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English
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Storytelling has been with us as long as language itself. The desire to both entertain and explain has resulted in the flowering of language to describe every aspect of the human condition. In this program, Stephen Fry discovers what makes a good story, and why some writers are better at conveying joy or horror than others. Topics include the Odyssey and the Iliad; James Joyce's Ulysses; the works of J. R. R. Tolkien and Stephen King (with Lord of...
3) Life of Pi
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English
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A young Pi Patel, overcoming a cataclysmic shipwreck, finds himself stranded on a lifeboat with the last survivor, a ferocious Bengal tiger named Richard Parker.
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English
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Based upon the best-selling novel. The profoundly moving story of a girl who transforms the lives of those around her during World War II, Germany. Although Liesel is illiterate when she is adopted by a German couple, her adoptive father encourages her to learn to read. Ultimately, the power of words helps Liesel and Max, a Jew hiding in the family's home, escape from the events unfolding around them.
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English
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"So how do you tell stories that stick-- in your own mind and in the minds of your family, friends, colleagues, and clients? That's precisely what you'll learn in The Art of Storytelling: From Parents to Professionals, an enthralling course that reveals the tried-and-true methods experienced storytellers use to develop and tell engaging, entertaining, and memorable tales. In 24 lectures, Professor Hannah B. Harvey of East Tennessee State University...
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Sign Language
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This DVD has a variety of stories by Patrick Fischer, a storyteller, actor and teacher, which are meant to entertain and provide receptive practice. Intended for experienced ASL users and advanced students. The stories in "Mr. Shineyhead's Travels" include elements of Deaf culture, while the stories in "Tales in the Dark" have themes that are more sinister, focusing on mystery, sadness, and death.
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English
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Two children's stories, Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? and This is me, are presented in both Signing Exact English and American Sign Language. Pictures from the book are highlighted on screen while the stories are signed. Additionally, special techniques on how to read stories to deaf children while using sign language are discussed.
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English
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Patricia (Trix) Bruce is known nationwide as both a workshop presenter and an ASL performer. In this DVD she presents an American Sign Langauge storytelling handbook. Viewers go through exercises designed to help improve ASL story narration by using clearer body language, gestures, and signs. Training exercises emphasize the four aspects of ASL storytelling: eye gazing, characterization, classifier usage, and building the narrative.
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Sign Language
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"Folklore is a valuable way of teaching morals and values in many countries. Yet such stories often are not shared with deaf and hard of hearing people. 'Folklore from Around the World' presents enchanting, heart-warming stories passed from generation to generation for centuries as narrated by renowned Deaf storytellers Mindy Moore and Theron Parker, and guest storyteller Ed Chevy. English text accompanies the enchanting signed stories to promote...
18) ASL storytelling
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Sign Language
Description
ASL storytellers and poets work in a world of visual language weaving tales and commanding emotions using ASL and their own creativity. This DVD presents the works of numerous ASL storytellers and poets who attended the American Sign Language Teachers' Association (ASTLA) 2007 Conference in Tampa, Florida and shared their works. Some of the storytellers are Patti Wilson, Tracey Marks, John Smith, Janis Cole, Betti Bonni, Judy Gough, and Kenneth Cagle,...
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Sign Language
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"'Number and Handshape Stories' shows a series of both story-telling techniques. Number stories, similar to ABC Stories, follows the number order and uses the ASL Numbers as concept references for the storyline. 'Handshape Stories' Uses one hand-shape and keeps it throughout the story. The filming and lighting techniques add to the dreamscape and allow the viewer to create their own vision to accompany the story."--MAGOmovies.com website.
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English
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The heart and soul of Deaf culture is passed from generation through sign language folktales, jokes, and puns. Patricia Bruce weaves these types of communication into a performance that provides insight into the Deaf expereience and the ways in which deaf persons view the world around them. The presentations on this DVD help to explain Deaf identity, the beliefs of Deaf people, and may explain the ways in which Deaf people arrange their lives. ...