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>Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2000 09:31:12 -0500
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>Subject: Re: #5428.9 Popular DVD movies are only French and Spanish (!)

Mike,

If, as you say

>> The key question is of course is "Can the process
be made to pay for itself through sales?"

could you tell us what you are thinking of in terms
of marketing the Italian DVD you are working on?

We're always looking for good materials in Italian.

best,
bruce


Bruce Parkhurst
Boston University


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>Subject: RE: #5428.5 Popular DVD movies...
>Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2000 00:40:58 -0700

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Ken Carpenter:

[...]

This is not a cheap process, although it is getting cheaper.
We recently completed what we think is the first DVD of a
feature movie prepared especially for language learning, a
DVD of the classic Italian film, C'eravamo tanto amati.  We
put 6 different sub-title tracks in English and Italian, as
well as a menu structure so the disc is easily accessible
from a standard home player.  I am at present finishing a
teacher's guide that will contain barcodes of the script of
the entire film.

All of this is not a trivial process, but it is indeed
doable.  The key question is of course is "Can the process
be made to pay for itself through sales?"

Cheers,

Mike
Michael Bush
Associate Professor of French and
Instructional Psychology and Technology
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