An Interview with Wei Ma on Audio Description Script Writing for Blind-Accessible Films in China
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Yunke Deng
Yunke Deng is a PhD student at the Centre for Translation Studies, University College London. She is an active member of the Bristol Digital Game Lab. Yunke completed her MA degree at the University of Bristol. Her research interests lie in exploring the intersections of translation studies and game accessibility, especially for the blind.
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Wei Ma
Wei Ma is a member of the China Film and Television Association of Higher Education Institutions. His research interests lie in audio description and audio description script-writing methods.
Abstract
Blind-accessible films offer blind and visually impaired individuals the opportunity of enjoying a cinematic experience alongside the rest of the audience. Wei Ma is a member of the China Film and Television Association of Higher Education Institutions. His book, How to Make Blind-accessible Films in China, provides an overview of the evolution of blind-accessible films in Europe and the United States, elaborates on the growth and development of blind-accessible films in China, and provides a comprehensive exploration of the theory behind audio description (AD) and AD script-writing methods for blind-accessible films. In this interview, Ma Wei elaborates on blind-accessible film AD script-writing skills from both practical and theoretical perspectives and discusses some creative rules, methods, and techniques in AD. This interview was conducted online in January 2022 and is based on the final interview transcript in Chinese, which Wei Ma confirmed in May 2022.
About the authors
Yunke Deng is a PhD student at the Centre for Translation Studies, University College London. She is an active member of the Bristol Digital Game Lab. Yunke completed her MA degree at the University of Bristol. Her research interests lie in exploring the intersections of translation studies and game accessibility, especially for the blind.
Wei Ma is a member of the China Film and Television Association of Higher Education Institutions. His research interests lie in audio description and audio description script-writing methods.
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Special Section: Film Accessibility for Blind and Low Vision Viewers in China guest edited by Xiaochun Zhang
- Introduction to the Special Section: Film Accessibility for Blind and Low Vision Viewers in China
- Enhancing Cinema Experience for Visually Impaired Persons in China: A Case Study on Shenzhen
- Mapping the AD Development Patterns Between China and Europe: China, Spain and the UK in Focus
- An Interview with Wei Ma on Audio Description Script Writing for Blind-Accessible Films in China
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- Constructing a Theoretical System for Chinese Films and Television: A Review of Academic Views of China’s Mainstream Film and Television Since 2017
- The Expression of Values, Humanity and Aesthetics: The Appearance of Chinese Films in the New Stage
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Articles in the same Issue
- Frontmatter
- Special Section: Film Accessibility for Blind and Low Vision Viewers in China guest edited by Xiaochun Zhang
- Introduction to the Special Section: Film Accessibility for Blind and Low Vision Viewers in China
- Enhancing Cinema Experience for Visually Impaired Persons in China: A Case Study on Shenzhen
- Mapping the AD Development Patterns Between China and Europe: China, Spain and the UK in Focus
- An Interview with Wei Ma on Audio Description Script Writing for Blind-Accessible Films in China
- Other Research Articles
- A Reconstruction of “Cinema as the Vehicle of Dao”: On the Methodology of Combining Traditional Chinese Culture and Film Theory
- The Modern Transformation of Hong Kong Cantonese Films with Realistic Themes in the 1950s and 1960s
- Modernization of Chinese Film: Nationality, Periodicity, and Current Issues
- Constructing a Theoretical System for Chinese Films and Television: A Review of Academic Views of China’s Mainstream Film and Television Since 2017
- The Expression of Values, Humanity and Aesthetics: The Appearance of Chinese Films in the New Stage
- “She Deserves It All (?)”: Romance and Tradition in Qiong Yao Films of the 1960s
- Lucky Numbers and Greedy Ghosts: Lottery as Trope for the Singapore Dream
