China Education News - China Education News Network (Reporter Tang Qi) On July 26, the accessible version of the fantasy action film " Under the Stranger " directed by Wu Ershan and adapted from Chinese comics was launched in theaters on the same day as the regular version. , visually impaired people can purchase tickets to watch movies in 74 theaters in Beijing, Shanghai, Ningbo, Suzhou, Chongqing, Chengdu and other cities.
With the support and guidance of the Shanghai Disabled Persons' Federation and the Shanghai Film Bureau, more than 40 visually impaired audiences, relatives and friends came to Shanghai Cathay Cinema to watch the screening of the barrier-free version of "Under the Stranger". By configuring barrier-free projection equipment, visually impaired friends can wear earphone receivers to listen to the narration, while sighted people can watch the movie the same as usual, thus achieving "integrated viewing" and watching the same movie in the same theater. Director Wu Ershan and starring Hu Xianxu also "appeared" through the video, calling on more colleagues and producers to authorize the production of more barrier-free versions of film and television works, so that blind friends can equally enjoy the fun of watching movies.
Visually impaired friends "watched" the barrier-free version of the movie "Under the Stranger".
"Under the Stranger" is this summer's second film following " Catch a Baby ", directed by the China Association for the Blind and the China Association of Volunteers for Disabled Persons, and co-produced by Tencent, the China Braille Library, and the Shanghai Film Distribution and Exhibition Industry Association. The two barrier-free films add narration between the lines and sound effects of the original version to help the visually impaired understand the plot and achieve coherent viewing.
In order to meet the simultaneous viewing needs of the visually impaired, the production of accessible versions needs to be based on movie sources in advance and complete a series of processes such as commentary script writing, commentary recording, and mixing and synthesis. This requires film producers, producers, and distributors and theater chains and other links to work together. In the production process of
, public welfare volunteers from Tencent Video’s “Accessible Theater” repeatedly watched and figured out the original film, and wrote an explanation script of appropriate length and precise expression; visually impaired evaluators participated in the trial viewing process, and improved their performance in terms of language style, narrative logic, and detail characterization. , put forward suggestions for modifications to the script; Chinese Braille Library oral description experts provided guidance throughout the process and worked with volunteers to optimize the final draft. The "Love Cinema" project team of the Shanghai Film Distribution and Exhibition Industry Association recorded commentary based on the script, edited the commentary audio track, synthesized it with the original film, and finally produced an accessible version. During the release and screening stage of
, the barrier-free version of the film received support from Xinli Media and Shanghai Film Technology Factory. The film source with the commentary track was made into a digital copy in advance and distributed to theaters with barrier-free screening conditions.
After the barrier-free version of "Catch a Baby" was released on July 13, blind audiences responded enthusiastically, saying that "zero time difference" viewing allows them to watch movies easily with their families, "watch movies" and laugh together, which is great for them. Say it's extremely important.
It is reported that after the accessible versions of "Catch a Baby" and "Under the Stranger" are released in theaters, they will also be launched on Tencent Video's "Accessible Theater" as soon as possible. In May of this year, Tencent teamed up with the China Braille Library to launch Tencent Video's "Barrier-free Theater" for blind people to watch movies for free, and authorized a number of high-quality film and television dramas such as " Hot and Spicy " and " The Long Season ". , launched volunteer recruitment, accelerated the production of barrier-free versions, and planned to launch more than 600 film and television works in batches to initially solve the actual pain points of visually impaired people having difficulty watching movies online.
opens up the entire link from online to offline movie viewing, giving the visually impaired people more choices. They can not only go to theaters to "watch new movies simultaneously", but also "watch new movies online" without leaving home.
Author: Tang Qi
