Thanks to the repository Tesis Doctorals en Xarxa (TDX), our doctoral thesis «Inclusive cinema: Context, methodology and praxis« can be consulted online in its full form.
The link that should be used for citations is this:
http://hdl.handle.net/10803/689525
The informative synopsis of the thesis is:
Disability has accompanied human beings since the beginning of time, and the way in which people have interacted with it has evolved from rejection to equal treatment. With regard to the access and participation of people with disabilities in the cinema industry, 2023 represents a turning point thanks to the forthcoming Spanish Law on Cinema and Audiovisual Culture, which establishes that audio description and accessible subtitling are mandatory in any feature film that is eligible for public funding. Therefore, this thesis offers a historical context to know the audience with disabilities, a legislative analysis of the Spanish audiovisual industry and a deep study on accessibility tools and sign language. Finally, the model of inclusive cinema is presented, a novel and transversal protocol that incorporates accessible resources from the script of each project.
The scientific synopsis of the thesis is:
This doctoral thesis focuses on sensory accessibility of cinema productions considering film accessibility and its main users —people with disabilities—the subject of research. Therefore, this thesis delves into the circumstances for which millions of people demand improvements in the creation and distribution of accessibility aids; and how these can be related to the audiovisual industry through a new paradigm: inclusive cinema. Analysed as a single qualitative case study, this model —already tested through an action-research methodology— considers that the accessibility of a film can be worked on from its earliest stage, the script, which has a direct impact on the following preproduction, shooting, post-production and distribution phases. It also promotes the participation of people with disabilities during the film creation and distribution process and a balanced relationship between accessibility companies and creative teams.
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