Scenery
The scenery can be set through different hand gestures, and signs, coupled with facial expressions. This is usually done before telling any story or actions done by a character. This is where Size and Shape Specifier (SASS) comes in handy. The shape of an object would be described, as well as its minor details through SASS to provide information and context to the audience. SASS can be used to show if an object is round, cylindrical, square, rectangular and so on. It can also be used to describe the location of an object, for example, a small box inside a bigger box.
Characters
In storytelling, character development is very important so that the audience can have a general idea and can work out who the characters are, not just how they act. For example, if the storyteller acts out a character in a very laid back manner, you would know that the general attitude of the character would be, "I couldn't care less." Depicting Signs are used to provide a description of an object, the way people dress, the their size (tall, thin, fat). Modifications can be done to each sign to express how the character feels about something, or how the storyteller describes the character. For example, signing the word "cat" in a big way suggests that the cat is big.
Actions
Entity depicting signs can be used to show the action of an object, such as people, cars, animals, vehicles, and this depends on the size of the entity. With using your hand, one index finger pointig up can represent one person. With two fingers up, it would represent to people. With the index finger pointing horizontally, it would represent an animal or a person riding a bike. With the whole palm pointing sideways, it would represent a car or any other form of transport. The speed of the entity, the direction of its movement (going upwards, downwards, sideways), and if it is coupled with a depicting sign, tells us how an object is moving around. For example, a finger pointing upwards (representing a person) moving upwards in a slanting manner would represent a person walking up the stairs.
Emotions really help in storytelling as it describes how the character(s) feel in the situation provided. For example, if there were two people meeting and the story teller has a very angry facial expression, then the story would be about two people meet and are angry with each other or about something.
"Handling classifiers imitate the hands interacting with an object." quoted in Johnston and Schembri's book (2007). Handling signs would show the characters' actions by imitating it. For example, if a character were to open a car door, the storyteller would show the action of opening a car door.
These five bolded words are important to use for visual communication.
Reference List:
Johnston, T., & Schembri, A. (2007). Australian Sign Language (Auslan) : An Introduction to sign language linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Actions
Entity depicting signs can be used to show the action of an object, such as people, cars, animals, vehicles, and this depends on the size of the entity. With using your hand, one index finger pointig up can represent one person. With two fingers up, it would represent to people. With the index finger pointing horizontally, it would represent an animal or a person riding a bike. With the whole palm pointing sideways, it would represent a car or any other form of transport. The speed of the entity, the direction of its movement (going upwards, downwards, sideways), and if it is coupled with a depicting sign, tells us how an object is moving around. For example, a finger pointing upwards (representing a person) moving upwards in a slanting manner would represent a person walking up the stairs.
Emotions really help in storytelling as it describes how the character(s) feel in the situation provided. For example, if there were two people meeting and the story teller has a very angry facial expression, then the story would be about two people meet and are angry with each other or about something.
"Handling classifiers imitate the hands interacting with an object." quoted in Johnston and Schembri's book (2007). Handling signs would show the characters' actions by imitating it. For example, if a character were to open a car door, the storyteller would show the action of opening a car door.
These five bolded words are important to use for visual communication.
Reference List:
Johnston, T., & Schembri, A. (2007). Australian Sign Language (Auslan) : An Introduction to sign language linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
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