Short Brief: 60 Sec Documentary Illustrations

Based on research conducted into Charles L'Eppe I've created a timeline of events relating to how he helped deaf children in 1700s (see figure 1). In order to create a 60 sec documentary illustrations will be needed to represent different events (see figure 2-3). The narrative follows L'Eppe's realisation that deaf people already had a language as he observed two sisters in the slums of Paris, therefore the Eiffel tower has been used alongside sign language to represent this section of the time line (see figures 4-5). In relation to the sign language British Sign Language has been used, looking at established signs for greetings as well as the signed alphabet (see figure 5-6). Both have been looked at to see which works best within the animation as the signed alphabet would be used to spell out either sisters or language. The greetings would have to be animated as many involve movement such as how are you, I plan to experiment with both within the animation to identify which is most effective. The entrance to Institut National de Jeunes Sourds de Paris has been used (see figure 7) to showcase the school L'Eppe set up with coins being used to show that it was the first free public school for the deaf (see figure 8). This school was then used to provide teacher training to foreign teachers who then took this information and implemented the teaching methods elsewhere so the rights and education of deaf people where improved not just in France but world wide. In order to show this visually different icons (see figures 9) have been used as I was unsure how to best visualise the teacher training aspect of the animation. Furthermore I plan to use the outline of France (see figure 10) and the world together (see figure 11), creating lines from France to other countries to show the impact L'Eppe had worldwide. Due to L'Eppe helping establish a form of signed french based on how deaf people at the time already communicated gave deaf people the chance to defend themselves legally for the first time. The signed alphabet has been used for this illustration, spelling defence, as there is not single sign for defence (see figures 12) as well as featuring the scales of justice to give the signs more context (see figure 13).

Throughout the animation subtitles will be used to inform the viewer of the story as this is accommodates those who would view the animation without sound.

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