SAG Awards Digital FYC Accessibility
SAG-AFTRA continues its commitment to making both SAG Awards® For Your Consideration (FYC) screeners and the 30th Annual SAG Awards broadcast on Netflix as accessible as possible to everyone.
The union requires studios to provide accessible FYC digital screeners during the final phase of voting with either closed captioning (CC) or subtitles for those who are deaf and hard of hearing (SDH), and audio description (AD) for those who are blind and have low vision, where you can hear the action happening on the screen between the dialogue.
The Netflix live broadcast of the 30th annual ceremony on Saturday, Feb. 24, will also feature closed captioning and live audio description.
Both of these powerful tools are designed to help make films, television, and streaming shows more accessible to our members and the wider public with disabilities.
WHAT IS CLOSED CAPTIONING?
Closed captioning is a real-time transcript of what is being said onscreen for those who are deaf and hard of hearing. SAG-AFTRA has required that SAG Awards FYC digital screeners feature closed captioning since the 24th Annual SAG Awards.
WHAT IS AUDIO DESCRIPTION?
Audio description is off-camera narration that describes the onscreen action happening between the dialogue, as well as describes character facial expressions and other visual details to enhance the viewing experience for those people on the blindness spectrum. SAG-AFTRA has required that SAG Awards FYC digital screeners feature audio descriptions since the 28th Annual SAG Awards.
HOW TO ACCESS THESE FEATURES
Please find instructions below on accessing Audio Description settings on digital screener platforms and FYC sites hosting SAG Awards-nominated motion pictures and TV programs.
MOTION PICTURES
Actors FYC
1. During playback, locate the Audio Tracks button with a headphone icon in the bottom right corner.
2. Select the track labeled "ENGLISH AUDIO DESCRIPTION".
Click Here to Access Actors FYC
(Titles Available: American Fiction, Ferrari, The Holdovers, Maestro, Nyad, Rustin)
Apple TV+ Screeners
1. During playback, locate the speaker logo in the bottom right corner (to the left of the CC logo).
2. Select "English [Descriptive]"
Click Here to Access Apple TV+ Screeners
(Title Available: Killers of the Flower Moon)
Debut (The Walt Disney Studios)
1. During playback, locate the speaker logo in the bottom right corner (to the left of the CC logo).
2. Click the dropdown arrow next to Audio Track
2. Select "English (describes-video)"
(Titles Available: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, Poor Things)
Screener Passport
1. During playback, locate the Audio Track button with a headphone icon in the bottom right corner.
2. Under Audio Track select English - AD
Click Here to Access Screener Passport
(Titles Available: Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, Oppenheimer)
WBFYC
For the web:
During playback, click on the AD button at the bottom of the screen.
For the app:
1. During playback, click on the Settings Wheel.
2. Select English Audio Description under Audio.
(Titles Available: Barbie, The Color Purple)
TV PROGRAMS
Actors FYC
1. During playback, locate the Audio Tracks button with a headphone icon in the bottom right corner.
2. Select the track labeled "ENGLISH AUDIO DESCRIPTION"
Click Here to Access Actors FYC
(Titles Available: (Fellow Travelers, Lawmen: Bass Reeves)
Apple TV+ Screeners
1. During playback, locate the speaker logo in the bottom right corner (to the left of the CC logo).
2. Select "English [Descriptive]"
Click Here to Access Apple TV+ Screeners
(Titles Available: Lessons in Chemistry, The Morning Show, Ted Lasso)
Consider Amazon
1. During playback, locate the speaker logo in the bottom right corner (to the left of the CC logo).
2. Select "English [Descriptive]"
Click Here to Access Consider Amazon
(Titles Available: The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel)
Debut (The Walt Disney Studios)
1. During playback, locate the Languages button in the bottom right corner.
2. Click the dropdown arrow next to Audio Track
2. Select "English (describes-video)"
(Titles Available: A Small Light, Abbott Elementary, Ahsoka, The Bear, Fargo, The Mandalorian, Only Murders in the Building, Tiny Beautiful Things)
HBO Max FYC
1. During playback, locate the speaker logo in the bottom right corner (to the left of the CC logo).
2. Select "English [Descriptive]"
Click Here to Access HBO Max FYC
(Titles Available: Barry, The Gilded Age, The Last of Us, Succession)
Netflix
1. During playback, locate the speaker logo in the bottom right corner (to the left of the CC logo).
2. Select "English [Descriptive]"
(Titles Available: BEEF, The Crown, The Diplomat, Painkiller)
Screener Passport
1. During playback, locate the Audio Track button with a headphone icon in the bottom right corner.
2. Under Audio Track select English - AD
Click Here to Access Screener Passport
(Title Available: Mr. Monk's Last Case: A Monk Movie)
