Guidance and Importance of Descriptive Video

Patrick Tumu

CMPT 480

Presented on Nov. 28, 2012

Justification

● Useful outside of class

● Sympathetic

Analysis

● Observation

● Paper analysis – Audio Description / Public Speaking / Colour Commentary

● Guideline analysis – ITC

Implementation

● Coming up with ideas for guidelines

● Finding credible justification for guidelines

● Finding good examples/ creating good examples

Results

● Have yet to complete evaluation

● Few examples

● Preparation for narrator

The narrator should

- find a natural and comfortable position

- avoid eating a big meal or dairy products before describing.

NOTE This is because coagulation occurs around the vocal chords and makes you want to clear your throat.

- Say only words and avoid making the sounds, “um, uh, ah.”

- Be comfortable with the pronunciation of any words known to be in the description beforehand.

EXAMPLE The names of players during a sporting event description.

ANALYSIS & DESIGN NOTE

These recommendations come from UROP’s (MIT’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program) Public Speaking tips by Norma McGavern.

NARRATOR SELECTION

Narrators should have voices that are distinguishable from other voices in a production.

ANALYSIS & DESIGN NOTE

This is the recommended speaking rate in the ADP Standards on Audio Description

RECOMMENDATION INFLECTION

Narrators should not end sentences with an upward tone. Ending sentences in an upward tone implies that a question is being presented or sarcasm which should not occur in a video description.

ANALYSIS & DESIGN NOTE

This recommendation comes from the inflection section of UROP (MIT’s Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program) Public Speaking tips by Norma McGavern.

Conclusion

● More work is needed to be done in the next few days

● This is a very useful project with real life application.