This week’s post is to share some of my favorite video resources with you all and invite you to share your favorites with me. This group of videos make me laugh, give food for thought, and provide good material for discussion.
http://youtu.be/c593mFEoB4k Call Me Maybe ASL/VRS Version: There are a bunch of Call Me Maybe videos out there, and many are in American Sign Language. This video is one of my favorites because it incorporates making the call through a video relay interpreter. They really did a great job with this one! To turn on the captioning, click to play and then hover the mouse over the lower part of the video and click “cc”. There are several different caption tracks for it.
http://youtu.be/K3ai5IVfFdE Coming out Deaf: The sad thing is you only have to “come out” about things that society shames. This awared-winning video manages to put a humorous spin on it. It puts a new twist on denial and hidden disability. The son comes to his mother to tell her something he has been hiding from her, only it’s not what you expect. The flashbacks are perfect, and the twist at the end makes it even better.
http://youtu.be/us7nAFSfo1U Deaf Mugger: The reality is that interpreters often find themselves working in situations they wouldn’t normally place themselves, in this case, working with a deaf mugger. The interpreter explains to the victim how she came to be there.
http://youtu.be/VArCXBqArQY Read My Lips: This video from the New Zealand National Federation for the Deaf is about speech reading and very cleverly captions the video on the mouth that is speaking. They’ve also muddied the sound a bit to give the experience of a high frequency hearing loss.
http://youtu.be/1cqv84ywBSE A Few Minutes in the Life of a Sign language Interpreter, the Classroom: Every profession has its stresses that are commonly known among people in that profession. One way to work off the frustrations of the day is to make fun of the things causing the stress. This video is one that most interpreters can relate to. It has about every misconception they’ve heard except the offer of Braille to the Deaf student. I share this one with a little caution, because I don’t want to make fun of people who make these mistakes simply because they don’t know any better…and at the same time, I’m wondering where is the equivalent video for hard of hearing folks? I’m sure they have a few pet peeves they’d like to share!
That’s it for Favorite Resources #1. As the name implies, I’ll share more as I get them. So, what are your favorite videos? Leave a message below with a link to your favorite videos (doesn’t have to be YouTube!) and why you liked them. I’d love to add some more to my list!
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