Saggi/Ensayos/Essais/Essays N. 22 – 11/2019
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Video recording of “Fallen Angel”
byMartin Haswell
ABSTRACT: The video presented here is designed as a guide for filming sign language poetry. Using a series of takes of a single poem in Brazilian Sign Language “Fallen Angel” (in Portuguese “Anjo Caido”) by the Brazilian sign language poet Fernanda Machado, the video shows options for filming and editing a piece of sign language poetry. This short video complements the longer article in this collection “Representing Libras Poetry on Video” by Fernanda Machado.
Saggi/Ensayos/Essais/Essays N. 22 – 11/2019
2 https://vimeo.com/209842983
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Martin Haswell is a photographer and videographer who has been making films of sign language poetry performances since 2010. He works in the UK and Brazil. His other films of sign language poetry performances may be found at https://vimeo.com/showcase/6002915.