Exploring the Role of Semiotic Resources in Communication
Dive into the world of communication as it encompasses gestures, co-speech, pantomime, emblems, sign language, and more. Discover how different forms of expression such as drawing, modeling, acting, and representing play a vital role in conveying meaning. Explore the importance of silence in various contexts, from dealing with it in audio description to its portrayal in silent films and cinematic masterpieces like Ingmar Bergman's 'The Silence'.
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And consists of the co-deployment of those semiotic resources.
Gesture Co-speech Pantomime Emblems Sign language
Eg a bowl Drawing Modelling Acting Representing
Silence How to deal with silence in AD. Silent films? a constant AD?
Silence cf. Ingmar Bergman The Silence it is inscribed inside the register of speech where it deliniates a certain stance (Dolar) and thus inserted by the director
Silence as a narrative element eg. Mission Impossible: Tom Cruise tries to disable a sound-sensitive alarm system
Eg. 2001 A Space Odyssey The dawn of man the camera moves into space and into silence. Then images of landscapes are shown against the sounds of wind and birds inducing the idea of silence. Breaking the silence would destroy the effect.
The Marx Brothers Duck Soup three minutes of silence during the mirror scene Here AD is necessary as there is so much action.
Option 1 Omission sometimes but aural silence is often accompanied by action. The dilemma is how to make the silence speak, without making it sound too loud (Orero).
Option 2 Announce the silence The silence could be meaningful. But leaving the silence could be considered a mistake or a breakdown.
Option 3 Audiodescriber decides on function of silence Could lead to highly subjective interpretations. But in cases like Duck Soup where the Marx Brothers sketch is composed of actions, it is clearly necessary to describe. Whereas the typical silence following a bomb explosion or a gunshot may not need any explanation.
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Reference: A Postgraduate Screen Translation Course IN Readings in Intersemiosis and Multimedia ed. Elena Montagna
