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Thesis - Ch. 4 section 6.3 Audio Description

Colour code: As indicated on title page of working draft, and revision record Supervisor comments incorporated into Master Doc 1.1          Audio Description   Although film captions, for those who are deaf, were emerging in the 1960s, the concepts behind the ‘act’ and ‘art’ of Audio Description (AD) were first developed in San Francisco in the 1970s, by Gregory Frazier and coined as “television for the blind” (Fryer 2016; Fryer 2020; Snyder 2005). Developed as an assistive aid for those with visual impairment (Kleege, 2015), Audio Description is an umbrella term for techniques that make visual media accessible to blind people (Kleege, 2017).   Since its inclusion in live theatre in the 1980s, when the blind audience wore headsets and the audio describer was housed backstage (Kleege, 2017) AD can now be found in diverse fields including sound science, critical disability studies, immersive technology and both visual and performing arts (Thompson, 2018) . It is defined as ‘a verbal

Thesis - method of review of sections

 Agreed with supervisors: Master Document with thesis structure, using the navigation pane in word, to be stored in Teams folder and updated each Friday. Written draft extracts to be sent to supervisors (approx 1000 words) in the body of an email (for simple review). Plus a word.doc version to be uploaded into Teams, for tracked changes and comments from supervisors. Revision log to be stored in Teams folder and updated each Friday. Log to show colour coding writing in progress, sent for review, supervisor comments and updated section. Andrea McSwan - THESIS MASTER DOCUMENT   - Revisions Records In progress Sent for supervisor review Supervisor comments incorporated into Master Doc Date Rev Section/Chapter Detail Notes 15 Jan 2021 A Abstract. Field of practice In progress notes   20 Jan 2021 B Audio Description In progress