Subtitling for Deaf/Hard-of-hearing audiences

Since we now have the Digital Projector installed and working at the Electric Palace it opens up all sorts of possibilities to us. These include things like 3D, live concert broadcasts and the one I would like to talk about - subtitling.

Most of the films that we now receive come with the option of using subtitles.

Now, in the past I have spoken to a few deaf/hard-of-hearing members of our audience about the possibility of running a regular special showing with the subtitles enabled. This might, for example, be on a Tuesday following the normal weekend shows and be a showing of the Friday/Saturday main film.

Now this is very much up in the air at present because we first have to try and assess the potential audience for the show and try and see if we can staff the cinema (remember that we are all volunteers!).

So - what I would like to do is to get in touch with a member of wither the deaf or hard-of-hearing community in the area with a view to getting their help to contact their community on our behalf and get some feedback for us.

If anyone reading this feels that they could help please feel free to get in touch. You can email me at mgwright@gmail.com, send a message to our twitter account (@HarwichEP) or just leave a comment here and I will get back to you.

Thanks

The Artist

See and hear  the silent movie ‘The Artist’ in the magical surroundings of the 1911 Electric Palace Cinema in Harwich Essex.

The ‘glowing’ black & white movie will be projected on to the original 1911 Silent Screen using the newly installed 2011 digital projector. The musical soundtrack will come from the sound system relocated to the auditorium ‘orchestra pit’ -exactly where the original live musicians would have played. As far as we know this is the only cinema where you will be able to experience this unique way of presenting this outstanding film.

The multiple BAFTA-winning , multiple Oscar- nominated silent sensation will be screened at the Electric Palace on Friday March 2nd at 7.30pm, Saturday March 3rd at 2.30pm and 7.30pm, and Sunday March 4th at 2.30pm and 7.30pm. If demand exceeds this capacity further shows will be slotted in at 5.00pm on the Saturday and Sunday.

There is an article in the Harwich and Manningtree Standard that you can find here.

There is already a great deal of interest and 100 seats for each screening will be bookable in advance by e-mailing requirements to :
                          boxoffice@electricpalace.com
Confirmations will be sent back by e-mail and a printout of the reservation confirmation must be brought to the box-office on attending the chosen screening.

Competition for Warhorse tickets at Electric Palace Harwich

The Electric Palace cinema in Harwich is having a new competition to win one of three pairs of tickets to see Warhorse on either Friday 24th February, Saturday 24th February or Sunday 26th February!

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets is:-

Follow Harwich Electric Palace on Twitter by clicking here

Tweet the following text to all your followers.

"Follow @HarwichEP and tweet this msg for 1 of 3 pairs of tickets to Warhorse 24th, 25th or 26th Feb http://bit.ly/xwPWE9 #warhorse #ep261"

The winners will be chosen on Friday the 17th February at random from all the followers who have tweeted the message. Each winner will be given a "code word" to use at the booking office to claim your tickets on any of the nights above.

The Electric Palace twitter feed will keep you informed about upcoming events at the Palace. You can also ask any questions you might have about the Palace and/or events and we will try and get back to you as soon as possible.

Good luck and we look forwards to seeing you at the cinema in the near future.

Harry Potter competition

The Electric Palace cinema in Harwich is offering four pairs of tickets to see Harry Potter on 26th, 27th or 28th August.

 

All you have to do to be in with a chance of winning a pair of tickets is:-

 

Follow Harwich Electric Palace on Twitter by clicking here

 

Tweet the following text to all your followers.

 

"http://bit.ly/q1IkOD Follow @HarwichEP and tweet this msg for 1 of 3 pairs of tickets to Harry Potter 26th, 27th or 28th Aug"

 

The winners will be chosen on Thursday the 18th August at random from all the followers who have tweeted the message. Each winner will be given a "code word" to use at the booking office to claim your tickets on any of the nights above.

 

Good luck and we look forwards to seeing you at the cinema in the near future.

 

Two of my boys went "green laneing(is that a word!)" up Green Lane in Manningtree yesterday! The driver is my youngest - not long passed his test the nutter.

Decisions, Decisions!

I really hate making decisions - I tend to make the wrong ones most of the time. SO I could really use a bit of help here from all you experts out there.

I need to upgrade my phone. My old trusty Touch HD is starting to show some faults. Now I could claim under Orange Care and get a new one - but as I am eligible for an upgrade that seems to be the better option.

I have already had a play with the HTC Desire and the Samsung Galaxy S since Orange don't seem to be doing any new Windows Mobile phones any more.

Desire: I liked it a lot! The screen is a little smaller than my HD but not too much. It all seemed to work fine after I managed to switch from Windows Mobile mindset to Android mindset!

Samsung: Hmm - The screen is amazing! But, unfortunately, there are far too many little niggling faults with the firmware. According to some research, many of these are fixed in later releases but I can't get those because it is a branded device!

The other choice is to wait and see if/when Orange release the Desire HD and try that out first. I read somewhere that the Desire HD has failed Google testing which will delay its release until November?

Are the advantages of the HD (bigger screen, better camera and what else?) worth waiting for considering that I don't take that many pictures/videos.

I can't seem to find details about the two Desires ability to shoot video. I know that the Samsung can (claims?) do HD video at 30fps. Can either of the Desires manage that?

Of course I am far too eager to get a new toy to wait very long!!

So - any ideas people?

All help appreciated.

PS - see also this post at modaco.

Desire or Desire HD?

Well I got an HTC Desire out on an upgrade from Orange so that I could have a good play with an Android phone.

I actually wasn't sure that I would like it after several years of Windows Mobile - but I did!

I returned it just inside the 7 day "cooling-off" period just in case and now I can't make up my mind whether to go for the Desire or wait and see if/when Orange get the Desire HD in.

I have heard rumours of them getting it sometime in October - it would be really nice to know a little bit more accurately though.