Polyamory 3/23/17

Initial gut reaction 1-Not at all   10-Yes, definitely

Did I convey presenter’s overall message? 7

Did I deliver the interpretation with confidence? 8

What is the presenter’s purpose?: He's sharing his ideas about a "new" kind of love/relationship.

What is the presenter’s attitude toward the topic?: (emotive, excited, lethargic…) He is emotional and passionate about his topic.  He is excited to share his knowledge and really wants the audience to know their options because obviously, this choice and finding was important in his life. 

What was the presenter’s language quality? (clear, redundant, evasive, tangents…) His language is clear.

How was the audio/visual quality? The audio and visual quality was good. 

How did the presenter structure the presentation? He built on his concepts, but sometimes jumped around.  I got a little confused with his concept of 4 Cs. He went through them very fast and I missed the last two and then I never really caught on to them even later on in his presentation. 

Did the source text use any culturally bound information or topic-specific jargon?  There was a lot of culturally bound information regarding our ideas about love, relationships, partnerships, and life goals and what our lives should look like.  There was a lot of topic-specific jargon.  The entire presentation included jargon about polyamory and relationships.  Jargon: polyamory, monogamy, his organization's names.  

Brief notes: I thought there were parts where I totally missed a concept and stopped halfway through a sentence.  There were other parts where I felt really confident that my message was equivalent to what he was trying to get across.  When I didn't understand something, I tried really hard to just get the gist of what he was saying because I felt like in this presentation each word wasn't necessarily important, but the message he was trying to convey was. Even if I missed one of his C terms, I still got his message across that people should know there are different options for relationships. 

Stylit 3/23/17

Initial gut reaction 1-Not at all   10-Yes, definitely

Did I convey presenter’s overall message? 9

Did I deliver the interpretation with confidence? 9

What is the presenter’s purpose?: He's sharing a new technology and what it does, how it works. 

What is the presenter’s attitude toward the topic?: (emotive, excited, lethargic…) He is excited about the new technology. He wants to share its capabilities with the audience. 

What was the presenter’s language quality? (clear, redundant, evasive, tangents…) His language is clear and he has a really good pace. 

How was the audio/visual quality? The audio and visual quality were good. 

How did the presenter structure the presentation? He used his pictures to demonstrate the pen's abilities so it was mostly telling the audience what he was doing on the paper. 

Did the source text use any culturally bound information or topic-specific jargon?  There was some topic specific jargon when talking about the specific types of utensils used to create the art (oil painting, colored pencils, cross-hatching).

Brief notes: This was really fun to interpret.  It was a good pace for something I'm not familiar with so I think I did pretty well.  I think I did well adding in the audience's reactions and the hosts reactions off to the side too.  It was clear that other people were responding to his creations, not just him responding to himself.

Chess 3/23/17

Initial gut reaction 1-Not at all   10-Yes, definitely

Did I convey presenter’s overall message? 5

Did I deliver the interpretation with confidence? 4

What is the presenter’s purpose?: His purpose was to educate the audience about chess.

What is the presenter’s attitude toward the topic?: (emotive, excited, lethargic…) The presenter is very matter of fact.  He gives the rules and doesn't have too much emotion behind his words. 

What was the presenter’s language quality? (clear, redundant, evasive, tangents…) His language is clear, but he went through the game's rules pretty fast.  At times he repeated himself, but that helped me catch up to his concepts. 

How was the audio/visual quality? The audio and visual quality were fine. 

How did the presenter structure the presentation? He used the game to show examples.  He would set up a scenario and then explain the options or conclusions that could happen. 

Did the source text use any culturally bound information or topic-specific jargon?  There was a lot of topic-specific jargon including the pieces' names and the specific moves that could occur. 

Brief notes:  That was really tough!  I didn't know how to use classifiers to show the pieces.  It wasn't until halfway through that I thought to adjust my palm orientation to show the difference between the white pieces and the black pieces.  I think I also changed my board orientation from like a billboard to in front of me on a table.  I don't think I effectively portrayed the message and the rules to the audience. 

Trudy Suggs 3/9/17

Initial gut reaction 1-Not at all   10-Yes, definitely

Did I convey presenter’s overall message? 6

Did I deliver the interpretation with confidence? 7

What is the presenter’s purpose?: Educate interpreters about disempowerment.

What is the presenter’s attitude toward the topic?: (emotive, excited, lethargic…) She seems emotive and excited to share her experiences.  She is enthusiastic and passionate because she wants her class to understand the importance of this topic. 

What was the presenter’s language quality? (clear, redundant, evasive, tangents…) She was very clear, but also signed very fast so I missed most of the fingerspelling.

How was the audio/visual quality? The audio quality was okay.  

How did the presenter structure the presentation? She had a powerpoint that she used to showcase the important points. She used personal experiences and other's stories to emphasize her points and show that this really does happen in the real world, everyday. 

Did the source text use any culturally bound information or topic-specific jargon?  I think the whole topic was culturally bound because it really spoke to interpreters about the Deaf community they are working with.  The interpreters should know the ways of the world and how to avoid disempowering their client. 

Brief notes: I missed a lot of her fingerspelling, but I actually think I did okay on this assignment.  It wasn't a perfect match, but I caught a lot of her concepts and tried to share those rather than each word.  Since she signed fast it was much easier to grasp concepts rather than words anyway.  This topic was really complex, but I think I did a pretty good job. 

Love Conquers All 3/9/17

Initial gut reaction 1-Not at all   10-Yes, definitely

Did I convey presenter’s overall message? 7

Did I deliver the interpretation with confidence? 8

What is the presenter’s purpose?: Share her experience after seeing a really touching show with which she really felt a connection. 

What is the presenter’s attitude toward the topic?: (emotive, excited, lethargic…) She is very emotive and passionate about the topic. Her facial expressions really show her passion and the style of her signing.  

What was the presenter’s language quality? (clear, redundant, evasive, tangents…) She was clear for most of it,  but sometimes when she exaggerated the signs it was hard for me to understand.  

How was the audio/visual quality? She was clear in the picture, but wow there was a lot of distracting background noise!

How did the presenter structure the presentation? She just told her story and personal experience and then went into her message and why she was sharing the story.

Did the source text use any culturally bound information or topic-specific jargon?  There was a lot of culturally bound information and topic-specific jargon such as Deafhood and the oppression of the Deaf community. 

Brief notes: I had a difficult time interpreting this.  She was very emotional so some of her signs seemed to be very exaggerated and I didn't understand some of what she said.  I know I took lots of long pauses trying to understand her message. I think I achieved her overall goal, but missed a lot of the details. 

Whole House Remodel 3/2/17

Initial gut reaction 1-Not at all   10-Yes, definitely

Did I convey presenter’s overall message? 7

Did I deliver the interpretation with confidence? 7

What is the presenter’s purpose?: Advertise his abilities and skill as a home improvement business and. 

What is the presenter’s attitude toward the topic?: (emotive, excited, lethargic…) He is devoted to his project/topic because he is trying to sell himself and his skills.

What was the presenter’s language quality? (clear, redundant, evasive, tangents…) He speaks clearly.

How was the audio/visual quality? Audio and visuals were good.

How did the presenter structure the presentation? He is walking us through a home and showing us all the updates.

Did the source text use any culturally bound information or topic-specific jargon?  There wasn't culturally bound information presented, but there was some topic-specific jargon such as two-toned and grout.

Brief notes: Sometimes I get a little confused about where to set things up in my space.  Should I have cabinets be in front of my face because the kitchen is square or only show things on my right and left sides.  How do I show more than one thing at a time-ex: the granite countertop on the island?

Cell Structure 3/2/17

Initial gut reaction 1-Not at all   10-Yes, definitely

Did I convey presenter’s overall message? 1

Did I deliver the interpretation with confidence? 1

What is the presenter’s purpose?: The purpose is to teach an audience about cells and their structure.

What is the presenter’s attitude toward the topic?: (emotive, excited, lethargic…) It sounded like a machine was speaking so it was very lethargic and monotone.

What was the presenter’s language quality? (clear, redundant, evasive, tangents…) The language was clear, but monotone. It sounded like a machine so it was hard to listen and take in the information.

How was the audio/visual quality? The video quality was good.  The audio sounded fine, but it was tough to listen to the monotone voice.

How did the presenter structure the presentation? He built on the information and used slides and pictures to help the audience visualize the cell.  He presented a single cell, then multi-cellular organisms, then plant and animal cells.

Did the source text use any culturally bound information or topic-specific jargon?  The entire video was topic-specific jargon because it was an educational video about science.  There wasn't any culturally bound information.

Brief notes: WOW-that was bad.  I sat not moving for quite a bit of that video. I had no idea what to do or what he meant.  I am not really a science person so that video was out of my comfort zone and it was very difficult to portray the concepts in a way I thought the audience would understand.  

For the Birds - 3/2/17

Initial gut reaction 1-Not at all   10-Yes, definitely

Did I convey presenter’s overall message? 5

Did I deliver the interpretation with confidence?5

What is the presenter’s purpose?: Entertain the audience

What was the presenter’s language quality? (clear, redundant, evasive, tangents…) Even though there was no language, the storyline was very clear and I could follow it easily. Portraying it in ASL was difficult though. 

How was the audio/visual quality? The video quality was very good and clear. 

How did the presenter structure the presentation? It was a cartoon. The characters were set up and a problem and the reaction to that problem were shown.

Did the source text use any culturally bound information or topic-specific jargon?  There was no culturally bound information or topic-specific jargon.

Brief notes: This was actually really hard to interpret. I tried to think of what the Deaf Blind client would be getting from my production and I don't think I did very well. I think I should have acted out more instead of signing some of the signs/words.  Even though I knew the signs, I should've taken on the birds characters more in order to make the story more dynamic.