Movie brings attention to blind cinema
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THE sentimental film “Blind Massage” by Lou Ye centers on the emotions, dreams and desires of blind people. It has also aroused public awareness of the blind’s cinema-going needs.
Last month, the film had a special blind-accessible screening at the Stellar Cinema City in Pudong, when senior editor Huang Yanjie from the China Braille Press offered detailed narration for the movie scenes.
The film, which recently won six Golden Horse Awards (out of nominations) focuses on a group of blind people working in a massage parlor. The blind-accessible version was well-received among its sightless viewers, many of whom said they were inspired by the independence and perseverance of the characters.
Huang told media that she had watched the film at least 10 times to gain a deep understanding of the lines and scenes. Her narration was a supplement to the story line, which ensured continuity of the movie for the blind.
Blind-accessible screenings are not new in the city. As early as in 2007, the Shanghai Disabled Persons’ Federation and Shanghai Association of the Blind launched a voluntary team to present film narration at local communities.
In 2012, blind-accessible screenings started to spread. To date, a total of 17 cinemas in the city offered monthly blind-accessible screenings on the fourth Thursday of each month.
These cinemas include Cathay Theater, New Hengshan Cinema, Jiading Cinema, Hubei Cinema and Nextage Film Art Center. About 3,000 blind people are attracted to such screenings each month. In the future, blind-accessible film screenings are expected to cover most of the residential communities of the city.
Film insiders say that it usually takes a week to write a narration manuscript of a movie, which contains passages to describe sets, conflict of dramaturgy and delicate emotional changes of the characters.
Today, a problem that hampers blind-accessible screenings is the lack of movies. Not many movies have a specific blind-accessible version. Narration talents and volunteers are also in demand.
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