Films in Braille and sign language
By Wing Tan |
March 21, 2011, Monday
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PUDONG Library screens movies that people with hearing and visual impairments can enjoy.
The month-long Festival of Barrier-free Movies which started two weeks ago is in full swing in the library, where people with disabilities can "read" and "hear" movies without difficulties. It will run through early April.
"To enable everyone - healthy or with disabilities - enjoy movies is our biggest wish," says Huang Yiqing, one of the initiators of the project and secretary-general of Shanghai Film Critics Association.
All the movies have additional audio programming, narration, subtitles and international sign language.
"It also provides new points of view for people without sight or hearing disabilities," Huang says.
The library has a projection hall with 200 seats for people with disabilities. Admission is free, but advance booking by groups and individuals is recommended.
Individuals can also borrow the discs over the phone and the post office will deliver them to the door. A highlight of the screenings is the recently released "Melodious Wind-bell," based on a true story at the Lubinghua Primary School for Migrant Workers' Children in Pudong.
In the film, a teacher who loses her right leg to bone cancer, dedicates her life to the migrant children; they in turn give her hope to carry on.
The teacher is played by 30-year-old Jin Jing, the famous 2008 Olympics torchbearer who, in the Paris relay, fended off protesters from her wheelchair. Jin, a Paralympian wheelchair fencer, herself lost a leg to cancer. The students are played by migrant children who had never acted before.
"It was really hard to control those children, but it was fun also," says Xiang Hongmin, the director. "They were running and jumping everywhere like little rabbits, making the studio full of life and laughter."
The director told the children to be what they were in daily life. "I told them to forget the cameras that were shooting them. In the beginning it was hard but when they got accustomed to it, they were all talent. Everything went smooth."
"To some extent, Jin is showing her own life to the audience, she's not just acting. She put all her emotions to the film. She was great," Xiang says.
Scenes include some of the city's best-known attractions, including Sheshan Hill, the beach in Jinshan District, an old water town and the World Expo Park.
"The story is all about love and giving and so is everyone involved in the movie making," says producer Li Dong. From the director to the actors and actresses, as well as the crew, they worked without pay.
"It is love and concern that unite us and we want to give back to society and to those who are in need. We also hope people who watch the movie can carry this love forward," says Li.
The month-long Festival of Barrier-free Movies which started two weeks ago is in full swing in the library, where people with disabilities can "read" and "hear" movies without difficulties. It will run through early April.
"To enable everyone - healthy or with disabilities - enjoy movies is our biggest wish," says Huang Yiqing, one of the initiators of the project and secretary-general of Shanghai Film Critics Association.
All the movies have additional audio programming, narration, subtitles and international sign language.
"It also provides new points of view for people without sight or hearing disabilities," Huang says.
The library has a projection hall with 200 seats for people with disabilities. Admission is free, but advance booking by groups and individuals is recommended.
Individuals can also borrow the discs over the phone and the post office will deliver them to the door. A highlight of the screenings is the recently released "Melodious Wind-bell," based on a true story at the Lubinghua Primary School for Migrant Workers' Children in Pudong.
In the film, a teacher who loses her right leg to bone cancer, dedicates her life to the migrant children; they in turn give her hope to carry on.
The teacher is played by 30-year-old Jin Jing, the famous 2008 Olympics torchbearer who, in the Paris relay, fended off protesters from her wheelchair. Jin, a Paralympian wheelchair fencer, herself lost a leg to cancer. The students are played by migrant children who had never acted before.
"It was really hard to control those children, but it was fun also," says Xiang Hongmin, the director. "They were running and jumping everywhere like little rabbits, making the studio full of life and laughter."
The director told the children to be what they were in daily life. "I told them to forget the cameras that were shooting them. In the beginning it was hard but when they got accustomed to it, they were all talent. Everything went smooth."
"To some extent, Jin is showing her own life to the audience, she's not just acting. She put all her emotions to the film. She was great," Xiang says.
Scenes include some of the city's best-known attractions, including Sheshan Hill, the beach in Jinshan District, an old water town and the World Expo Park.
"The story is all about love and giving and so is everyone involved in the movie making," says producer Li Dong. From the director to the actors and actresses, as well as the crew, they worked without pay.
"It is love and concern that unite us and we want to give back to society and to those who are in need. We also hope people who watch the movie can carry this love forward," says Li.
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