[Art_beyond_sight_learning_tools] ACB Audio Description Institute 2014--REGISTER NOW-ONLY SEVERAL SLOTS REMAIN!

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REGISTER TODAY! 

Dear friends,

Thank you for your interest in the American Council of the Blind's Audio
Description Project and its Audio Description Institute.  Registration is
now open on-line and I encourage you to sign-up as soon as possible at:

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The number of participants we can accept is limited-so please register
on-line and avoid being left out.

And this year, you have the opportunity to attend our third Audio
Description Project Conference immediately prior to the Institute; visit the
registration site for information on discounted fees when you register for
both events. 

I look forward to working with you at the Institute, July 16-18, 2014 at the
Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, NV.

All best,

Joel

JOEL SNYDER

Director, Audio Description Project

American Council of the Blind

 <mailto:jsnyder at acb.org> jsnyder at acb.org -- 202 467-5083

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The American Council of the Blind's Audio Description Project Announces Its

Sixth Annual

AUDIO DESCRIPTION INSTITUTE - July 16-18, 2014

In Conjunction with ACB's 2014

Annual Conference and Convention

Riviera Hotel - Las Vegas, Nevada

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
(more than 21 million Americans experience significant vision loss).

The implementation of the 21st Century Communications and Video
Accessibility Act has spawned a virtual cottage industry for the development
of description for broadcast television.

BE A PART OF IT!

Who Should Attend

- Anyone interested in:

- working as freelance description writers for broadcast television 

- working as a describer in a local performing arts program

- working as a describer for visual art exhibitions

- Experienced audio describers desiring an updated refresher course.

NOTE:  freelance writers for broadcast television projects can often be
based anywhere in the world--computer equipment capable of accommodating
high-speed downloads is a must.

Topics Include--
1) audio description history and theory 
2) the "Four Fundamentals of Audio Description" C

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"T  

6) "Speak the speech, I pray you"--using the spoken word to make meaning    

Program

- Three full days of intensive, interactive training;

- A Friday luncheon will be provided;

- Each registrant will receive a copy of Dr. Joel Snyder's recently
published (by ACB) The Visual Made Verbal:  A Comprehensive Training Manual
and Guide to the History and Applications of Audio Description

- Registration for the ACB 2014 Conference and Convention is included.

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 Institute will begin at 8:30 am on Wednesday, July 16, 2014 and
conclude

at 4:00 pm on Friday, July 18, 2014

(detailed agenda below).    

Participation is strictly limited.  The Institute will issue ACB-sponsored
certificates to all successful participants confirming completion of this
professional description training program.          

Institute Director/Staff

Joel Snyder, Ph.D.-- One of the first audio describers, Dr. Snyder began
describing theater events and media in 1981; he is the President of Audio
Description Associates with clients around the world (see
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and Director of ACB's Audio Description Project.  As Director of Described
Media for the National Captioning Institute, he led a staff that produced
description for nationally broadcast films and network series including
"Sesame Street" broadcasts and DVDs.  Snyder has trained describers in 30
states and the District of Columbia and he has brought description to over
35 countries. 

Tuition - $450.00 ($430 plus $20 ACB Convention administrative fee)  -
credit card payment accepted by secure on-line registration

Lodging 

You can make reservations for your stay at the Riviera Hotel and Casino via
phone or online.  Room rates are $87 plus tax per night (single or double).
Make reservations by phone by calling

(800) 634-6753, make sure to mention you are with the ACB convention.

You can also make reservations online at:

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To Register

              Visit:
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Contact  Joel Snyder at  <mailto:jsnyder at acb.org> jsnyder at acb.org -- 202
467-5083

with any questions -- see you in Las Vegas!

JOEL SNYDER 

Director, Audio Description Project

American Council of the Blind

 <mailto:jsnyder at acb.org> jsnyder at acb.org -- 202 467-5083

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President, Audio Description Associates, LLC   

"The Visual Made Verbal"  T

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6502 Westmoreland Avenue, Takoma Park, MD  20912

 <mailto:jsnyder at audiodescribe.com> jsnyder at audiodescribe.com -- 301
920-0218

Cell:  301 452-1898  --  Fax: 208 445-0079

For more information about audio description, please visit: 

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AGENDA

2014 ACB Audio Description Project - AUDIO DESCRIPTION INSTITUTE

Riviera Hotel - Las Vegas, NV

July 16-18, 2014

DAY I - Wednesday, July 16   8:30 am - 5:30 pm  

*  8:30 am-9:15 am:  Introductions

*  9:15 am-11:00 am:  Opening Workshop

- The Visually Impaired User 

- Audio Description History and Theory

- Overview of Fundamentals of Audio Description

* 11:00 am - 11:15 am:  break

* 11:15 am-12:30 am:

- Concentration / Observation 

- Editing What You See

* 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm  - Lunch- on your own

* 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm: 

- Language  

- Speech / Breath Control / Oral Interpretation

* 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm: break

* 3:45 pm - 5:30 pm:

- Audio Description exercises

- Viewing / analysis of audio described excerpts

DAY II - Thursday, July 17   8:30 am - 5:30 pm

*  8:30 am-11:00 am: 

- Viewing / analysis of audio described excerpts

- Audio Description practicum--Individual description sessions with selected
video scenes

* 11:00 am - 11:15 am:  break

* 11:15 am-12:30 pm:

- Viewing / analysis of audio described excerpts

- Audio Description practicum--Individual description sessions with selected
video scenes

 * 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm  - Lunch- on your own

* 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm 

- Viewing / analysis of audio described excerpts

- Audio Description practicum--Individual description sessions with selected
video scenes

* 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm:  break

* 3:45 pm - 6:30 pm:

- Viewing / analysis of audio described excerpts

- Audio Description practicum--Individual description sessions with selected
video scenes

 * 7:30 pm:  SPECIAL EVENT

Screening of the described version of

12 Years A Slave

2013 Academy Award Winner - Best Picture

DAY III - Friday, July 12  8:30 am-4:00 pm 

* 8:30 am - 10:45 am:  

- Audio Description practicum--Individual description sessions with selected
video scenes

* 10:45 am - 11:00 am:  break

* 11:00 am - 12:30 pm:

- The Mechanics of Audio Description

* 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm - INSTITUTE LUNCHEON

* 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm:

- Audio Description practicum--Individual description sessions with selected
video scenes

* Audio Description in the U.S. and around the world 

* Review / Discussion 

Graduation!

JOEL SNYDER, Ph.D.

Author of The Visual Made Verbal: A Comprehensive Training Manual and

Guide to the History and Applications of Audio Description -

get your copy at thevisualmadeverbal.net

President, Audio Description Associates, LLC   

"The Visual Made Verbal"  T

ADA logo (5)T  ADA logo--an eye within an ear

6502 Westmoreland Avenue, Takoma Park, MD  20912

 <mailto:jsnyder at audiodescribe.com> jsnyder at audiodescribe.com -- 301
920-0218

Cell:  301 452-1898  --  Fax: 208 445-0079

For more information about audio description, please visit: 

 <http://www.audiodescribe.com/> www.audiodescribe.com   

Director, Audio Description Project

American Council of the Blind

 <mailto:jsnyder at acb.org> jsnyder at acb.org -- 202 467-5083

 <http://www.acb.org/adp> www.acb.org/adp

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