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DISBOOK #7 | 2015 - trends & BUsiness
how dUbbiNG is ChANGiNG
ThE film iNdUsTrY
oN ThE AfriCAN CoNTiNENT
By Peterson Tumwebaze
Unless you are watching a silent
comedy like Mr. Bean, there is no film
worth a single minute when the
language is strange to the viewer. there
were times in the yesteryear when
many films were too limited in
viewership, largely because of the
language used. the concept of subtitles
would come later to break the language
barrier. But it had little appeal, as many
consider it an eyesore, and that it
detracts from the action, since one has
to read the fast subtitles as well as
watch the film.
Early dubbing's forerunners were colonial cinema narrators,
who interpreted live while standing next to the screen. This
form of live interpretation of film has still survived in Kenya
and Uganda, where so-called veejays (video jockeys) comment
live on foreign filmshow in video clubs (Photo Andrew
Tshabangu , 2011, Courtesy Gallery Momo).
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over time, local 'geniuses' in some parts
of africa like in Uganda and Kenya
sought out a way to ensure that
language was not entirely a barrier in
the enjoyment of films. the
development of live interpretation of
films, a dubbing concept that
mushroomed around Uganda and
Kenya-the so-called veejays (video
jockeys) are very much in business in
these countries to-date, where they
Table des matières de la publication DISBOOK #7 - Novembre 2015
COVER
CONTENT
FOREWORD
THEY REALLY SAID THIS!
FILMING IN SOUTH AFRICA
MEET YOUR STARS
CHINA: DISCOP AFRICA 2015’S GUEST COUNTRY
PROUST QUESTIONNAIRE WITH KAGISO LEDIGA
THE NEW COMEDY SCENE IN SOUTH AFRICA
NOTED
PORTRAITS OF 5 AFRO-ENTREPRENEURS
DOSCOPRO 2014
TRENDS & BUSINESS
DISCOP AFRICA ABIDJAN 2014: THE PHOTO ALBUM
THE IMPORTANCE OF DUBBING
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