Happy Audio Description Awareness Day! You won’t have heard of this before, because this is the first time it’s taken place. It’s been set up by Juan Alcazar (JC5 Productions), Chelsea Nguyen, Stephanae McCoy (Bold Blind Beauty), and audio description narrator Roy Samuelson. You can find out more in Juan’s video, where he explains the purpose of the day, and how you can raise awareness by demonstrating audio description to someone you know who isn’t familiar with it.
To mark the occasion, I’ve posted some unseen footage that I recorded a couple of years ago, which was never originally intended for my channel. It’s taken from a video interview I recorded for the producers of How To Be Human, a brilliant short sci-fi film. I was one of many people they were consulting during development of the audio described version, as they tried out various different approaches. And I’m very pleased with how the final film came out. I recommend watching with headphones to make the most of the impressive soundscape. Plus it’s just a great example of how immersive and engaging audio description can be when it’s integrated well.
Apart from giving my feedback on the film, my interview included various generic questions relating to audio description in general, and it’s my answers to those questions that you can hear in my video. I talk about why audio description is important to me and many other people, the impact when it’s not provided, and what I hope the future of audio description will be. So I hope you find it interesting.
And if you want to find out more, check out these other links as well:
- My Posts & Videos:
- Audio Description Providers & Information:
- Audio described content on BBC iPlayer, Netflix, Amazon Video & iTunes, to give just a few examples.
- Audio Description Association
- VocalEyes
- Mind’s Eye
- RNIB Audio Description Information
- USA Audio Description Project
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Happy AD Day! I love being able to watch movies on Netflix with this feature.
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Thanks Amanda, Happy AD Day! Yes, it’s very useful indeed, I love using it in the theatre.
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