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Learning How Description Is Created
Date: 11/10/2011
To help parents and teachers better understand what description of media is, how it is created, and why it is important to students who are blind or visually impaired, the DCMP is presenting a series of articles written by description company representatives.
Imagine that you are a blind, fourth-grade girl and that your class is watching a film that examines prejudice and bullying in our culture. The film is a drama, where young girls shoot scornful glares, roll their eyes, and whisper about a new student. Instead of aggressive bullying, they get up and leave when the new girl approaches.
Now imagine that you're studying human anatomy in high school. The brilliantly colored graphics of today's film show how blood flows through the heart's ventricles and oxygen inflates the bronchioles in the lungs.
These are just two examples of videos that have been described for the DCMP. Read about how the companies create description to help students who are blind or visually impaired as they are faced with videos in which there are "visual cues to which they have no access." Here are the first three in the series: Describing Description, Perspective: Examining the Process of Audio Description, and A Day in the Life of an Audio Describer.
Age GroupsAll ages (birth to 26)
Parents of children with visual impairments
Interest CategoriesEducation
Assistive technology/helpful products
Contact: Bill Stark, Described and Captioned Media ProgramPhone: (800) 237-6213 ext. 201
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