Classifiers
Represents people walking, running, standing, etc.
Throwing a football and another person catching it
What is (RS) FOOTBALL THROW (RS) CATCH?
Handshape used for passing an apple
What is CL: Claw-5?
Handshape used to throw a ball
What is CL: Claw-5?
Classifiers that show the location of something and/or the pathline of an object moving
What are Locative Classifiers?
Represents cars, trucks, motorcycles, and sometimes even horses!
What is CL: 3?
Passing a book to someone
What is (RS) BOOK PASS (RS) TAKE?
Handshape used for passing a piece of paper
What is CL: Flat-O?
Locative classifier used to show something flying through the air
What is LCL: 1?
Differentiates between a character in a story or message; allows the narrator to “speak” from the character’s perspective
What is Role Shifting?
Represents legs/knees, how chairs are set up, running, etc.
What is CL: V?
Throwing a pen and hitting another person in the head
What is (RS) PEN THROW (CL: 1 GO-THROUGH-THE-AIR) (RS) (CL: 1 GO-THROUGH-AIR) HIT-PERSON-IN HEAD?
How you would show passing between two people sitting next to each other
What is your eye gaze looks next to you and object is passed in the direction you are looking?
Facial expressions used when something is moving really fast through the air
What is:
Mouth - “oo”
Eyes - Squinted
Besides body shifting these are important aspects of role shifting and can change an entire story
What are Characterization, Personalization, Facial Expressions, and Eye Gaze?
Represents some hairstyles, lines of people, stripes, etc.
What is CL: 4?
Passing a stack of plates to someone
What is (RS) PLATES (CL: STACK-UP) (RS) TAKE-PLATES?
How you would show passing from one person standing to one person sitting down
What is eye gaze is down and object is passed downwards?
Facial expressions used when you or someone else misses something (ex: missed a catch)
What is:
Mouth - "th"
Eyes - Neutral
When the signer gets into the role of the character they are describing
What is Characterization?
Represents large groups of people, hair/fur, various lights, etc.
What is CL: 5?
Throwing a ball to someone and it hits against their chest and drops to the floor
What is (RS) BALL THROW (CL: 1 GO-THROUGH-AIR) (RS) (CL: 1 GO-THROUGH-AIR) (CL: S HITS-CHEST-BOUNCE-TO-FLOOR)?
Handshape used to pass a bouquet of flowers to another person
CL: C
What are:
1 Set the scene/people
2 Label everything (people and objects used)
3 Show the pathline (how the object is moving from one person to another)
4 Explain the outcome (what happens)
When changing perspective in a story, the viewpoint goes from one character to another
What is Personalization?