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Valerie Sutton Date: Tue Oct 13, 1998 9:47 am Subject: Recording Mime With SW | ||||||||||||||||
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On Fri, 9 Oct 1998, Fernando Capovilla, in Brazil, wrote: "As with any true language, SL is mostly arbitrary (that helps to explain why it is so hard to learn and differs from region to region, etc.). SW, however, is mostly analogical (that helps to explain why it may be used to record SL universally, as well as mime, pantomime, gesture, dance...). But what really fascinated me was the work done by your student, Valerie, who recorded classic mime (Marcel Marceau) using mimewriting. We could really use this important work in our books written in SW on storytelling in BrSL! Where was it published? How can we order it? Do you think the Deaf mime Billy Krahl would be able to prepare an illustration of her work that can be seen by the SW-L members? Perhaps someone might want to use Eastman's book From Mime to Sign as a starting point to illustrate how to use the writing system for drammatic impact in theater and storytelling. It is a delightful book!" ___________________________ October 13, 1998 Yes, Fernando, I think recording the movements illustrated in Gil Eastman's book would be great, but of course I need to get Gil's permission, and in time I will write to him about this. In regards to writing the mime and gesture associated with signed languages...it is actually quite different than the Classic Mime of Marcel Marceau. As you may know, Marcel trained with a famous mime instructor named Etienne Decroux in Paris. "Decrouxian Mime", as it is called, or "Classic Mime" is extremely difficult. The students train everyday like dancers or atheletes. They teach their bodies a series of exercises, that move the torso one direction while the neck (and not the head) move in opposite directions. They are close to being contortionists (from the physical point of view), but the end result of course is that the body can create an "illusion". They wear white makeup so people can immediately recognize it is "Classic Mime". Yes, I publish the MimeWriting books that have been done - they were written by Mary Lou Morrissette in Boston in the late 1970's. We have a "MimeWriting Workbook" and a thick document: "The Classroom Exercises of Etienne Decroux". Someday I hope to post some of this work on our DanceWriting Web Site. And Billy Krahl wants to post some of his Classic Mime compositions written in MimeWriting. But as you can see, it is not what you need to record sign-related gesture and mime. So I think that we can approach writing mime and gesture, as a part of SignWriting, rather than using formal MimeWriting. I hope to continue this thread later, giving clues as to how to write gesture and mime with SignWriting.... All my best wishes - Valerie :-) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit the SignWritingSite: https://www.SignWriting.org Valerie Sutton at The DAC Deaf Action Committee For SignWriting Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA (619)456-0098 voice (619)456-0010 tty (619)456-0020 fax ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | ||||||||||||||||
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