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Some deaf people experience bad interpreters like him which is unfortunate. You are right about how good interpreters should be. Unfortunately some of deaf people don't always have a good interpreter. At least we can report if that happens. That's why we kept the bad interpreter in the film to show that even we struggle due to bad interpreters

@@darksparklefilms8956 Your reasoning makes perfect sense.

How exciting! Wish you a good luck in interpreting program! :)

Eyy welcome to tha club future interpreter!! 😁

This comment is from a year ago I know... but I have to set things straight ( I am a real-life Educational Interpreter) the Interpreter that was portrayed in this movie was most defiantly acting in an unprofessional manner... For one I would not have to ask the teacher to slow down ( it's the approach of how you deliver the message as an Interpreter). Secondly, the Interpreter should speak to the teacher after class. Never interrupt the teacher in the middle of class. Next, speak to the teacher after class and discuss ways to help accommodate the Deaf student. You may as an Interpreter also encourage the Deaf student to approach the teacher with the Interpreter to speak of an approach that is more accommodating for a Deaf student.

If you'd really like to learn ASL, I can help you up with that, first learn the alphabet, and little simple phrases (You can find that anywhere on yt). Then u can follow lessons 😊 Im watching: Bill, asl. Best to start with 01, He's a proffesional teacher.

Same!!!

luz crucen Why Deaf Can't be spoken just like us Speaking Normally?

Good luck! I'm sure you will do great! Glad you enjoyed watching the film

@Lisa Godin ,Thank you for your reply . You do show great understanding with what`s going on around you . Yes it is a visual world , I try to get people to speak to my eyes, many still don`t, even audiologists as they type at their computer still speaking . However I asked for a printout of my own audiogram. Using this & watching some of Dr Ted Venema talks on youtube I gained a far greater understanding of how hearing & speech works . Like you I`ve had my share of problems with hearing aids , I do believe they can be improved with technology & patience.If you like you can reply by email . tmz5272@gmail.com. All the best Lisa

Jayvon McComb thank you! It was a hard 4 shooting days but worth it!

Esther Damiano I'm happy you enjoyed it!

billybrantd there are many ways you can learn to sign! There's an ASL dictionary online, RU-vid tutorials, and even colleges have ASL classes!

If that were true, then learn it.

Vincent Bain I just ordered a book and video set which hopefully will arrive soon. I'm really excited. Now to find someone to practice with.

The app "MeetUp" has been helpful to me for finding a local group. There's one here (San Francisco) that meets twice a month and all the people are really nice (and I'm loving how much all the Deaf people don't care about my awkward autistic things I do). :)

That's wonderful to know! :)

Aww thank you! Great idea! I'll see if we can do that :)

Thank you for taking the time! If you're willing to add full subs I could translate to Portuguese for you ;)

I'm glad you love my short film! I am born Deaf and grew up in mainstream then later on I learned about my community when I went into college. It's part of who I am and I like to share this film to express about how a lot of deaf people like me feels that way where they go to mainstream school and is the "only" deaf kid.

Wow! That is very interesting and amazing. I am glad to know that you want to bring awareness to the Deaf community. If it is okay with you, I would like to have your email to be able to talk about how you grew up and the struggles that you doing so as well as what you would have liked to know and change when you were growing up. Thank you!

Of course! You may email using darksparklefilms@gmail.com :)

Adrian you'r right it was unprofessional! I still have my hearing but half of my family is deaf. i learned sign language when i was 7 years old. That interpreter should learn some social skills!

Honestly, sometimes my Interpter has to interfere because professors don’t know what it’s like to have a Deaf student in class so they keep talking like a car without breaks.

Speaking for hearing people, that professor needed it. It may be unprofessional towards the interpreter but as a hearing person I would have took away his job. He was ignorant. Teachers in college should be taught about how to help with deaf people. Just because he can hear doesn't mean he had to be ugly and disrespectful

The interpreter was unqualified for the assignment. The instructor wasn’t speaking too fast. But even if he missed some info and needed to ask him to repeat it, he should have handled it differently and not been confrontational. That was very unprofessional, and you can see how embarrassed the student felt because of it. (Speaking as an interpreter.) It‘s a scene in a film that’s telling a story, but in real life that wouldn’t be appropriate at all. Unfortunately, though, some interpreters may behave that way. :(

This is actually PSE sign language. PSE is Pidgin Signed English (PSE), which is a combination of American Sign Language (ASL) and English :) glad you enjoyed the film!

excuse me but what do you mean by SEE?

SEE usually refers to what used to be called SEE2, Signing Exact English. It's a specific type of manually coded English that uses some signs from ASL but also a lot of initialization and new signs for things that don't exist the same way in ASL, like "ing" endings or what-have-you. PSE is typically ASL signs but English syntax/grammar/order.

Very interesting! never heard of it before! i learn something new every day!

PSE is what most deaf people use :) I'm glad you used it! Great film Darksparkle Films!

Charlie Frazier Yes 😊

He's doing a great job! Maybe he will be an actor in hit movies someday.👍

She is a hearing actress. The only actors that are Deaf are James and Gwen's younger brother. Gwen is a hearing person who wants to be an interpreter because of her Deaf younger brother but James assumed that Gwen is Deaf until at the end when he found out that she isn't. He has never met deaf people before so that's why he assumed that Gwen is.

I knew Gwen wasn't deaf by the speed of her signing. But not everyone catches that. You did a great job! I'm hearing, but I teach sign language. It's my second language.

@@darksparklefilms8956 Umm, there was a guy sitting behind James that gestured to him as they were viewing the arguement between the interpreter and the teacher. Was he supposed to be deaf?

@@mistfall1951 no that character is hearing who were kinda making fun of James

If you know DEAF culture then Gwen was clearly NOT deaf from the beginning. I think it was obvious. Since you know so many deaf why not find a deaf actor? Or did that mess up your whole point? Overall interesting. I was super surprised to see so many have viewed this film but not many comments. Great conversation starter into Deaf Culture.

what is PSE?

Nevermind, they’re native 🤦🏼‍♀️

The only Deaf characters are James and the younger James (brother). Those actors are Deaf in real life. The rest of characters are hearing.