ON THE OCCASION OF THE WEEK OF VISION FROM OCTOBER 8 TO 15, LUCAS COOPERATES WITH THE DIALOGMUSEUM FRANKFURT. This cooperation teaches in various ways how blind and visually impaired people perceive films and how they can also experience the visual dimension of a film with the help of an audio description.
AUDIO DESCRIPTION AT THE DIALOGMUSEUM FRANKFURT
A visit to the cinema in total darkness?
At the DIALOGMUSEUM, this experience is possible from October 11, 2023 to April 4, 2024 in the Dialogue in the Dark experience exhibition. Here, small groups are guided by blind and visually impaired guides through lightless exhibition rooms. In the process, visitors discover themselves, their communication with others and their surroundings in a completely new way. The themes of blindness and visual impairment, inclusion and empathy become immediately tangible, the senses sharpened. The important role of audio description, the audible description of visual impressions for blind or visually impaired people on another soundtrack, will be complemented in the lightless with a special show on audio description (admission to the special show is free). In the cinema room of the lightless exhibition, an excerpt of the audio description of a LUCAS film from last year will be shown for groups of children.
AUDIO DESCRIPTION AT LUCAS
In September, LUCAS organises an audio description workshop with a school class. The results will be presented to the public during the festival week. All classes from grade 7 onwards are welcome. Registration required, free admission! In the workshop, students will develop an audio description for the LUCAS short film FUCK LES GARS (CA 2019. D: Anthony Coveney). Blind and visually impaired staff members of the DIALOGMUSEUM are involved in the process. The pupils think about their approach together and write a text, which they record themselves with professional equipment. In this way, the school class will change their perspective and get to know the peculiarities of the film experience that arise for affected people.
During the festival week, the class will then present the short film with the realised audio description. The screening is intended to bring people with and without visual impairments together in the cinema auditorium. The aim is to create a dialogue about the class’s experiences with creating the audio description and, of course, with the audience about the film and the different way of perceiving it.
This workshop is made possible by the support of the City of Frankfurt, the Patrons Circle of the DFF and the sound studio FunDeMental. We thank the association Freund:innen der Realität.
