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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 explain

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what you need to know about
audio introductions for live events.

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This is Unit 9 in Module 3.

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An audio introduction, an AI,
is “a continuous piece of prose,

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spoken by a single voice
or a combination of voices

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lasting between 5 and 15 minutes.”
It is hosted on the theatre

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or AD Provider’s website
as a document or an audio file.

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An AI creates a framework
by which to understand the piece.

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It gives detailed descriptions
of the set, costumes and characters,

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background information
from the printed programme

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and prepares the user for the AD
by providing a fuller description

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of certain elements than
is possible during the show itself.

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For live events give
pre-show information

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and pre-visit information.

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Pre-show information
supports the AD.

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Pre-visit information
supports the visit to the venue

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by people with sight loss.

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Venue information might include
basic things such as the address,

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post code and telephone number,
public transport links,

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information about accessible
toilets and refreshment facilities.

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Include the Access information
such as guide dog policy

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can you take your dog
into the auditorium?

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Is assistance available,
where do you collect your headset?

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The pre-visit information is ordered
following the logic of a visit:

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From how to get to the venue
via what to expect when you arrive,

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physical details, and what to do,
where to pick up your AD headset.

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For Pre-show information
create the world of the piece.

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Where ans when it happens.
How many dancers or actors?

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What do they look like?
How do they move?

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Tell us about the designer or
director’s vision, the visual style.

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Descriptive information
about characters and costumes

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is more easily
remembered if it’s threaded

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through a loose telling
of the plot especially if characters

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are associated
with particular locations.

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Start with the big picture and move
from the general to the specific.

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There is a cast of 30,
of whom 8 are named characters.

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Things to Consider: Do you start
with the set or the characters?

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How do you order the characters?
By order of importance?

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By order of appearance?

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Give a more detailed description
of more important characters.

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Do you include
“surprise” characters?

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Be guided
by the printed programme.

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Include what each scene looks like,
aim to convey a general impression,

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rather than itemise every detail.
How is the set changed?

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By stage hands,
members of the cast, “automatically”

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or is it all
in the audience’s imagination?

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The AI is written
to support the AD.

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Maintain consistant terminology
for people and places.

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Is common
for a description of a live event

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to be delivered by two describers.

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The AI is written
collaboratively by both.

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Often a third person perhaps
an editor feeds back on the AI,

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ideally someone
who has not seen the show.

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The Pre-show information
should last a maximum of 15 minutes.

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A shortened version is given live
immediately before the show starts.

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The pre-visit information,
3 minutes max,

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can be dropped
in the live version.

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The abbreviated notes are given
live for any people with sight loss

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who didn’t book in advance.
They are a useful reminder

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for all AD users and can accommodate
any last minute changes

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such as a cast replacement.

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This was a video
about audio introductions.

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Unit 9 of Module 3
with me Louise Fryer.

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I hope you found it useful.

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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
on their behalf

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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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This video was made available to you
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