AUDIO DESCRIPTION AND DIVERSITY AWARENESS: FLUTUA MUSIC VIDEO

ABSTRACT Brazil has the highest murder rate of transgender people in the world. The paper will focus on a debate of how audio description of some audiovisual products should be used to call the attention to the discrimination and violence suffered by homosexual couples. We have chosen a Brazilian music video called Flutua produced and performed by Johnny Hooker with special participation of the Brazilian singer Liniker, a black trans woman. The clip presents an outstanding visual narrative involving contemporary themes such as gays with disability, gender-fluid and homophobia. During the video a gay deaf couple spends a day having fun with friends in an urban scenario composed by known streets and places of Sao Paulo capital. At the end of the day a member of the group suffered a very violent attack. The audio description of the most relevant scenes, the identities and outfit of the singers, and their movements will be presented having in mind the music as protagonist of Flutua.

摘要：巴西是全球跨性别者（transgender）凶杀率最高的国家。本研究将围绕如何借助视听作品的音频描述（audio description），唤起公众对同性伴侣所遭受的歧视与暴力的关注这一核心议题展开探讨。我们选取了巴西音乐人Johnny Hooker制作并演唱的音乐录影带《Flutua》，该作品特邀巴西歌手、黑人跨性别女性Liniker参与演出。该录影带呈现了极具感染力的视觉叙事，涵盖残障同性恋者、性别流动（gender-fluid）群体以及恐同症（homophobia）等当代社会议题。影片中，一对失聪同性伴侣与友人在圣保罗市区知名街道与地标构成的城市场景中度过了欢乐的一日。当日临近尾声时，团队中的一名成员遭遇了极其残暴的袭击。我们将以《Flutua》的音乐为叙事核心，为其中最具代表性的场景、歌手的身份与着装及其肢体动作提供音频描述。