate for the absence of images for the visually deficient. ADs of screenworks are pre-recorded, but for live events the description is spoken by the describer simultaneously with the event. In this post, beginning from the origins of AD, we'll visit the various stages involved in creating the audio description for a screen fiction by which an audio describer works to make the visual become verbal.
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Come any closer and you’ll be in the movie
As a kid, I used to dream of sitting in the front row at the cinema, but you had to fight for a place. 60 years on, it's another story but, when it happened to me, I had an unexpected and unforgettable visual experience. I saw things you don't normally notice, and I heard others that you don't normally listen for.
