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When you watchBridgerton, you may notice the titular siblings love to stare.
Daphnes eyes linger on Simon Bassets mouth as he swirls a spoon on his tongue.
Anthony stares so intently at Kate Sharma that you think hell burn a hole through her.
His mouth hangs agape.
Surely your mouth also hangs agape reading this.
For this season ofBridgerton, its the audio description, or AD, that has fans talking.
The seriesspiciest sceneshave a descriptiveoomf, as if theyre ripped straight from a romance novel.
Were finding voices and personalities that match the content, she said.
Currently, audio description forBridgertonis available in seven languages, but Netflix is adding eight more to the mix.
People are watching content with the dubbed and the subtitles together, Retat said.
I got in touch with the person they interviewed, Colleen Connor, who I now teach with.
If we ask and its available, we will have access to a shooting script.
Especially for newer writers, you could start to rely on the script itself.
We try not to.
We always have to be faithful to the visuals, to whats happening on the screen.
Its really the final video proxy that is our Bible.
I am a lifelong bookworm, but it was kind ofBridgertonthat got me into the genre.
Im newish to romance, but I was a massive Sherlock Holmes and H.G.
Wells fan as a kid.
This was such a great opportunity to use a different set of phrases than we might normally use.
Theres his jaw muscles twitch and Colins jaw tightens.
As long as its accurate and were vividly and concisely describing, then Im happy.
But lets get some famous people onboard to watch.
Ive been doing this for six years and I still struggle with it.
I want to write and describe everything, especially forBridgerton.
That world is so rich, so vibrant, and theres so many fun things happening visually, constantly.
The first major skill you hone as a describer is trim, trim, trim.
Over time, you get better at coming up with more concise ways to say things.
Does this make the intimate scenes more fun to write?
But its not raunchy, right?
Its not X-rated, and youre not seeing anything being inserted anywhere.
Thats also the fun part, choosing exactly the right words to bring that across.
I wont lie, it is stressful to describe the intimate scenes because theres so much pressure.
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Do you ever get corrections or notes from Netflix?Just my passes.
I make so many edits to my script before it even goes into session to record.
Its been through multiple drafts.
What kinds of scenes are challenging to figure out how to write?
Thatll give me a good starting point to go,Whats happening now?
Where is my eye drawn?
The audio description of the intimate scene in episode five walks a fine line.
I went with a friend who is blind.
Shes also an AD professional, and the house was packed.
Its so rare for me to experience fan reactions to the audio description.
Thats how I know Im on the right track.
The first thing that popped into my head was something about burying his face on her ample bosom.
First of all, I was like,Okay, ample bosom is sort of a played-out phrase.
The visual it brings to mind when I read it back was something kind of vulgar and not sexy.
And he wasnt burying anything anywhere, really.
That was just my brain completing the sentence.
This reminds me of one thing I noticed watching episode two.Colin cuts his hand.
Ive seen this season of Bridgeton so many times, and I always thought Penelope gripped his hand.
As you say, it adds more to the scene.
But thats why we have to watch things over and over again.
