Hi everyone!
On the 7th February I'll be giving a talk at King's College London on
'Sound Design and binaural audio for visually impaired film audiences'
The talk will present the concepts, processes and results linked to
the Enhancing Audio Description project (funded by the AHRC), which
seeks to provide accessible audio-visual experiences to visually
impaired audiences using sound design techniques and spatialisation.
Film grammars have been developed throughout history, but such
languages have matured with sighted audiences in mind and assuming
that seeing is more important than hearing. We will challenge such
assumptions by demonstrating how sound effects, first person narration
as well as breaking the rules of sound mixing, can allow us to create
accessible versions of films that are true to the filmmaker's
conception.
The talk is free and open to all, please register by visiting:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/annual-general-meeting-and-lecture-tickets-41918959737
Best wishes,
Mariana
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Dr Mariana Lopez
Lecturer in Sound Production and Post Production
Department of Theatre, Film and Television, University of York
Vice-chair of the Audio Engineering Society British Section
Web: http://www.york.ac.uk/tftv/; http://www.marianajlopez.wordpress.com
