[oregon-l] Movies rated for the blind

[Patricia Kepler]

That is what Kae and I were asking.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Clark" <rclark0276 at charter.net>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:57 AM
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    Ok I gotcha now, Patricia.  That is a whole different game then.  Is it
practical?  Is it possible for someone to rate moviies objectively?

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patricia Kepler" <pkepler at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion list for Oregon" <oregon-l at acb.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: [oregon-l] Movies rated for the blind


> No no Robert you are not understanding what I said.   Audio description,
> in
> my mind is the only way to address this.   For example,   Pirates of the
> Caribbean without audio  description is a very different movie than one
> with
> the description.   I enjoyed the movie the first time I saw it, but when I
> later watched it with the description I discovered several things that  I
> missed.
>
> What  I said, was that  as I understood  Gregg's original question, he was
> not asking about audio described films.  He was asking for a rating system
> that would tell you if a movie without audio description plays well for a
> visually impaired person.  Original Message ----- 
> From: "Robert Clark" <rclark0276 at charter.net>
> To: "Discussion list for Oregon" <oregon-l at acb.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [oregon-l] Movies rated for the blind
>
>
>    Well if programming is marked as it is with the closed captioning, why
> use a rating system?  Yes it would be hard to use audio description when
> there is a lot of action but what else is there that can address this?
>
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Patricia Kepler" <pkepler at gmail.com>
> To: "Discussion list for Oregon" <oregon-l at acb.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 10:16 AM
> Subject: Re: [oregon-l] Movies rated for the blind
>
>
>>I understand the idea of marking a dvd with DVS to indicate that t there
>>is
>> audio discription, but  that was not how I read the original question.
>> Wasn't  he looking for a service  that would tell him how easy a movie
>> was
>> to follow if you cannot see it?
>> Generally speaking that would limit you to  romantic comedies.   Action
>> films and most science fiction are going to have a lot of  effects and
>> not
>> much dialogue.
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Robert Clark" <rclark0276 at charter.net>
>> To: "Discussion list for Oregon" <oregon-l at acb.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 9:14 AM
>> Subject: Re: [oregon-l] Movies rated for the blind
>>
>>
>> Kae,
>>    Maybe it would be beter not to call this a rating issue.  You will
>> find
>> tv listings marked with a "CC" to show its closed captioned.  Same for
>> dvd's
>> that are sold.
>>
>>    So the same should be the case for video descriptions.  I dont know
>> how
>> long it took for the closed captioning to be be made a requirement.  This
>> is
>> what we probably want to see happen here too.
>>
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>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Kae Seth" <lady-potter at comcast.net>
>> To: "Gregg Welch" <welch1525 at comcast.net>; "Discussion list for Oregon"
>> <oregon-l at acb.org>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 7:20 AM
>> Subject: Re: [oregon-l] Movies rated for the blind
>>
>>
>> Not to sound totally skeptical, but ... why should movies be rated
>> specifically for a disability group?  Should there be video description
>> available?  Yes indeed, but there should be video description on Tv too,
>> so
>> that we can read the wonderful alerts which come flashing on our screens.
>>
>> There is currently a major effort by Acb to pass a act which would make
>> Television and other media utilize video  description.
>> Kae and  Bailey
>>
>>
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