Thursday, February 26, 2009
orignal post
Theme: Ties and us
Title: Corposinalisantes
Argument:
We are the group Corposinalizante, formed by young deaf people and adult hearers. Our idea is to invite a group of 5 or 6 deaf people, at most, of different ages, with different experiences, to participate in a circle of stories of life (methodology we learned in the Museum of the Person).
We propose to tell life stories that will bring up, from “ties and us” of the stories of each one, many dimensions that will reveal the dynamics of the deaf community, the constitution of this identity and their challenges inside of the broader society.
With this, we intend to show the dimension of the Brazilian Sign Language (LIBRAS) as a constituent tie of a community and, therefore, through the film, to invite the spectator to know the poetic and complex dimension of the language that is expressed in the day-to-day life of the deaf people.
We have the preoccupation not to defend a thesis with this film, that’s why we will use the methodology of the circle in a very free way and won’t give any closed theme to the characters. The idea is that the stories of day-to-day life will arise. The circle also won’t be a content in itself, it is only a toll for the capture of stories, as well as to reveal the deaf people’s own form of communication.
We believe that Libras is our device.
Audiovisual idea:
We thought about filming the circle and the stories in a studio, to capture the sounds produced by the use of the language.
We will invite about 5 or 6 people, of different ages and experiences to, in that way, open a diverse space of stories. To us, each present person’s life and their experiences inside the deaf culture are central subjects.
We believe that we can identify the characteristics of deaf culture only by using body expression and Libras, that’s why we call this project “video poetry”.
To start each one’s story, we will ask that the people invited bring to the circle a personal object, that has some relation with the story that will be told. The object will bring intimacy to the circle.
We will use three cameras to register the circle, one of them will follow one of the invited characters from their house to the circle’s location. The idea is to use some inserts with these images of the city (places with many people, bus stops etc.).
Objects:
Each guest will bring a personal object to the circle. These objects will be present in theirs hands, laps, a coffee table. They will give life and some materiality to the stories. It could be a photo, a hearing aid, anything.
To accept the sign language as a natural language to the deaf is to untie these knots that are formed in the relationships between the deaf and the hearers. That is why LIBRAS is a central object in our film, since it is a language and a fight for the rights of the deaf.
Audiovisual tools:
The circle should happen in a studio, with an infinite black background. Light cut in the guests, direct light in the guests’ personal objects.
The objects will stay in a coffee table, but should be manipulated by their owners while they are telling their story and referencing the object.
At the end of the circle, we can make a clothes line or a mobile, with all the objects that were cited/referenced in the circle.
We will have three cameras to register the circle:
camera 1 open;
camera 2 closed in the character that is telling the story;
camera 3 closed in the hands and other communication details.
One of the cameras will follow one of the guests, from their house to the circle location. This camera, subjective, will “follow” the guest through town, inside the bus, in the street.
These images will be used as inserts in the film, creating a narrator-character. The idea is that this character is one of the Corposinalizante members. He will be the last one to sit in the circle and will make a presentation/conduction of it.
Until now, we have the following participants confirmed:
1.Alex;
2.Cristiano;
3.Mirtes;
4.Leo (Corposinalizante);
5.Felipe (Corposinalizante);
6.Sabrina (Corposinalizante);
7.Luciana (Corposinalizante).
The participants are being invited to tell a life story and take a personal object that has some relation to that story. We want this dynamic to have movement, that the bodies can express themselves entirely – for that, we’re thinking about creating an adequate space, a place that will ritualize the moment for each one to tell their story.
The idea is to bring up everyday stories. We don’t want a mental circle that defends theses. That’s why we won’t introduce any preliminary subject. The trigger is: tell us a life story.
The stories told, as well as the gestures, voices and sounds of Libras, will be content of this film. To us, it is very important that we can create a situation to bring up all the expressivity of the body and the sounds of the sign language.
In case this dynamic doesn’t bring up many stories, we may have a second methodology in our sleeves: in a second round, each guest tells a story from an object that is not their own (as proposed by Eduardo Coutinho in Jogo de Cena).
No comments:
Post a Comment