Ep. 19: Halloween Horror With Rein Brooks, Audio Description Writer

10/31/23 • 58 min

Happy Halloween! To celebrate spooky season, Alex and Lee chat with Rein Brooks, audio description writer for “Birth/Rebirth”, “The Royal Hotel”, and other films. We discuss your favorite horror films and the unique challenges of writing audio description for the horror genre.
Note: When Rein discusses The Walking Dead description he is referring to a sample he did, not the actual description.
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The Dark Room - Ep. 19: Halloween Horror With Rein Brooks, Audio Description Writer

Transcript

Lee Pugsley
It's spooooooky season! Happy Halloween everyone, and welcome back to Episode 19 of The Dark Room, where two blind cinephiles illuminate the sighted. I'm Lee Pugsley.
Alex Howard
I'm Alex Howard.
Lee Pugsley
And this is a podcast hosted by two legally blind guys for film lovers of all abilities. And today because it is spooky season, we are going to have a little fun with horror. And we have a very special guest. So Alex, why don't you introduce our guest?
Alex