How descriptive audio works

John and Craig take a deep look at how descriptive audio for the blind works, with clips from Daredevil and an interview with a woman who does it for a living. It’s a fascinating form of writing, with many of the same challenges screenwriters face. Also this week: Capitals, capitalization, the WGA financial numbers, and answers to a bunch of listener questions. If you have a Scriptnotes t-shirt design, the deadline is August 11th. Click the link below for details. Links: Submit your Fall 2015 Scriptnotes shirt design by August 11 Capitals for iOS MovieBob Reviews: Pixels (NSFW) Subtitling for screenwriters on johnaugust.com Can you reference specific, proper-noun products/songs/locations/etc. in your screenplay? on screenwriting.io 2015 WGAw Annual Report to Writers Bathsheba Sculptures Kevin Kelly’s Cool Tools MacID Outro by Matthew Chilelli (send us yours!) You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3. UPDATE 7-31-15: The transcript of this episode can be found here. The post How descriptive audio works first appeared on John August.