To:	disabdis
Subject:	cinema caption for deaf and hard of hearing people

Hello,
 
My name is ashleigh and I am 20 years old. I have a severe hearing loss since birth. Although I am one of 
the lucky ones, who speaks very well orally and can understand people around me talking. Although I 
struggle to understand people talking in movies, especially when there is background music during the 
scenes. But i especially feel for my deaf friends in which half of them sign and do not talk because that 
is the only way they are able to communicate, either because hearing aids or a cochlear do not work for 
them or they were bought up to sign. 
We all love going to the movies at the Jam Factory, Prahan, Victoria. We always see a subtitle 
movie. Makes our money and time together more enjoyable since we could actually understand the 
movie. But this is the only place in Victoria or possibly Australia that screens subtitled movies. It takes 
me 1 hr and a half to get to the city, that is just ridiculous when I live 5 minutes from Knox City, that have 
a beautiful village cinema complex. Why cant they have subtitled movies there and all other village 
cinemas. I can tell you not just deaf and hard of hearing people require subtitles, elderly people would 
appreciate the extra luxury and many other hearing people too. 
So PLEASE, is it too much to ask to screen 3 movies a week WITH subtitles at the 35 cimemas you will 
offer? I know I will certainly appreciate it, and many other people would too. 
 
I look forward to going to the cinemas more often in the future with my deaf friends, if subtitles at more 
cinemas were given the green light.
 
Kind regards,
 
Ashleigh Bransden