<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Hi,<br><br>I know one Deaf PhD student Fanny Limousin from Paris8, France. Her research area is Deaf family with babies. maybe you should ask her how she filmed babies and parents.<br>Her contact details is fannylimousin@hotmail.com<br><br>Good luck<br>Ramas Rentelis<br>---<br>Research Assistant<br>Centre for Deafness Cognition and Language (DCAL)<br>University College London<br>49 Gordon Square<br>London WC1H 0PD<br>SMS +44 (0)793 222 5818<br>Fax +44 (0)207 679 8691<br>Email sslyrre@ucl.ac.uk<br><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Lou de B
<luisitadb@optusnet.com.au><br>To: A list for linguists interested in signed languages <slling-l@majordomo.valenciacc.edu><br>Sent: Thursday, 9 October, 2008 15:29:33<br>Subject: [SLLING-L] tips for filming signing children in naturalistic settings<br><br>
<title>tips for filming signing children in naturalistic settings</title>
<font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Hi all,<br>
I’m about to start filming some children with deaf parents (the children are mostly deaf themselves) and wanted to get some tips from people who have done so recently. I haven’t collected naturalistic data before of a large quantity so would like some hints about potential problems, or good ideas. The situation is that the family will set up two cameras at a time that suits them and film the children (aged 1 to about 6 or 7 years old, only 1 or2 children per family) for an hour or so. The data will be normal interactions between the family members, such as meal time, story time etc.<br>
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I remember from a small amount of data collection I did in a naturalistic setting as an undergraduate:<br>
</span></font><ul><li><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 12px;">trying to get the child roughly in the corner of the room so they were less likely to turn their back to the camera
</span></font></li><li><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 12px;">trying to find games that weren’t too active (that would have the child jumping)
</span></font></li><li><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 12px;">avoiding playing with objects so they weren’t preoccupied/distracted and so their hands were free to sign
</span></font></li><li><font face="Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size: 12px;">as well as all the usuals of well lit, well filmed etc.<br>
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Any advice greatly appreciated. <br>
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Louise de B.<br>
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