D2.3 Interim Report on Pilot Services - the School of Engineering ...

Audio description / audio subtitlingResults from all tasks will be considered to address the following hypotheses: there is a need and the potential for Europe-wide audio description guidelines audio description can be translated effectively and efficiently it is cost effective for the same person to audio describe and subtitleIn the light of these findings the report will make recommendations relating to the audiodescription workflow, the content of audio description and the training of audiodescribers.While audio subtitling is not yet widely available for broadcasting across Europeancountries, it is used when foreign films are audio described into English. A report willbe written describing the many possible combinations of AD found in the following UKavailable DVDs: The Passion of Christ, Hero, Syriana, Borat, Letters of Iwo Jima,Everything is Illuminated and Volver. The report will provide guidelines for goodpractice when audio subtitling foreign language productions either for broadcasting orDVDs.Activity AD-5: Final <strong>Report</strong>Results from all the AD tasks will be considered to address the following hypotheses: There is a need and the potential for Europe-wide audio description guidelines Audio description can be translated effectively and efficiently It is cost effective for the same person to audio describe and subtitleIn the light of the findings the report will make recommendations relating to the audiodescription workflow, the content of audio description and the training of audiodescribers.Audio Subtitling (AS)Activity AS-2: While audio subtitling has not been widely available, as yet, forbroadcasting across European countries, it is used when foreign films are audiodescribed into English.Internal deliverable AD5: A report will be written describing the many possiblecombinations found in the following UK available DVDs: The Passion of Christ, Hero,Syriana, Borat, Letters of Iwo Jima, Everything is Illuminated and Volver. In the light ofthese findings the report will provide a guide to good practice when audio subtitlingforeign language productions either for broadcasting or DVDs.The contributing researchers are:Pilar Orero, UABAline Remael, University College Antwerp, BelgiumGert Vercauteren, University College Antwerp, Belgium,Sabine Braun, University of Surrey, UKPage 55