tips for filming signing children in naturalistic settings

[Ramas Rentelis]

Hi,

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.
Her contact details is fannylimousin at hotmail.com

Good luck
Ramas Rentelis
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From: Lou de B <luisitadb at optusnet.com.au>
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Sent: Thursday, 9 October, 2008 15:29:33
Subject: [SLLING-L] tips for filming signing children in naturalistic settings

tips for filming signing children in naturalistic settings Hi all,
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.

I remember from a small amount of data collection I did in a naturalistic setting as an undergraduate:

	* trying to get the child roughly in the corner of the room so they were less likely to turn their back to the camera 
	* trying to find games that weren’t too active (that would have the child jumping) 
	* avoiding playing with objects so they weren’t preoccupied/distracted and so their hands were free to sign 
	* as well as all the usuals of well lit, well filmed etc.

Any advice greatly appreciated. 

Louise de B.


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