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Chapter 6 Storytelling Techniques - Coggle Diagram
Chapter 6 Storytelling Techniques
Visual Vernacular and Cinematic Features in Signed Narratives
filmic techniques
aesthetic impact
contrasting images
rhyme, allusion, alliteration, and metaphor
recreate images seen in films, tv, school experiences, and at the cinema
one person performance
combination of shots
vary distance
closeup: signer becomes referent, mapping body of signer onto body of character
medium shot: general areas of body
distance shots
cinematic zoom: bigger when closeup
vary lengths
short, long, very short, very long, or in between
signer is narrator, character, scenery, camera, and editor
speed
normal
fast
slow
amusing to watch
increase dramatic impact
emotions are stronger
analyze sign language literature
Signing in Good Storytelling
visual story grammar
improv in creating characters
identify again later
where they are in story
use non-manual features, facial expression, eye gaze,
classifiers
fingerspelling
used when identifying things such as names and place
interferes in storytelling
no visual motivation
structure and grammar of strong sign language
visual grammar
visual moving images
Visual Images
become it
constructed action
role shift, incorporation, personation, and person transfer
direct or indirect of what, who, how of a person or thing that happened
show it
show what topic is about
show form, location, movement of the referent
classifiers signed with hands, head, arms, and torso
tell it
topic of story using vocabulary signs
signers may obtain or not obtain visual motivated
naming and identify referents
Visual Cinematic and Mime
visual
gestures
stay in one place, use hands and body to show characters path of movement
close up, medium and distance shots
mime artists
use whole body
move across floor to show movement of characther
mime
convey action, emotion with gestures
not word based
understand by people of different language