[Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] National Captioning Institute’s Described Media Division

[Lisa Yayla]

Forwarding

Greetings--

I am pleased to announce the establishment of the Described Media 
Institute, a project of the National Captioning Institute's Described 
Media Division.  Information follows below--but additional details and 
an application are available by email or send send a note to:

jsnyder at ncicap.org

I look to hearing from you.

Joel


Joel Snyder
Director, Described Media
National Captioning Institute
1900 Gallows Road, Suite 3000
Vienna, VA 22182
Direct Line: 703 917-7693
jsnyder at ncicap.org


National Captioning Institute’s Described Media Division

announces its

DESCRIBED MEDIA INSTITUTE
April 10-15, 2007

National Captioning Institute
Vienna, Virginia (just outside Washington, DC)

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 (some 12 million Americans).

Who Should Attend-

- Anyone interested in:
working as freelance description writers for NCI Described Media
working as a describer in a local performing arts program

- Experienced audio describers desiring an updated refresher course.

NOTE:  freelance writers for NCI Described Media 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” ©
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”™ 
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 six-day, forty-hour program will begin at 7:00 pm on Tuesday, April 
10, 2007 and conclude at 1:00 pm on Sunday, April 15, 2007.  All 
sessions will be held at the NCI’s offices located at 1900 Gallows Road, 
Vienna, VA  22182. 

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