Here's A Video To Add Your Voice To, See The Script Right Below.
Karaoke hands you the song with the lead vocal taken out.
This hands you a movie scene with the Audio Description taken out, plus the script that goes back in.
Play the video below. Read the lines (right below the video on this page) out loud in the spaces between the dialogue. Record it on your phone if you want to hear yourself back.
Four minutes. No studio, no software, no signup.
(Using a screen reader? The script stands on its own, and the timecodes tell you where each cue lands. My recorded version is further down if you want to hear one way through it.)
Audio Description (AD) script:
For educational purposes only.
Directions and Guide:
Each cue has a start timecode and an end timecode. Your words fit between them.
Anything inside square brackets is a marker, not a line to read.
Some are dialogue you’ll hear, some are picture cues. They tell you where to come in and where to get out.
The bold time (02:18, 02:30, etc.) is where you start. the not bold time (02:20, 02:33, etc. is where you need to finish by).
Read the plain text. That’s the Audio Description.
For educational purposes only.
Directions and Guide:
Each cue has a start timecode and an end timecode. Your words fit between them.
Anything inside square brackets is a marker, not a line to read.
Some are dialogue you’ll hear, some are picture cues. They tell you where to come in and where to get out.
The bold time (02:18, 02:30, etc.) is where you start. the not bold time (02:20, 02:33, etc. is where you need to finish by).
Read the plain text. That’s the Audio Description.
Audio Description (AD) script:
(iOS users, this text section scrolls, while keeping the video above still. Android, we’re working on it – try on your desktop)
[PICTURE UP]
A young man unlocks an apartment door. Vincent and Jules step inside. A second young man eats at a table.
[“HEY KIDS. HOW YOU BOYS DOIN’? HEY, KEEP CHILLIN’.”]
Jules motions for a young man on a couch to prop up his foot. He gives the “okay” sign, then turns to the man at the table.
00:24
00:33
[“…business partner, don’t you?]
The man glances up uneasily.
[“NOW LET ME TAKE A WILD GUESS HERE.”]
Jules looks at the man on the couch, then points to the one at the table.
00:42
00:49
[“…Wallace, don’t you, Brett?”]
Brett nods.
00:51
00:59
([…’bout that. Whatcha havin’?”]
Vincent steps to the kitchen.
01:01
01:28
[“…try one of yours?”]
Brett shakes his head.
[“THIS IS YOURS HERE, RIGHT?” (FAINT) “YEAH.”]
The young man gestures and nods. Watching him, Jules grabs the cheeseburger. He takes a bite.
01:40
02:18
[“…they call it that?”]
Brett shrugs.
02:20
02:30
[“…that’s right, the metric system!”]
Jules points at a cup.
02:33
02:42
[“…down? Go right ahead.”]
Jules grabs the cup.
[PAUSE]
Keeping his eyes on Brett, he takes a long drink through the straw.
[(SLURP)(SIGH)]
He puts the cup down.
[“THAT HIT THE SPOT.”]
Jules steps to the couch.
02:58
03:10
[“…you a goddamn thing.”]
The man who answered the door wears a stunned look. Jules keeps his eyes on him.
[“YOU WERE SAYING?” “IT’S IN THE CUPBOARD.”]
Vincent opens a kitchen cabinet.
[“NO, THE ONE BY YOUR KNEES.”]
He lowers out of view behind the counter. The man on the couch looks anxiously to Jules. Brett glances toward the kitchen. With a cigarette in his mouth, Vincent sets a briefcase on the countertop. He spins the dials of the combination lock to read: “six-six-six.”
[PAUSE]
Vincent opens the lid, and a golden glow shines on his face. He takes the cigarette from his mouth as he stares.
[“WE HAPPY?” “VINCENT?”]
Here's one way through it, recorded years back. My picture is in the bottom right, and my voice is louder than it would be in a real mix. Yours won't sound like mine, and it shouldn't.
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