The Sign Language Channel Workshop
Sat 4 Oct 1100hrs Waterside 3
This event is free - please pick up a ticket from Box Office.

This event will provide an opportunity to explore possibilities in which we can use a Sign Language Channel to provide full access in Sign Language for Sign Language audiences.
The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A, giving you an opportunity to voice opinions.
Speakers are still to be confirmed including Austin Reeves and Clark Denmark from British Deaf Association.
BSL Interpreters will be present.

Panel Discussion: Language Barriers in the Film Industry
Sat 4 Oct 1300 - 1430hrs Watershed Cinema 1
This event is free, please pick up a ticket from Box Office.

This panel discussion will provide an opportunity for film and TV practitioners to discuss the new wave of
Deaf filmmaking practice and explore the wider conflict between the fight for access to the 'mainstream'
hearing world and the desire to preserve and promote Deaf culture and language. Also expect a
selection of tasty samples of the feast in store over the weekend. Chaired by prolific Deaf director and
"VisionSign" representative Samuel Dore, guest speakers will include
Sherrie Eugene (freelance presenter/ reporter),
Alison Walsh (Channel 4 Disability Advisor),
Hilary Dunman (Resource Base),
and
Dr Paddy Ladd (Centre for Deaf Studies, University of Bristol).

BSL Interpreters will be present.

Think Tank: Digital Technology and Access
Sat 4 Oct 1830 - 1930hrs Watershed Waterside 3
This event is free, please pick up a ticket from Box Office.

This event will provide an opportunity to examine practical ways in which the film and TV industry can use digital technology to improve access for Deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences.
The panel discussion will be followed by a Q&A, giving audiences an opportunity to voice opinions about new technology such as DTS captioning (used in the screening of "Finding Nemo") but also about whether or not increased access to the 'mainstream' hearing world of film is a positive step for Deaf audiences and filmmaking practice.
Speakers will include:
David Pope (DTS),
Clark Denmark from Bristol University's Centre of Deaf Studies
and the discussion will be chaired by Mark Cosgrove,
Watershed's Head of Exhibition.

BSL Interpreters will be present.