Re: [Frameworks] Closed captioning for experimental film?

[Kerstin Schroedinger]

hi i was working with a group in Glasgow called Collective Text
i...@collectivetext.org 
and they did an amazing job, i can highly recommend them


Kerstin Schroedinger
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> On 29. Jan 2018, at 5:37 AM, lady snowblood  
> wrote:
> 
> Hi there Caryn -
> 
> I really love this question. I think the answers are complicated.
> 
> I have not seen closed captioning or subtitling *successfully* applied to 
> experimental work, to communicate sound design. I say that in part because of 
> watching Twin Peaks: The Return last year and occasionally watching it closed 
> captioned. It broke the tone of the work when the description was [ OMINOUS 
> WHOOSHING ]. This phenomenon was recognized by a large enough community that 
> it became “meme’d” in online social groups discussing the series.
> 
> Another take on this can be had by looking at @NetflixSoundFX, a now 
> seemingly defunct twitter account that tweets out the verbal descriptions of 
> the sound design captioned on Netflix material. Divorced from the source(s), 
> it’s funny and evocative, and refers to the problem at hand.
> 
> Now for my assumptions, or where I go with this question — I am interested in 
> accessibility and how differently-abled people interpret or access art 
> designed for “the majority”, I.e. those with sight and hearing intact. I also 
> used to work tech support that served a community which included a 
> significant number of deaf people; they came to our outlet for support in 
> part because we had staff members who spoke American Sign Language and could 
> interpret with them.
> 
> I’m kindof thinking out loud here, but, what audience are you interested in 
> bringing the work to via captioning? I’m making the assumption that, with 
> captioning, it’s for a deaf audience ... or an audience in a loud environment 
> (a bar?).
> 
> My follow up question is, have you asked your goal audience how they want to 
> have the sound translated for them? Members of the deaf community I’ve 
> discussed this with (and it’s very few, but was so interesting that I have 
> kept it in mind all these years) provided me with responses other than 
> reading more words on the screen.
> 
> I am (obviously) running with a number of assumptions here, would love to 
> hear more from you!
> 
> Jessica
> 
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> 
> Jessica Fenlon
> 
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> 
> 
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> 
> On Jan 28, 2018, at 3:52 PM, Caryn Cline  > wrote:
> 
>> Dear Frameworkers,
>> 
>> Has anyone worked with closed captioning and applied it to an experimental 
>> film in a way that you felt captured the sound design of your project?  I'm 
>> thinking particularly of films that rely on ambient sound and/or music 
>> rather than dialogue.  The examples I've seen have been narrative films 
>> where dialogue, music and major sound "spots" have been described in words 
>> onscreen.  I'd be interested in examples that are more integrative, if 
>> possible, that is, where the verbal description of an ambient soundtrack 
>> tries to communicate the ideas behind the uses of sound.
>> 
>> Many thanks,
>> 
>> CC
>> --
>> Caryn Cline
>> Experimental Filmmaker & Teacher
>> "a proud member of the reality-based community"
>> vimeo.com/carynyc 
>> 
>> 
>> film still from "We Will Not Be Silent" (2017)
>> 
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[Frameworks] one year teaching post at York University Cinema & Media Arts

[Michael Zryd]

This teaching post may be of interest to some Framework members given York’s 
strong tradition of experimental film and media production and scholarship in 
the Department of Cinema & Media Arts.



The Department of Cinema and Media Arts, The School of the Arts, Media, 
Performance and Design (AMPD), York University invites applications from 
qualified candidates for a ten-month Sessional Assistant Professor position in 
Cinema and Media Studies to commence September 1, 2018. 

Applicants must have a PhD in Cinema Studies or a related discipline with 
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practices. The appointment carries an annual teaching load of three courses or 
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