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REGISTRATION NOW OPEN!

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:
https://adpregister.acb.org/
The number of participants we can accept is limited-so please register on-line and avoid being left out.
I look forward to working with you at the Institute, July 10-12, 2013 at the Hyatt Regency in Columbus, OH.
All best,
Joel
JOEL SNYDER
Director, Audio Description Project
American Council of the Blind
jsnyder at acb.org -- 202 467-5083
www.acb.org/adp

The American Council of the Blind's Audio Description Project Announces Its
AUDIO DESCRIPTION INSTITUTE - July 10-12, 2013
In Conjunction with ACB's 2013
Annual Conference and Convention
Hyatt Regency Hotel - Columbus, Ohio
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 20 million Americans experience significant vision loss).
The signing 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" ©
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"(tm)
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;
- Registration for the ACB 2013 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 10, 2013 and conclude at 4:00 pm on Friday, July 12, 2013
(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-- One of the first audio describers, Mr. Snyder began describing theater events and media in 1981; he is the President of Audio Description Associates with clients around the world (see www.audiodescribe.com for more information) 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 30 countries.  Most recently, Snyder trained describers in Iceland and South Africa and conducted description workshops in Ireland, Israel, Spain, Malaysia and Hong Kong.
Tuition - $450.00 ($430 plus $20 ACB Convention administrative fee)  - credit card payment accepted by secure on-line registration
Please send an email TODAY to  jsnyder at acb.org to reserve your spot--you will be notified when on-line registration is open.
Lodging
You can make reservations by calling the Hyatt Regency at 1-888-421-1442; be sure to mention that you are with the American Council of the Blind Convention in order to receive the conference rate.  If you'd like to make your reservation online, go to:
https://resweb.passkey.com/go/acb2013
Rates are $89 and do not include applicable taxes.

To Apply
Send an email TODAY to  jsnyder at acb.org to reserve your spot--you will be notified when on-line registration is open
OR
              visit www.acb.org in late May/early June.

Contact  Joel Snyder at jsnyder at acb.org -- 202 467-5083
with any questions -- see you in Columbus!
JOEL SNYDER
Director, Audio Description Project
American Council of the Blind
jsnyder at acb.org -- 202 467-5083
www.acb.org/adp


President, Audio Description Associates, LLC
"The Visual Made Verbal"  (tm)
6502 Westmoreland Avenue, Takoma Park, MD  20912
jsnyder at audiodescribe.com -- 301 920-0218
Cell:  301 452-1898  --  Fax: 208 445-0079
For more information about audio description, please visit:
www.audiodescribe.com


AGENDA
2013 ACB Audio Description Project - AUDIO DESCRIPTION INSTITUTE
Hyatt Regency Hotel - Columbus, OH
July 10-12, 2013

DAY I - Wednesday, July 10   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
*  7:30 pm:
ACB Movie NIght (free to AD Institute participants) -- ARGO (with description)

DAY II - Thursday, July 11   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

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 - 3:30 pm:
- Audio Description practicum--Individual description sessions with selected video scenes
* 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm:  break
* 3:45 pm - 5:00 pm:
* Audio Description in the U.S. and around the world
* Review / Discussion -- Graduation!


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