Strange here too, I thought it was the same price regardless.
So I just checked online one of our local cinemas, Cineworld, selected a 2D movie and it’s standard price is £11.90 no matter what time you want to watch, be it afternoon, early or late evening. As I’ve said before, I very rarely go to the cinema anymore but having looked online, it doesn’t seem it’s changed around here. Maybe the cinemas in Weston-Super-Mud where Dave lives are different.
Open subtitles IS appreciating a film in it’s original form IMO. No different to watching a film on TV with subtitles.
I don’t go to the movies. They run the volumes at ear damaging levels. Even ‘quiet’ dramas can run at 100 dba and action movies can easily get to 120 dba.
I need to preserve as much of my limited hearing as I can. Nothing over 85dba get to my ears if I can help it.
I used to go see the movies many years ago. After a new movie is released, l wait about 6 months or longer when the movie is on dvds. I will wait until l get the new aids that should be better at reducing very loud sounds played in movie theatres.
From an article in the Oct. 26 NY TImes on the history of PBS TV, a short history of captions: ## '45. An accessibility breakthrough.–
'“The French Chef” not only revolutionized cooking shows, it also made history on a more technical front when, in 1972, it became the first television show to feature open captioning — captions that are always onscreen — making it accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers. The following year, as ABC began rebroadcasting its national news program on PBS just five hours after it originally aired, it became the first timely and accessible news program. As smaller tests of the closed captioning system (which allows viewers to toggle captions on or off) proved successful, PBS engineers worked to create caption editing consoles, encoding equipment and prototype decoder boxes. And on a Sunday evening in March 1980, closed captioning went mainstream. Deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers got their chance to enjoy some of the most popular programming on television, getting to choose among “The ABC Sunday Night Movie,” “Disney’s Wonderful World” on NBC and “Masterpiece Theater.” Julia Carmel.
I am an avid & obsessive movie watcher. But, now have a dedicated movie room, a big-big screen monitor, high-speed streaming, subscriptions to all the movie channels, subtitles & TV connector, and a great chair. So, I am all set. I do sometimes miss the action of opening-night with the crowds and sounds and smells but Covid-19 has ended all that for now - maybe forever.
I cannot access the page now either. I guess the site is gone.
When I went to see A Quiet Place II recently, the cup holder caption was a new version.
Pros: The new one has a cup holder in it so you don’t lose that feature when you need the captions. The cup holder twists to grips tight and it stays more secure on the holder without flopping about.
Cons: The caption screen is slight taller and more narrow and the stick has a ridge section towards the base end. This makes the whole thing less flexible and blocks the movie screen more. In the previous version, I could position the viewer at the bottom edge of the screen so I could easily look normally at the movie and catch the captions in my periphery. The new one I found had to move it off to the side and needed to look around it to have a good view of the screen.
Supposedly the new CODA movie has an open-caption only mandate. Unfortunately not as many places are showing it because if that. It was a good real effort to make open captions more at the forefront.
Finding a theatre that offers open captions regularly is rare. Those that do are often at inconvenient times for most people. If there is a large Deaf community in the area, I have seen some successful efforts at petitioning a specific theatre to offer a weekly showing with open captions during a prime time spot. Oddly many people are turned off by open captions and won’t go if they are turned on. I can understand that a business needs to be sure there will be good revenues for those showings in order to make it affordable.
I’ve avoided movies for years bc of the loudness plus difficulty hearing dialogue. However, after a very pleasant experience taking my grandchildren to see Lion King, I’m interested in seeing more films.
A friend said he thought it was law theaters had to provide cc glasses (?) on request. I’ve attempted to research this but haven’t had too much luck. Also, are there theaters that still show open captioned? From what I’ve read this is preferred by most people, even some normal hearing individuals apparently.
Thanks for any info and/or guidance. For watching movies at home, I’ve also found it useful to have a Free Universal TV Remote Control available on my phone. It makes switching between shows and adjusting the TV a little easier without having to search for the physical remote.
Yes — your friend is basically right about the captioning devices, although it isn't necessarily a pair of “CC glasses.” Under the , U.S. movie theaters showing digital films that are distributed with captions generally have to provide closed-captioning equipment on request. Depending on the theater, that can be glasses or a small screen mounted in a cup holder.
Open captions are different: the words are displayed directly on the cinema screen for everyone. The ADA allows theaters to use open-caption screenings as an alternative, but it doesn't generally require every screening to have open captions. Availability therefore varies considerably by theater and location.
If dialogue is the main problem rather than captions, I'd also ask about the theater's assistive listening system. That's separate from captioning and can be useful if amplification helps you follow speech.
When booking, I'd specifically look for showtimes marked “CC,” “Closed Caption,” or “Open Caption,” and I'd call the theater if the listing isn't clear. Also, don't be embarrassed about asking for the equipment—it's exactly what it's there for.
I run a single screen independent cinema in the UK. Whilst we do screen films with subtitles it is very hard for us to do this as the audiences are lower for subtitled films so that has a financial hit for us. We have installed a system called Watchword which comprises a pair of smart glasses that show subtitles directly from most films. We let our customers borrow a pair to see the film (they are very expensive to purchase). Feedback over the past year has been very good. One of the main benefits is that someone who needs subtitles can come along with other friends who don't and everyone can be happy
Some states are passing laws requiring at least one showing with open captions if there are four or more showings of a film. Some theaters in the city where I live have open captions on Wednesday and Sunday but only for one film that the theater chooses. I go to a theater with international films with all subtitles since none of the films are in English. It is a real treat to see a film on the big screen with open captions and I recommend that you seek it out in your area.
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