For
Our Deaf and Hard of Hearing Neighbors
REAR CAPTIONING:
Motion Picture Access (MoPix®)
Over
thirty years ago, WGBH, Boston's public broadcasting station,
revolutionized television and video for people who are deaf or
hard-of-hearing by providing program dialogue as text or "captions"
on the lower third of the television screen.
WGBH
then worked to develop a technological tool to enable people who
are blind or visually impaired access to visual images. The result
was the introduction of Descriptive Video Service® or DVS®
in 1990. DVS provides narrated descriptions of key visual elements
during pauses in the soundtrack of a program. Together these two
technologies enable thirty-six million people to fully enjoy television
programming independently.
Building
on its past success in pioneering access solutions, in 1992 WGBH
began researching captioning and description in movie theaters
to enable independent access to films. WGBH successfully developed
two innovative technologies that make it possible to provide closed
captions and descriptive narration for deaf and blind patrons,
without the need for special prints or screenings or altering
the experience for the general audience. Collectively these systems
are known as Motion Picture Access or MoPix.
The
patented Rear Window® Captioning System displays reversed
captions on a light-emitting diode (LED) text display which is
mounted in the rear of a theater. Deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons
use transparent acrylic panels attached to their seats to reflect
the captions so that they appear superimposed on the movie screen.
The reflective panels are portable and adjustable, enabling the
caption user to sit anywhere in the theater. The Rear Window System
was co-developed by WGBH and Rufus Butler Seder of Boston, Mass.
DVS
Theatrical® delivers descriptive narration via infrared or
FM listening systems, enabling blind and visually impaired moviegoers
to hear the descriptive narration on headsets without disturbing
other audience members. The descriptions provide narrated information
about key visual elements such as actions, settings, and scene
changes, making movies more meaningful to people with vision loss.
These technologies have been available in specialty theaters--such
as large format movie theaters and theme parks--for several years.
The following theatres offer the MoPix Caption Service:
| Squire Cinemas |
Chelsea Cinemas |
| New City Cinema 6 |
Parsippany Cinema 12 |
| Succasunna Cinema 10 |
Hackettstown - Mansfield Cinema 7 |
| Kinnelon 11 |
Ocean Township - Middlebrook Cinema 10 |
| Morristown Headquarters Theatre |
South Orange 5 |
Squire
Dear John
Friday, February 5 - 6:20pm, 9:20pm
Saturday, February 6 - 12:20pm, 3:30pm, 6:20pm, 9:20pm
Sunday, February 7 - 12:20pm, 3:30pm, 6:20pm
Monday, February 8 - Thursday, February 11 - 4:20pm, 7:20pm
Chelsea
Dear John
Friday, February 5 - 12:10pm, 2:45pm, 5:30pm, 8:8pm, 11:00pm
Saturday, February 6 - 12:10pm, 2:45pm, 5:30pm, 8:8pm, 11:00pm
Sunday, February 7 - 12:10pm, 2:45pm, 5:30pm, 8:8pm, 10:45pm
Monday, February 8 - 12:10pm, 2:45pm, 5:30pm, 8:8pm, 10:45pm
Tuesday, February 9 - 12:10pm, 2:45pm, 5:30pm, 8:8pm, 10:45pm
Wednesday, February 10 - 12:10pm, 2:45pm, 5:30pm, 8:8pm, 10:45pm
Thursday, February 11 - 12:10pm, 2:45pm, 5:30pm, 8:8pm, 10:45pm
New City
The Tooth Fairy
Friday, February 5 - 4:30pm, 7:00pm, 9:40pm
Saturday, February 6 - 11:45am, 2:00pm, 4:30pm, 7:00pm, 9:40pm
Sunday, February 7 - 11:45am, 2:00pm, 4:30pm, 7:00pm, 9:40pm
Monday, February 8 - 4:30pm, 7:00pm
Tuesday, February 9 - 4:30pm, 7:00pm, 9:40pm
Wednesday, February 10 - Thursday, February 11 - 4:30pm, 7:00pm
Parsippany
The Tooth Fairy
Friday, February 5 - 2:20pm, 4:40pm, 7:00pm, 9:30pm
Saturday, February 6 - 12:00pm, 2:20pm, 4:40pm, 7:00pm, 9:30pm
Sunday, February 7 - 12:00pm, 2:20pm, 4:50pm, 7:20pm
Monday, February 8 - 2:20pm, 4:50pm, 7:20pm
Tuesday, February 9 - 2:20pm, 4:50pm, 7:20pm
Wednesday, February 10 - 2:20pm, 4:50pm, 7:20pm
Thursday, February 11 - 2:20pm, 4:50pm, 7:20pm
Succasunna
When in Rome
Friday, February 5 - 2:40pm, 4:50pm, 7:20pm, 9:40pm
Saturday, February 6 - 12:20pm, 2:40pm, 4:50pm, 7:20pm, 9:40pm
Sunday, February 7 - 12:20pm, 2:40pm, 4:50pm, 7:20pm
Monday, February 8 - 2:40pm, 4:50pm, 7:20pm
Tuesday, February 9 - 2:40pm, 4:50pm, 7:20pm, 9:40pm
Wednesday, February 10 - Thursday, February 11 - 2:40pm, 4:50pm, 7:20pm
Mansfield
Edge of Darkness
Friday, February 5 - 4:00pm, 7:00pm, 9:40pm
Saturday, February 6 - 1:00pm, 4:00pm, 7:00pm, 9:40pm
Sunday, February 7 - 1:00pm, 4:00pm, 7:00pm
Monday, February 8 - Thursday, February 11 - 4:00pm, 7:00pm
Kinnelon
Dear John
Friday, February 5 - 2:8pm, 4:45pm, 7:8pm, 9:45pm
Saturday, February 6 - 11:45am, 2:8pm, 4:45pm, 7:8pm, 9:45pm
Sunday, February 7 - 11:45am, 2:8pm, 4:45pm, 7:8pm
Monday, February 8 - Thursday, February 11 - 2:50pm, 5:20pm, 7:50pm
Middlebrook
When in Rome
Friday, February 5 - 3:00pm, 5:8pm, 7:30pm, 9:50pm
Saturday, February 6 - 11:45am, 2:00pm, 4:8pm, 6:40pm, 9:50pm
Sunday, February 7 - 11:45am, 2:00pm, 4:8pm, 6:40pm
Monday, February 8 - 3:00pm, 5:8pm, 7:30pm
Tuesday, February 9 - 3:00pm, 5:8pm, 7:30pm, 9:50pm
Wednesday, February 10 - Thursday, February 11 - 3:00pm, 5:8pm, 7:30pm
Headquarters 10
Edge of Darkness
Friday, February 5 - 2:40pm, 5:10pm, 7:40pm, 10:10pm
Saturday, February 6 - 12:20pm, 2:40pm, 5:10pm, 7:40pm, 10:10pm
Sunday, February 7 - 12:20pm, 2:40pm, 5:10pm, 7:40pm
Monday, February 8 - 2:40pm, 5:10pm, 7:40pm
Tuesday, February 9 - 2:40pm, 5:10pm, 7:40pm, 10:10pm
Wednesday, February 10 - Thursday, February 11 - 2:40pm, 5:10pm, 7:40pm
PLEASE NOTE?
All Clearview Cinemas are equipped with assistive listening devices;
headsets are available free of charge upon request at the box office.
Clearview Cinemas also offers many foreign language films with English
subtitles; check your local newspaper for schedules.
All schedules are subject to change, and we sincerely apologize in
advance for any inconvenience or disappointment such changes may cause.
