Audio Description: New perspectives illustrated
Audio description (AD) is a narrative technique which provides complementary information regarding the where, who, what and how of any audiovisual content. It translates the visuals into words. The principal function of this ad hoc narrative is to make audiovisual content available to all: be it a guided city tour of Barcelona, a 3D film, or a Picasso painting. Audio description is one of the younger siblings of Audiovisual Translation, and it is epigonic to the audiovisual translation modality…
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Audio description (AD) is a narrative technique which provides complementary information regarding the where, who, what and how of any audiovisual content. It translates the visuals into words. The principal function of this ad hoc narrative is to make audiovisual content available to all: be it a guided city tour of Barcelona, a 3D film, or a Picasso painting. Audio description is one of the younger siblings of Audiovisual Translation, and it is epigonic to the audiovisual translation modality chosen. This book is the first volume on the topic written in English and it brings together an inte.
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- Publication Date:2014.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):John Benjamins Publishing Company
- Place of Publication:Amsterdam/Philadelphia
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2014.
Notes
3. AD as a type of audiovisual translation.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (224 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789027269423, 9027269424, 902725852X, 9789027258526
- oclc:ocn893333163
- LC Classification:P306.2 .A923 2014
- Dewey Decimal:302.23014
Table of Contents
Audio Description; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; Dedication page; Table of contents; Introduction. From source text to target text ; 1. The project ; 2. The partners ; 3. The book ; 4. The film ; 5. The chapters ; References ; Film references ; Chapter 1. Audiointroductions ; 1. Literature review ; 2. Audiointroduction for Inglourious Basterds ; 3. Strategies ; 3.1 The process ; 3.2 Characters ; 3.3 Locations ; 3.4 Visual style ; 3.5 Background information ; 3.6 Synopsis ; 3.7 Putting it all together ; 4. Language ; 5. Conclusions and suggestions for further research ; References.
Film references Chapter 2. Intertextuality ; 1. Introduction ; 2. Verbal intertextuality and Inglourious Basterds ; 3. Nonverbal intertextuality and Inglourious Basterds ; 4. Context of situation and context of culture ; 5. Author intent and audience interpretation ; 6. Intertextuality and Tarantino ; 7. Conclusion ; References ; Film references ; Chapter 3. Textual cohesion ; 1. Theoretical introduction ; 2. Inglourious Basterds. Initial comments ; 3. Audio description of Inglourious Basterds ; 4. Another example text -- The English Patient ; 5. A longer perspective ; 6. Conclusion.
3.5 The re…
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