tips for filming signing children in naturalistic settings

[Ginger Pizer]

Hi Louise,

I'd recommend using a wide angle lens on your camera(s) -- that way  
you'll be more likely to have the children and their interlocutors in  
view even when they move around.

Ginger

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Ginger Pizer
Assistant Professor, Linguistics
Department of English
Mississippi State University
gpizer at english.msstate.edu



On Oct 9, 2008, at 9:29 AM, Lou de B wrote:

> 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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