All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘Film’


Episode 45 – Audio Description (collaboration with Twenty Thousand Hertz)

POSTED ON Feb 08 IN General No Comments

Colleen has collaborated with Defacto Sound‘s podcast Twenty Thousand Hertz to talk about many aspects of audio description and this hidden track in an increasing number of films. Check out the podcast on Soundcloud. The goal is to further the production of Audio Description for TV, Film, and more! Interested in becoming an Audio Describer?  Contact Colleen at Audio Description […]


Episode 44 – Sound Studios Jump on Audio Description!

POSTED ON Dec 01 IN General No Comments

Colleen was contacted by Defacto Sound, which is a Sound Studio in MD, USA.  Proprietor Dallas interviews her regarding her life in the visual world, and her thoughts on Audio Description.  This is a fascinating look into the world of a sighted sound engineer talking to a blind sound-lover. Our goal is to further the […]


Episode 37 – Mad Max Fury Road

POSTED ON Feb 24 IN General No Comments

Colleen and Alyssa do an audio description movie review of Mad Max Fury Road!  Note that this film is rated R for violence and explosions, but it ends up being a great example of how to view a film that is almost all AD and very little dialogue.  In need of some heavy metal, car […]


Episode 36 – Marvel Audio Description

POSTED ON Feb 16 IN General No Comments

Colleen returns from establishing her new joint venture, Audio Description Training Retreats, to discuss Marvel Movie-verse accessibility with Alyssa and Cheryl! Hear how video description has entered the Marvel world from Iron Man 1 to Deadpool . What is your experience with audio description in mainstream Hollywood films? Have a good or bad example of description? […]


Episode 11 – Eyes in the Night Film Review

POSTED ON Oct 23 IN General No Comments

Turner Classic Movies’ The Projected Image: A History of Disability in Film is running each Tuesday evening in October.  Of particular interest to Colleen is the 1942 film Eyes in the Night, which follows a blind detective in his thwarting of a group of murderers and thieves. Colleen and Cheryl discuss the film and its portrayal […]


Episode 8 – October on TCM is About Disabilities in Film

POSTED ON Aug 23 IN General No Comments

Turner Classic Movies, a television channel that focuses on classic films, has partnered with Inclusion in the Arts this October to bring you The Projected Image: A History of Disability in Film. This program will showcase films up through the 1980’s that deal with disabilities of all sorts, including blindness, deafness, intellectual disabilities, psychological disabilities, […]