1.- Give a description of the film you watched. Did you watch it alone or in a group? Include whether the information was presented in ASL, in English, any other language or communication mode(subtitles). Was it in lesson format or presentation style? What was the purpose of the tape? Educational, artistic, religious, informative, cultural, etc?
This film is an adaptation in ASL of the children early 20th century tale, made into a musical fantasy film in1939 which later became a Pop Culture classic. It tells the tribulations of a girl and her dog trying to get back home after her house gets picked up and tossed away during a tornado in a strange land called Oz. She embarks in a journey to find the land’s …show more content…
It was used when Dorothy is telling either the Good or other character how she ended up in the Land of OZ.
SCARED: This sign uses the movement of both hand towards each other at chest level starting at the shoulders with both hands closed, but suddenly opening them as the reach each other keeping palms facing inside. It was used when Dorothy referred to the Bad Witch. MAGIC: Bringing both hands together at lower chest level moving in outward circular moving over the chest to finish with open hands palms facing down, after executing a movement mimicking a magician casting a spell. It was used several times through out the story when referring the wizard or other alike characters such as the witches
KINGDOM: Moving the hand signaling to fingers from the opposite shoulder, to the same side waistline, and with both arms across the lower chest closes around forming a wide circle as mimicking an embrace, but moving only the upper hand in circular motion to indicate space. It was used several times to refer to the kingdoms the characters were visiting or wanted to …show more content…
It was used in conversation whenThe Good Witch and Dorothy were first met.
3.- List Two Cultural Adjustments you noticed during the film.
This film is mainly directed to a deaf audience, so ASL is used fully and completely throughout the story. The use of subtitles and oral narrations applies as adaptations for any hearing audience instead.
4.-Did you notice anything in the film that had been introduced previously in class, the journals, or reading? If so, please