Visual-Gestural Communication : A Workbook in Nonverbal Expression and Reception /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Routledge,
2019.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION; Inherent Benefits; An Abridged, Concise (Perhaps Quirky) History of Gestures; Gesture-Sign Language Connections; Gesture and Pantomime in Theatre; Nonverbal Applications; Some Iconic Gestures in Culture, Film, and TV; Self-Awareness; CHAPTER 2 WARM-UPS, ICEBREAKERS, AND EXERCISES; Physical Warm-Ups and Icebreakers; Point and Go; Anthropomorphic Ball; Energy Ball; Rhythm Game; Who's the Leader?; Real and Imaginary Jump Roping; Real and Imaginary Tug-of-War; Invisible Puppetry; Elephant Gestures
- Fear the SwordGroup Arm Wave; Group Clap; Newspaper Tag; Group Sculpture; Factory Assembly Line; Emotional Symphony; Observing, Copying, and Exaggerating Walks; Facial Expression Exercises; What's My Face Saying?; Go Face!"" Card Game; Mask Makers; Yes/No Game; Visual Exercises; Mirror Game; Visual Instincts; What Changed?; What's Wrong with This Picture?; Who's the Killer?; Visual-Gestural Exercises; Gesturing Tips; Gestural Name Game; Celebrity Party: Who Am I?; Enacting Wordless Comic Strips; Sports Fans; Polaroids; I Am a Camera; What Are We Doing?; Manual Gibberish
- Transformation ExercisesWhere Are We?; Down to the Last Detail; Your Game; Get That Person Off the Chair!; What's in the Room?; Guesstures; Gestural Competition; Clay/Model/Artist; Telephone Game; Let's Go Shopping; The Elevator; United Nations of Gestures; Gift Giving in Gestures; CHAPTER 3 VISUAL-GESTURAL COMMUNICATION ASSIGNMENTS; Your Gestural Introduction; Personal Coat of Arms; Universal Gestures; International Sign; Random Universal Phrases or Questions; Weekend Highlight in Universal Gestures; Cirque du Soleil: Nouvelle Experience; Body Language
- Some Basic Hand Orientations for 2D GesturesDeveloping a Pantomime With 2D Gestures; Abstract 2D Gestures; Practice With Basic 3D Hand Shapes: Objects; Creating 3D Objects; Continued Practice with 3D Hand Shapes: Buildings and Structures; Arrangement of Related Objects; Repeating Patterns; Angles and Perspectives; Environmental Gestures; Cooking Up a Storm; Character Description; Character Icons; Animal Character Description; Vehicle Gestures; Visual Vernacular: An Aspect Using Body Movement Designators; CHAPTER 4 PROJECTS; Playwriting, and Performing With Gestures and Movement
- Creating a Scene and Script DevelopmentPerformance; Gestures in the Work World; Creating an Original, Visual, Nonverbal, Comical Script à la Mr. Bean; Assessing Your Facial Expressions; Facial Storytelling; Performance Reaction Paper; Visual-Gestural Translation of a Haiku; Re-enacting Little Miss Muffet in Gestures and Movement; Two Crows Project; Two Crows; Visual Theatre Project; Remains of [Bosnians]; Research Project; Final Project; APPENDIX; BIBLIOGRAPHY