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Weakest Link

Shout out to all of you professionals in audio description.


Excellent quality Audio Description can’t have any weak links.

Any of these could be dealbreakers:
Audio description script word choice.
Placement of those words.
Rate of words (how many words, how fast).
Emphasis of words (is it “she ate the red * APPLE * , or she ate the * RED * apple? Is it the fruit or the color of the apple?)
Intention of words (this is where the voice talent brings her skills to the table. Some call this emotion – but it’s intention – a performance craft that is active.)
Clarity of words.
Support of the story.
Casting of the voice.
The voice’s professional and ongoing training.
The placement of the audio cues.
The mix of the audio (how loud or soft it is in your ear)
How it aligns with production.
The quality control – consistency of words.
How the audio description fits in the mind of the audience.
The necessary elements of the story.
Not stepping on or interrupting the emotional silences.
Then it’s gotta travel from “cinema to streaming.”

Then it’s gotta be accessible.

So there are just 18 elements right there, and the countless of hours of training and experience and ability to deliver this on deadline.

There are more elements than these 18!

But in this example, if 17 are spectacular, and if even one of them isn’t great,


it can negatively affect your entire Audio Description experience.


Thank you to all the professionals who put in the time and care to do their part to not be the weakest link.

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Girls face with the hands of a witch above her

The Turning

The title front and center a couple on the right pictured sideways and a mother daughter on the left pictured sideways

The Third Day

Hugh Grant and Nicole Kidman embracing with a double image of Nicole above the title

The Undoing

Regina King as Sister Night in front of a large yellow clock with title in front

Watchmen

Cast members sitting in the living room over the title

Years and Years

A woman's eye with her holding a pill between her finger and thumb

The Dropout

Cast members above the title

The Inevitable Defeat of Mister & Pete

A Hand over the City of Los Angeles

City of Angels, City of Death

Holy Mother of Russia sitting on a throne with a man sitting underneath her with a stick in front of the title

The Great – Seasons 1-2

Legs in the sand one foot is a skelton the other has flesh below the title

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Amplifying #AudioDescription excellence and quality, to be in parity to sighted audiences' experience, through #KevinsWay #BlindPeopleWatchMovies

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🧵I’m coming back to social media soon. And I felt I had to jump in with a thought that’s kept me smiling.

It’s been thrilling to see the changes and growth - both in quantity and quality - since Kevin and I begin our strategic journey of pivoting #AudioDescription away from ...

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23 May

@RoySamuelson This is awesome! Thank you for sharing this! I just completed training to become a quality control specialist for audio description! I am also A consumer and audio description has changed the way I enjoy entertainment!

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