Tell your brother he did a great job with that Adam. It was pretty intense, but I'm not sure how well it would play to the hearing community in a longer format. It seems that the narrator signing requires equal attention to the story it's self, and I don't know how well it would be received by those that hear. It almost seems a distraction, where you need to focus on one or the other, and I'm not sure if people can generally shift their focus to see the whole thing at once, which I am assuming is the point he's trying to prove. If I've got that wrong, please explain what you mean by showing ASL as a cinematic language.
Personally, I thought it was great concept, and I really wish him the best of luck with the tact he's taking. And the film itself is well shot and well acted. Great job all around.
I learned to sign as a child as a child, my best friend was deaf, but it's been so long I really can't follow anymore. One of those "if you don't use it you lose it" things. I need to call Aurora and sign up for classes in ASL. We have translators for Swahili at work, but none for ASL. Thanks for reminding me to make the call.
And abe, I believe the guy dancing and waving his arms and making faces was the point of it. He's signing with the emotion necessary to convey the meaning. How interesting would it have been to you if it was narrated in a Steven Wright deadpan? There is far more to communication than words, the same applies to sign.
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