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Valerie Sutton Date: Wed Jun 16, 1999 6:29 pm Subject: Re: ASL Video Transcriptions | |
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On On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, James Womack wrote: >I suggest also attempt to place the camera as inconspiciously as possible >and hopefully make the signers forget it's there. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ June 16, 1999 Thanks, James, for this good point. It is pretty hard to forget the camera is there, even if the cameraman is hiding behind a palm tree (smile)! But your point is well taken, that when any of us know we are being filmed or taped, we naturally speak or sign differently, playing to the camera. So that is something to remember for sure. And it certainly is not just Deaf people who change their language depending on who is in the room - hearing people do that too. I remember once while I lived in Copenhagen, a researcher asked if he could make an audio tape of my Danish, since it is rare that Americans learn to speak Danish, and he wanted to record my accent for a research project. It made me so nervous, I could barely speak.... but that was also because it was my second language that was being taped. If it had been in my native language, English, I would not have been so nervous. Later, someone told me they felt that I had changed my accent while I was being taped - and I had not realized I had done that - so there is an example of how instinctive it is to change your language depending on the circumstances. So in regards to making videotapes in ASL, at least the Deaf signers are using their native language, ASL. And if they rehearse a little, with the members of the Deaf audience giving them feedback on their ASL, they will "get into ASL" with the Deaf audience, before they begin the taping. I guess that is the best we can do! Valerie :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Valerie Sutton SignWriting https://www.SignWriting.org The DAC, Deaf Action Committee for SW Center For Sutton Movement Writing an educational nonprofit organization Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
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