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This is an ADLAB PRO video.

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ADLAB PRO is a project funded
by the European Union.

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This video is made available to you
on a Creative Commons licence.

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Hello. I’m Louise Fryer,
from Utopian Voices.

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In this ADLAB PRO video
I will give an overview

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of scripting the AD
for live events.

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This is Unit 4 in Module 3.

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For plays
you’ll have the script,

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but many live performances
have no dialogue.

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You’ll have to use
non-verbal cues such as action,

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lighting changes
or music and sound effects.

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There are different ways of working.

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I’ll outline the process
for traditional AD

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which added after
the production is complete.

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Watch the performance. Take
notes on what the set looks like

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and how it works,
what the characters are wearing

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and how they move
and on anything else you will need

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to write the audio introduction.

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The easiest way
to script the show itself

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is with a video
of the performance.

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Arrange this
with the company or the venue.

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Ask for a performance,
not a rehearsal,

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to be filmed in a single shot
from a fixed position

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with a good view
of the whole stage.

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Write your description
into the script if there is one.

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Make the AD a different
font and colour, so it stands out.

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Keep sentences short
and the language vivid.

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Order each phrase so the most
important information comes first.

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Instead of “Wearing a splendid
gold cloak, the King comes in”,

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say “The King comes in
wearing a splendid gold cloak”.

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Be prepared to cut
the word "splendid"

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or the whole phrase,
if the gap shortens.

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While it is nice to know
the visual detail about the cloak,

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it is not essential
to follow the next scene.

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Prioritise information
you need to know,

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over information
that is nice to know.

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If time was short,
you could just say “the King”!

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Use terminology you have set up
in your introduction for settings,

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character names, technical terms
or movement sequences

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that there’s no time to describe
in full during the show itself.

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Test your draft in a live,
non public-facing performance.

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This is called a “dry run”.

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You’ll need all the equipment and
someone to listen and take notes.

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Whoever’s giving feedback might
notice things you didn’t and be able

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to fill in details that were
hard for you to see on the video.

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Use your script as a guide.
If an actor does something different

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each time, write in options
or be prepared to improvise.

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Don’t use the stage directions
for your description.

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They will almost certainly
be of the wrong duration,

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written in the wrong tense

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and they might not reflect
the style of the production.

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“Exit, pursued by a bear”
is famous stage direction

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from Shakespeare’s play
"The Winter’s Tale".

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Exit is an imperative. The stage
direction doesn’t say who exits?

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It’s a character called Antigonus
who has been talking to a baby

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he’s been ordered to abandon.

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The bear ensures he can't change
his mind and rescue her.

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So it’s vital anyone listening
to the AD knows

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that the baby is left behind.
You might say:

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“putting the baby down, Antigonus
races off, chased by a bear”.

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At the very least you need
Antigonus exits pursued by a bear.

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But is exit the best word?
He might run, dart, creep or flee.

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There is no single “right” way.

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The important thing
is to consider alternatives.

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Check with the person with
sight loss listening to your dry run

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that you neither said too much,
nor left them with questions.

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The best result is if they want to
discuss the production, not the AD.

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That was Unit 4 “scripting”
in Module 3

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“Audio describing live events.”

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The preparation
of this presentation

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was supported by ADLAB PRO.
Audio Description:

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A Laboratory for the Development
of a New Professional Profile

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financed by the European Union
under the Erasmus+ Programme,

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Key Action 2,
Strategic Partnerships.

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Project number:

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2016-1-IT02-KA203-024311.

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The information and views
set out in this presentation

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are those of the authors
and do not necessarily reflect

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the official opinion
of the European Union.

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Neither the European Union
institutions and bodies

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nor any person acting
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may be held responsible
for the use

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which may be made of
the information contained therein.

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This was an ADLAB PRO video.

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ADLAB PRO partners are:
University of Trieste,

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Universitat Autònoma
de Barcelona,

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University of Antwerp,
Adam Mickiewicz University,

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RTV Slovenia,
Utopian Voices,

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Soundfocus and Royal National
Institute of Blind People.

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ADLAB PRO was funded
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