Writing for media, cinema, theater, and visual arts
In parallel with my artistic practice, I work in the field of audio description, primarily for television and cinema.
What is video description?
Described video (DV), also referred to as video description, is the narration added to the soundtrack to describe important visual details that cannot be understood from the main soundtrack alone. Described video is a means to inform individuals who are blind or partially sighted about visual content essential for comprehension. It provides information about actions, characters, scene changes, on-screen text and other visual content. Described video supplements the regular audio track of a program and is usually added during existing pauses in dialogue.
(Source: CRTC (Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission)
Passionate about words, images and cinema, Claudette Lemay has been working in the field of audio description for over ten years, with the mission of making visual culture accessible to all. She is also a media artist and enjoys sharing her storytelling through inclusive narratives and experiences.
She works as an audio description writer at MELS Studios, where she has trained nearly twenty AD writers. Her involvement extends beyond the screen: she has organized a tactile tour of an exhibition in a Montreal art gallery, written and narrated the audio description of a play and co-taught an introductory audio description course at the Université de Montréal.
At the same time, she became involved as a volunteer in accompanying blind people, consolidating her desire to build bridges between diverse communities.
Her career is a testament to her social commitment and creativity, underlining her essential contribution to the field of audio description.
