As commented on in my class presentation before, re-telling it to the camera proved somewhat successful, but not as socially interactive as gesture is normatively preformed. In reference to McNeill, “part of the story of gesture is the role that it performs in interaction,” and I needed to create an environment in which my Target Gestures would be subtly absorbed within a social context (11). To better mirror this statement, the class suggested I follow the format of the game “telephone” with my sample group. By having my group telephone the story to each other, they are successfully engaged with an interactive accompaniment, and perhaps I would catch the collaborative, social effort to re-create the story. Speaking of catching the event, instead of keeping detailed notes of the telephone game, I would continue to record my participants as I had before. In this way, I would allow myself to re-watch the videos in slower speeds to pick up on the formations of the gestures themselves, and take screen shots to provide evidence for my
As commented on in my class presentation before, re-telling it to the camera proved somewhat successful, but not as socially interactive as gesture is normatively preformed. In reference to McNeill, “part of the story of gesture is the role that it performs in interaction,” and I needed to create an environment in which my Target Gestures would be subtly absorbed within a social context (11). To better mirror this statement, the class suggested I follow the format of the game “telephone” with my sample group. By having my group telephone the story to each other, they are successfully engaged with an interactive accompaniment, and perhaps I would catch the collaborative, social effort to re-create the story. Speaking of catching the event, instead of keeping detailed notes of the telephone game, I would continue to record my participants as I had before. In this way, I would allow myself to re-watch the videos in slower speeds to pick up on the formations of the gestures themselves, and take screen shots to provide evidence for my