JP Saxe - If The World Was Ending (ASL Video) ft. Julia Mi

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Making this video was an unbelievable learning experience. We wanted to make a video that really worked for the deaf community - something that they would be proud of, as a representation of ASL communication. To achieve this goal, we decided to partner with LC Interpreting Services, who helped us come up with a plan of execution. With LCIS’s help, we assembled a team of four: two actors (Diana Abayeva and Adam Pagan), an ASL Coach (John McGinty), and an ASL interpreter (Greyson Van Pelt).

During pre production we learned a lot about ASL and how it’s communicated. The initial concept for the video included more cuts and angles, but we learned that being able to see everything the speaker is doing is critical to ASL. It’s not just hands. We also learned that there are many different ASL interpretations of an english word/concept. John McGinty was our ASL expert on set. He was a magician, and was able to translate JP and Julia’s lyrics so that it was ASL that many generations could understand, not just one. Sometimes in the video, you’ll see Diana and Adam make different signs, but they are still saying the same thing. It’s similar to having an accent, or expressing tone.

Communicating with Adam and Diana using Greyson as an interpreter was a joy. They did an amazing job and gave every take their all. If there’s one thing making this video taught me, it’s that ASL is awesome. It is incredibly beautiful in both its aesthetics and its purpose: to connect with one another.

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Actor: Diana Abayeva
Actor: Adam Pagan
ASL Interpreter: Greyson Van Pelt
ASL Coach: John McGinty
Director of Photography: Gabe Jacobs
Sign Language Interpreting and Consulting Services provided by LC Interpreting Services, LLC

Lyrics
I was distracted
and in traffic
I didn’t feel it
when the earthquake happened

but it really got me thinkin’
were you out drinkin’
were you in the living room
chillin' watchin’ television
ah it’s been a year now
think I've figured out how
how to let you go and let
communication die out

I know you know we know you weren’t down for forever and it’s fine
I know you know we know we weren’t meant for each other and it’s fine

but if the world was ending
you’d come over right
you’d come over and you’d stay the night
would you love me for the hell of it
all our fears would be irrelevant
if the world was ending
you’d come over right
the sky’d be falling and I’d hold you tight
and there wouldn’t be a reason why
we would even have to say goodbye
if the world was ending
you’d come over right
Right?
If the world was ending
You’d come over right
Right?

I tried to imagine
your reaction
didn’t scare me when the earthquake happened
But it really got me thinkin’
that night we went drinkin’
stumbled in the house
and didn’t make it past the kitchen
ah it’s been a year now
think I've figured out how
how to think about you
without it rippin’ my heart out

I know you know we know you weren’t down for forever and it’s fine
I know you know we know we weren’t meant for each other and it’s fine

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