One of the biggest challenges during this project was the amount of vintage specialized equipment shown. A large part of the movie depicts the machines and devices used by the Apollo astronauts in the 1960s to train for the moon landing. I did a lot of research to make sure I identified each piece of equipment correctly. The other side of that was balancing technical accuracy with descriptions of the devices in layman's terms, so a non-sighted person would come away with not only the names of the machines but also a sense of how they look and operate.

I most enjoyed describing all of the pop culture that was inspired by the air of excitement surrounding the moon landing. My father was a kid in the 60s and has a lot of nostalgia for the Space Race, so it was special for me to be able to view the time in history from the personal perspective of the main character, a child.

You're welcome. You deserve it and it's my pleasure to create it.

Not on this project. It is my practice to employ blind quality control people and narrators whenever possible. However, I did not control those aspects of production on this film.

I'm a writer and I used to do a lot of odd jobs to support myself before I got into audio description. One of those jobs was creating captions. The company I worked with added audio description to their business and I thought it sounded interesting, so I watched some AD and created a demo for them. The first project they had me work on was 'The Handmaid's Tale.'

My favorite part of the actual work is the variety of challenges it affords. Every program offers its own unique problems that require creative solutions. Beyond the nitty gritty, I love doing a job that lets people experience the movies. Some of the feedback I receive makes me very emotional. I feel extremely lucky to do a job that changes people's lives for the better.

It took around six hours to write the script and four hours to record. I typically make notes during the writing process of issues I foresee needing revision. When I complete the first draft I read that list and then do a second polish pass with that list of revisions in mind as my main concerns. I've done description for hundreds of movies and tv shows. I've also worked on product information and government videos, but entertainment is my focus.

The film was a retrospective about boyhood in Houston in 1969 as NASA prepared to attempt the moon landing. There is a fantasy element in which NASA trains the 10-year-old protagonist to land on the moon. It was whimsical, comedic and historical. I'd recommend checking it out on Netflix!

This wasn't my first rodeo. I've written description for hundreds of films and television series. Pushing audio description to new heights of quality is my passion.

I try to convey a sense of a film's character and style. From my point of view, accuracy and entertainment are the two basic pillars of good audio description when it comes to film. The audience must understand the exact details of what happened on screen, to a standard where they could lead a discussion of the film among sighted audience members. But these details must be conveyed elegantly so that the listener becomes immersed in the story and experience. Beyond these basic requirements, I strive to use language and details that inform characters' personalities and convey a film's atmosphere and tone, without dictating something of my own invention to the audience.