Search results for " audiovisual"

Multi-sensory approaches to (audio) describing the visual arts

2012

Making art accessible to blind patrons requires the ability to convey explicit and implicit visual messages through non-visual forms. Audio description is often seen as the best way to offer visual texts to blind people; however, one may query whether words alone are sufficient to convey the subtleties of art and to transport the emotional charge such works offer. It is a fact that the dialogue between words and touch may allow these particular “readers” to “see” art in its tangible forms, but perhaps more is needed if one is to give them the opportunity to live the art experience to the full. This article discusses different multi-sensory approaches to making art available to visually impa…

Lyrics against images: music and audio description

2012

Music has been an integral part of films from as far back as the silent movie era, where a piano accompaniment was used to build the narrative and an orchestra was used to drown out the sound of the projector. Music in films can encompass a wide array of elements, from a song to a whistle, and can play many roles, as has been commented upon by many researchers. Due to the relevance of music in film narrative, it is an element which merits attention when it comes to making a film accessible, be it through Audio description, Audio subtitling, Sign Language or Subtitling for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing. This article focuses on Audio description (AD) and how music is handled in audio described…

The interaction of codes in dubbing: wordplay and visual restrictions

2012

The following paper delves into the complex transfer of humour focusing on a recurring problem that appears when dubbing comedies: wordplay partially transmitted by image. It analyses the factors that have a bearing on translation and illustrates the various translation techniques with scenes from the Marx Brothers' filmography. Finally, it details the conclusions obtained from the analysis of the dubbing of 74 puns with visual restriction and its comparison with 116 cases where there is no such restriction.

Visual perception and audiovisual translation: directed vision

2012

This paper is based on the premise that “some of the basic skills needed to understand film and television are identical to those necessary for natural visual perception” (Grodal 1999: 76). Perception is an unconscious and natural way of interpreting our environment based on prior experience and learning. In contrast to the deeply rooted Western belief that image is universal and true, our argument is that visual perception is a cognitive process determined by prior experience, environment, context, cultural values and motivation. This paper analyzes the application of cognitive research on visual perception in audiovisual narrative strategies and its implications for the study of the audio…

Balance y Desafíos de la Sociedad de la Información

1996

Del salón familiar a las salas de estreno : cine doméstico español y reciclaje audiovisual

2018

International audience; El presente artículo ofrece una aproximación a los reciclajes contemporáneos del cine doméstico español y analiza cómo, en el proceso de reapropiación, las imágenes ajenas pierden su naturaleza original y se resemantizan a través de la exhibición pública, fuera del círculo familiar para el que fueron concebidas originalmente. El estudio se centra en cuatro largometrajes documentales –Un instante en la vida ajena (José Luis López-Linares, 2003), Barcelona, abans que el temps ho esborri (Mireia Ros, 2010), El Perro Negro: Stories from the Spanish Civil War (Péter Forgács, 2005), El gran vuelo (Carolina Astudillo, 2014)– y en un original y multifacético proyecto transme…

Narración, espacio y emplazamiento turístico en el cine español de ficción (1951 – 1977)

2015

La importancia de la industria turística en España es incuestionable. Mucho antes de la aparición de las denominadas 'film commissions' ya puede apreciarse un uso del audiovisual, y en concreto del cine, como instrumento de promoción de los destinos turísticos. Partiendo de esta premisa, el objetivo de la presente investigación es el análisis del espacio turístico como producto emplazado en la estructura narrativa y dramática de las películas de temática turística producidas durante los años de actuación del Ministerio de Información y Turismo (1951 - 1977). Nos situamos, por tanto, en el ámbito del análisis de la narración audiovisual. Los resultados muestran cómo el espacio turístico se c…

Vetting and verifying multimodal false information. A challenge for democratic societies

2021

The rapid proliferation of fake news is a challenge for free societies, founded on freedom of expression and information, endangering their democratic systems through audience confusion. Fake news is a type of disinformation with the ability to alter the logical orientation of readers, and as evidenced in different academic publications, it can radicalize the citizen and favour violence. This news is also created to confuse audiences and reinforce certain trends. This is important enough to produce a scientific interest in information science studies and urge the creation of tools capable of detecting and identifying this type of news, especially those disseminated by social networks, where…

Bajarse al moro en modo travelling. Hacia una caracterización interdiscursiva de la competencia comunicativa audiovisual

2018

Las últimas aportaciones en el desarrollo teórico de la competencia comunicativa audiovisual destacan la idoneidad de diseñar secuencias de enseñanza-aprendizaje en las que se propicie un enfoque metodológico basado en el contraste entre diferentes versiones de una misma producción artística. Partiendo, pues, de estas premisas teóricas, este estudio pretende contribuir al desarrollo de la competencia comunicativa audiovisual mediante el diseño de una secuencia didáctica sobre la obra teatral Bajarse al moro. Con ello se persigue ofrecer un camino metodológico singular en el marco de las enseñanzas medias y universitarias. The design of didactic sequences in which it promotes a methological …

Applied mathematics concepts Self-learning through the use of short educational videos

2019

It is sometimes difficult for the student to actively participate in the learning process due to the difficulty that teachers find when trying to cover all the contents of a course with sufficient time and attention. This lack of time prevents professors from properly stimulating the student's active participation in class, which is always necessary for achieving a deep and significant learning. The present paper describes a flipped-classroom-based methodology that fosters autonomous learning of applied mathematics contents through the use of short educational videos. The use of on-line media learning resources has dramatically increased in the last decade in higher education, not only unde…