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Gudielines for cinema staff

Captioning Access New Zealand has published a set of guidelines for Cinema Staff and their interaction with the Deaf and Hearing Impaired patrons.

Topics covered are:

  • What is an open captioned film?
  • Who can watch open captioned films?
  • How did cinema captioning start in New Zealand?
  • How to increase awareness of upcoming captioned screenings
  • On the day of the screening
  • How to communicate with the Deaf/Hearing Impaired customer
  • Basic New Zealand Sign Language
  • Emergency procedures
  • A list of common terms
  • Major Deaf and hearing impaired organisations

Click here for the MS-Word document.