How the arts can help change attitudes to blindness
Thinking creatively about formats such as Braille and audio description can help improve accessibility and perceptions about blindness
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Tag: film
Welcoming blind and partially sighted patrons to your venue
Before the accessible performance, be sure to go through these tips for welcoming blind/partially sighted people to your venue.
How do I make my presentations accessible?
Oral presentations often make use of visual aids such as PowerPoint presentations. If consideration is not given to blind and partially sighted members of the audience, a presentation can be inaccessible. The World Blind Union (WBU) produce simple guidelines on how to maximise your impact by ensuring that your presentation, and your delivery technique, is … More
Subtitling and audio description
To ensure the maximum number of people can benefit from watching films in your venue, you may wish to hold screenings with HOH subtitles (HOH stands for ‘Hard of Hearing’) or audio description, which serve Deaf or hard of hearing and partially sighted or blind audiences respectively. It’s important that cinemas are welcoming to all … More
Key information and statistics on sight loss in the UK
What are the main causes of blindness in adults? Age-related macular degeneration is by far the leading cause of blindness in adults. Other significant causes of sight loss are glaucoma, cataracts and diabetic retinopathy. How many people have sight loss in the UK? Every day 250 people start to lose their sight in the UK. As of … More
Sight loss data tool
The RNIB’s Sight Loss Data Tool is the UK’s biggest collection of eye health datasets. The product collates a wide range of publically available datasets and allows users to view local area data easily in one of three different automated reports. The full report tells a tailored story about the local area; custom tables allow … More
Cinema for us (all of us) – Wicked Cinema
Project overview We are working with Tir Morfa special school and the film enterprise group they have set up in the school ReACTions to run screenings for the whole school. The school has around 120 pupils, which includes children with moderate and profound learning disabilities. The screenings take place at Rhyl Little theatre, home to … More
[VID] How to engage new young audiences in experiencing theatre
To encourage new young audiences to experience theatre, the Arts Council’s A Night Less Ordinary scheme in association with Metro offered over half a million (618,000) free theatre tickets to anyone under 26 at more than 200 venues throughout England. In this video Jane Finnis, Culture 24, Jake Orr, www.ayoungertheatre.com, Susan Whiddington, Mousetrap Theatre Projects … More
Working with Young People
A collection of articles, links and research designed to help cinemas and organisations interested in developing young audiences, aged 16-30.
[VID] New Initiatives to Attract Young Audiences to Cinema – Europa Cinemas Conference
cinema nation was asked to speak at the 18th Europa Cinemas Conference, held in Athens between 21-24 November 2013. As part of a workshop on the future of cinemas, Michael delivered a fast paced overview of how to prepare yourself with working with young audiences.
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