Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Convenor
Jan-Louis Kruger
Contact via 0298501467
C5A 523
Contact Hiranya Anderson at hiranhya.anderson@mq.edu.au
Margaret Wood
Co-convenor
Sarah Forget
Contact via Email
Tutor
Sijia Chen
Contact via Email
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Credit points |
Credit points
4
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
Admission to MAdvTransInterStud or MTransInter or PGDipTransInter
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
TRAN820
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit introduces students to the field of audio-visual translation, with the main focus on subtitling for different types of media, the semantics of audio-visual language transfer and recent developments in other modes such as audio description. Students will acquire basic subtitling skills as well as a theoretical knowledge of the field of audio-visual accessibility.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
Name | Weighting | Hurdle | Due |
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Semiotic film analysis | 10% | No | Week 4 |
Practical subtitling | 20% | No | Week 6 |
Automatic subtitles | 20% | No | Week 9 |
PROJECT | 50% | No | 12/06/2017 |
Due: Week 4
Weighting: 10%
Due: Week 4 Weighting: 10%
Due: Week 6
Weighting: 20%
Due: Week 6 Weighting: 20%
Due: Week 9
Weighting: 20%
This assessment will prepare you for the reality of online subtitling. You will work on a subtitling file created using automatic subtitling software for a film that will be provided in class.
The outcomes that will be tested in this assignment centre on technical software skills, as well as the subtitling skills emphasised in the previous assessment.
More information will be provided in class.
Due: 12/06/2017
Weighting: 50%
Full project.
Class times:
Lectures and tutorials: Fridays 12.00-16.00
Lecturers: Jan-Louis Kruger and Sarah Forget (co-convenors)
Tutors: Sarah Forget and Sijia Chen
Location of classes: C5A 204
Teaching and Learning Strategies
The learning and teaching strategies and resources used in this Unit are:
It is expected that students in this unit will
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Content |
Reading |
Practical |
Class 1 27 Feb Jan-Louis Kruger |
1.1 Introduction to AVT 1.2 Semiotics and subtitling |
Introduction to subtitling (Chapter 1 in AVT: Subtitling) The semiotics of subtitling (Chapter 3 in AVT: Subtitling) |
Examples Discuss semiotic analysis assignment (The Snows of Kilimanjaro due 20 March) |
Class 2 6 March Jan-Louis Kruger |
2.1 Subtitling principles, guidelines and standards |
Guidelines
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(Ants example file) Text reduction Chunking Punctuation exercises |
Class 3 13 March Sarah Forget |
Aegisub training workshop |
Guidelines, user manual |
Getting your hands dirty with Aegisub… (Dragons of Komodo) |
Class 4 20 March Sarah Forget |
Practical Aegisub training |
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Getting your hands dirtier with Aegisub… Formal assessment 2: 5 minutes of subtitles on Dragons Due 3 April |
Class 5 |
5.1 Audio Description workshop presented by Prof. Aline Remael |
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Bionote Prof. dr. Aline Remael (TricS research group) is Department Chair, and Professor of Translation Theory, Interpreting and Audiovisual Translation at the Department of Applied Linguistics/Translators and Interpreters, UAntwerp. Her main research interests and publications are in AVT/media accessibility, including AD and live subtitling with speech recognition. She was a partner (2012-2014) in the European ADLAB-project (Audio Description Life-Long Access for the Blind), is currently a partner in its follow-up Erasmus + project ADLAB-PRO, and in the European ACT project on Accessible Culture and Training. She is a member of the TransMedia research group. |
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Class 6 3 April Jan-Louis Kruger |
AVT and translation theory |
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Choose film for year project and bring to class |
Class 7 10 April Sarah Forget |
Automatic subtitling and YouTube |
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Autumn recess |
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Class 8 1 May Sarah Forget |
Automatic subtitling and YouTube |
Automatic subtitles Finalise subtitles |
Assessment 3: Automatic subtitles: post-editing due 8 May |
Class 9 8 May Jan-Louis Kruger |
Narrative theory and AVT |
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Plan year project
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Class 10 15 May Jan-Louis Kruger |
SDH and media accessibility |
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Work on year project |
Class 11 22 May |
Work on year project |
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Class 12 29 May |
Work on year project |
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Class 13 5 June |
Exam project feedback session |
· Checking · Research |
Work on year project |
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Due 12 June |
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