DRIVE is the first film ever to generate and record an Audio-Description (or Audio-Vision) track at production stage. The A_D narration facilitates access for visually-impaired members of an audience.
MARY and husband RAY drive through a bleak north of England landscape en route to visit their son's grave. An accident with a dog, however, heralds a day of near disasters. Road-rage, shop lifting, queer bashing - all feature in this day in the life of an emotionally-estranged couple.
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Audio- Description, directors statement by Raina Haig.
Audio description - transcript
'Gettin Off' is a gritty and sensual story from Manchester writer Ed Jones. Nazzy is enjoying new found power while her lover Jono is in jail: she is running Jono's drug deals with Femmie, Jono's associate, is doing some dealing of her own on the side, and is having a closet affair with Vic, Jono's brother. However, finding herself in a position of power is one thing. Holding on to it is another. Nazzy has to make some drastic decisions when things don't go her way. You can watch the full version of 'Gettin off' by clicking on you connection speed below (running time 23mis 45seconds). You need WIndows Media Player to watch these films.
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'BLIND SENSATIONS', in three parts, is an expressionist film, shot on S16 and S8. The film uses a number of in-camera special effects inspired by the writer/director's personal experience of partial sight, and research into the experience of blindness.
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