ACB's Audio Description Project 17th Audio Description Institute
Held Virtually:
Monday, March 1 to Friday, March 5, 2021
1:00 pm-5:00 pm Eastern each day
Day 1 - Monday, March 1, 2021
1:00 pm-3:00 pm: Opening Workshop
- The visually impaired user
- Audio description history and theory
- Overview of fundamentals of audio description
- Concentration/observation
- Editing what you see language
- Vocal skills: speech and oral interpretation fundamentals
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm: break
3:15 pm-5:00 pm: Opening Workshop (continued)
- Viewing / analysis of audio described excerpts
Day 2 - Tuesday, March 2, 2021
1:00 pm-3:00 pm:
- Viewing / analysis of audio described excerpts
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm: break
3:15 pm-5:00 pm:
- Viewing / analysis of audio described excerpts
Day 3 - Wednesday, March 3, 2021
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm:
- Audio Description practicum—Individual description sessions with selected video scenes
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm: break
3:15 pm - 5:00 pm:
- Audio Description practicum—Individual description sessions with selected video scenes
Day 4 - Thursday, March 4, 2021
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm:
- Audio Description practicum--Individual description sessions with selected video scenes
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm: break
3:15 pm - 5:00 pm:
- Audio Description practicum—Individual description sessions with selected video scenes
Day 5 - Friday, March 5, 2021
1:00 pm - 3:00 pm:
- Audio Description practicum—Individual description sessions with selected video scenes
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm: break
3:15 pm - 5:00 pm:
- Audio Description in the U.S. and around the world
- The Mechanics of Audio Description
- Audio Description Writing Software
- Audio Description Producers
- How to Get Work as a Describer
- Review / Discussion
- Graduation!