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MEDIA LITERACY AND INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE Strategies, Debates and Good Practices its source, allowing the human being, or some animals, to take action. However, not everyone is in full possession of such physical and physiological integrity, as, for instance, the deaf and the blind. Generally speaking, the deaf are deprived of one of the senses and that is why they develop the remaining senses further. An example of compensation is the blind that has a more attentive hearing sense than usual. As for the deaf, they may have a more developed tactile sense. In fact, we subscribe to the hypothesis that the deaf are more aware of sound vibrations because of their lack of audio perception. The vibration sensation may be less perceived by the hearing as their attention is usually shifted towards the auditory or audiovisual message. 4.3. Hypothesis 3: vibration and image Vibration is an important part of the motivation for the deaf to watch a movie. The deaf perceive the relationship between vibration and image, establishing a connection that is comparable to what the hearing do regarding sound and image. 5. Methodology According to a popular saying, experience is worth more than science. Indeed, there has been an ongoing concern with confronting our empirical ideas with deaf subjects, especially those with the highest level of auditory deficiency. 5.1. Experiment I In our study of the perception of sound on audiovisual images by deaf youngsters and its implications on the reading of the image, three deaf participants watched the movieO menino, a favela e as tampas de panela 1 , by Braziliandirector Cao Hamburguer (1995). The duration of the movie is 4 minutes and 25 seconds from the beginning until the end credits. The movie was aired in parts, with and without sound. The projection was in an auditorium chosen to discriminate the surrounding sounds, so that participants could easily identify parts with and without sound. The investigation took place in the auditorium of the Memorial Baptists Church in Brasília, Brazil. Our tools were the observation of the reactions of the deaf as well as a 4-item questionnaire. The participants answered the questions using sign language. The names of the participants will not be disclosed, so we will identify them from now on with their initials only: MA, JO, GE. MA: 22 years old, profound bilateral deafness. 1 “The boy, the favela and the pot lids”, in a literal translation. 135
MEDIA LITERACY AND INTERCULTURAL DIALOGUE Strategies, Debates and Good Practices JO: 35 years old, profound bilateral deafness. GE: 31 years old, profound bilateral deafness. Using the answers as a starting point, we proposed an analysis based on our hypotheses. Questions: 1. Have you noticed any changes during the airing of the movie? MA: Yes, there were changes. It seems to me the sound was very loud. The music goes well with the chasing scene, where the boy had to run. JO: I felt a nice vibration, by heart started beating fast. On the last scene of the movie I felt no vibration at all. GE: When it began I was startled with the vibration of the sound. I perceived it as very loud. In the end the vibration ceased. 2. Did you enjoy the change? (What have you felt? Which is more comfortable to you?) MA: I didn’t enjoy the change very much. I prefer it without sound. I feel calm. JO: I felt the beating of the plates, where the boy plays with pot lids. I feel normal about the change. I like the vibration. GE: I wish they hadn’t turned off the sound, because I feel more interested in the movie with it. When they turn off the sound it feels as if I’m losing something about the movie. It is more pleasant with sound. 3. Why? MA: In the beginning the sound was louder and in the end they turned it off. I prefer it louder. I like the sound of music. JO: I like it because it makes me feel the joy of being alive. GE: Ever since I was a child I got used to the TV. I would turn the volume up. I have profound deafness and that is why I feel sound through the vibration in my body. It is normal. 5.2. Experiment II The second experiment was done with a group of seven students with ages between 16 and 20. They watched the educational show for the deaf Notícia em 136
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