Opening credit sequences

This article aims to analyse existing audio descriptions of opening credit sequences to raise awareness at the function and role played by these brief film introductions. It will pave the way to suggest possible ways of dealing with the overload of information provided by the credits. The first sect...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Matamala, Anna|||0000-0002-1607-9011, Orero, Pilar|||0000-0003-0269-1936
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2011
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:117134
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/117134
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Audio description
Audiovisual translation
Media accessibility
Film credits
Descripción
Sumario:This article aims to analyse existing audio descriptions of opening credit sequences to raise awareness at the function and role played by these brief film introductions. It will pave the way to suggest possible ways of dealing with the overload of information provided by the credits. The first section presents an overview of film credits: five main historical phases are identified, and four categories are proposed. The manifold functions and constituents of opening credit sequences are also presented. The second section presents an analysis of a corpus of twenty opening film credits and highlights the various strategies adopted as well as the many problems faced by audio describers.