Our backyard in Maryland around dusk in late September 2017. In the distance, beyond our backyard and its shrubs and trees on a recently mowed lawn, low mist begins to form over a field of green grass.
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Sean Zdenek

soundwriting, visual design, inclusive media, rhetoric

  • Academic CV (pdf)
  • Reading Sounds (book website)
  • Accessible Podcasting
    • Introduction
    • Limiting Access: Technical access in the Podcasting Bible
    • “On the Fly” Podcasting
    • Podcasting 2.0: Towards an accessible Web
    • References
  • Captioning
    • Data Mining
    • Definitions
    • Manner of speaking
    • Music
    • Non-Speech
    • Speaker IDs
    • Timing
    • Visual Design
  • Fair use notice

Tag: Robert Pattinson

A screenshot from Twilight (2008) featuring Kristen Stewart

Twilight: Captioning the “gaspiest” movie ever

Posted on September 26, 2009August 15, 2018 by Sean Zdenek Captioning, Non-Speech

How should gasps, groans, sighs, grunts, scoffs, moans, pants and other assorted “breathy” sounds be captioned? When should they be captioned? What’s the difference between them? Why does it matter?

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A screenshot from Twilight (2008) featuring Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson

Exploring Twilight and music lyrics through closed captions

Posted on August 15, 2009August 15, 2018 by Sean Zdenek Captioning, Music

In this example from Twilight, captioned music lyrics draw meaning out of hiding as the backchannel breaks through into the viewer’s consciousness.

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