Multimodal Analysis as a Way to Operationalise Objectivity in Audio Description

• DOI: 10.47476/jat.v6i2.2023.251
• Publication Date: 2023-12-29T09:30:53Z
• Authors: Alejandro Romero ...
• Keywords: Objectivity (philosophy); Multimodality

Objectivity is a constant recommendation in audio description (AD) guidelines. However, some scholars have pointed to the advantages of more subjective, creative, or narrative rendition. In this paper, we seek determine what extent subjectivity and objectivity coexist Spanish filmic AD. order fulfil our aim, operationalised by means multimodal analysis based on Chaume’s (2004) classification meaning codes. To operationalise through multimodality, employed qualitative content examined whether visual acoustic information was rendered objectively subjectively corpus four AD scripts from Netflix. Our results show, firstly, that interact mobility, iconographic, editing Moreover, dissimilarities arise way these codes are described Spanish: movement mainly objectively, whereas iconography either objectively. conclusion, can state neither systematically applied scripts, nor purely be found, but rather mixture both coexists. Furthermore, coexistence seems unequal, since different tendencies identified movement, editing, described. Lay summary Audio an oral narration aimed at blind people provides about going audiovisual product. The traditional view has been inform contents, support subjective creative alternatives. This papers seeks observe actually contains objective elements. find elements, used kind shows how create meaning. exposed instances elements group descriptions show there when informing symbols, spatio-temporal changes. not balanced, symbols changes current result