[Missouri-l] FW: [acb-hsp] ACB's Audio Description Project--Audio Description Training Institute

Fri May 15 16:27:05 CDT 2009

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From: Joel Snyder [mailto:jsnyder at audiodescribe.com] 
Sent: Friday, May 15, 2009 2:27 PM
To: acb-hsp at acb.org
Subject: [acb-hsp] ACB's Audio Description Project--Audio Description
Training Institute

The American Council of the Blind's Audio Description Project
Announces Its

AUDIO DESCRIPTION TRAINING INSTITUTE
July 9-11, 2009

In Conjunction with ACB's 2009 Annual Convention 
Rosen Centre -- Orlando, Florida

Audio Description (AD) makes visual images accessible for people who are
blind or have low vision.  Using words that are succinct, vivid, and
imaginative, media describers convey the visual image from television and
film that is not fully accessible to a significant segment of the population
(more than 21 million Americans experience significant vision loss).

Who Should Attend
- Anyone interested in:
- working as freelance description writers for ACB's Audio Description
Project
- working as a describer in a local performing arts program
- Experienced audio describers desiring an updated refresher course.

NOTE:  freelance writers for ACB's Audio Description Project can be based
anywhere in the world-computer equipment capable of accommodating high-speed
downloads, Windows Media and word processing is required.

Topics Include
1) audio description history and theory 
2) the "Four Fundamentals of Audio Description" C
3) active seeing/visual literacy-developing skills in concentration and
observation
4) the art of "editing" what you see
5) vivid language: "The Visual Made Verbal"T  
6) "Speak the speech, I pray you"--using the spoken word to make meaning

Program
The interactive sessions (limited use of lecture, questions/discussion
throughout, generous use of media, and individual and group writing
exercises) are designed to provide immediate feedback and "give and take,"
allowing for adaptation according to a sense of participants' grasp of the
material.  In addition, experienced users of description are a part of the
Institute's faculty, providing an important perspective throughout the
sessions.  

This three-day intensive program will begin at 7:45 am on Thursday, July 9,
2009 and conclude at 6:00 pm on Saturday, July 11, 2009.    

Participation is strictly limited.  The Institute, the first of its kind,
will certify its participants as professionally trained describers.

Institute Director
Joel Snyder-- One of the first audio describers, Mr. Snyder began describing
theater events and media in 1981; he is the President of Audio Description
Associates with clients around the world (see www.audiodescribe.com for more
information) and Director of ACB's Audio Description Project.  As Director
of Described Media for the National Captioning Institute,  he led a staff
that produced description for nationally broadcast films and network series
including  "Sesame Street" broadcasts and DVDs.  Internationally, he
introduced description techniques in Japan, Israel, Romania, Spain,
Portugal, Lithuania, Denmark, Norway and Finland; conducted audio
description workshops in London, Prague, and St. Petersburg, Russia; and
trained describers for a first-ever audio description program in Sofia,
Bulgaria in August/September 1998.  Most recently, he developed a team of
describers for the second annual Moscow International Disability Film
Festival as the result of intensive seminars conducted in Russia.   

Tuition - $450.00    
-Morning coffee/light breakfast (Thursday and Friday), afternoon snacks
(Thursday, Friday, and Saturday), and a Saturday luncheon will be provided
at no charge.

-Registration for the ACB 2009 Convention is included.

Lodging 
Contact the Rosen Centre at 1-800-204-7234; mention the ACB Convention and
ask about the special ACB daily rate of $83.00.  www.rosencentre.com

To Apply
Visit the ACB website at www.acb.org  to apply on-line after May 20, 2009
(use the ACB 2009 Convention registration materials) or simply request ACB
2009 Convention registration materials by sending an email to:

jsnyder at acb.org or call 202 467-5083. 

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