The Fingerspellers Episode 1: The New Delivery Boy

The first of eight episodes of the sign language comedy mini-series, The Fingerspellers - all about a family of deaf gangsters who protect themselves through the power of sign language!

The series premiered as part of the deaf magazine show Wicked, which was made by the deaf production company Remark! (http://www.remark.uk.com/) for the British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust. (For more info: http://bslbt.co.uk) This first instalment was broadcast on the Community Channel on Monday 8th March 2010 as part of episode one of Wicked's third series! See the whole ep here: http://www.bslbt.co.uk/wicked/programmes/series_3/episode_one/episode_one/

The Fingerspellers is directed by William Mager and was created and written by Charlie Swinbourne.

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Episode 1: The New Delivery Boy - synopsis

This first episode introduces us to the Fingerspeller family, and their boss, Deaffather, who controls the deaf clubs in Metro City. When a rival family, the Operas, come looking for a brand new invention called the Textphone, the family, and their brand-new delivery boy get a nasty surprise... all in the length of time it takes to fingerspell the alphabet!

Look out for the next episode, which will be released here on YouTube in April!

CAST:
Ilan Dwek
Matt Kirby
Rebecca-Anne Withey
Stephen Collins
Matt Gurney
Diana Martin
David Hirshman
Cathy Heffernan
Dani Sive
Martine Laverty

CREW:
Director: William Mager
Writer: Charlie Swinbourne
Producer: Sarah Tavner
Executive Producer: Mark Nelson
Director of Photography: Paul Curran
Camera Assistant: Chris Preston
1st AD: Dee Hellier
Makeup Artist: Jo Grover
Makeup Assistant: Sylvia Atkins
Costume Designer: Jessica Allen
FX and Props: John Mackie
Graphics and Animation: James Merry

Links:
BSLBT: http://bslbt.co.uk
Remark: http://www.remark.uk.com/
William Mager (director): http://wlmager.com/
Charlie Swinbourne (writer): http://charlieswinbourne.wordpress.com

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• deaf
• comedy
• sign
• language
• film
• fingerspelling
• bsl
• humour
• movie
• gangster
• mafia
• sopranos
• opera
• william
• billy
• mager
• charlie
• swinbourne
• matt
• kirby
• rebecca
• anne
• withey
• ilan
• dwek
• gurney
• stephen
• collins

[DEAFPTL]

What sign language are they using?

[thefingerspellers]

The actors are using British Sign Language (BSL).

[sneezy7purple]

Apart from a bit too dark, it's brilliant! Cant wait for the next episode. April is too long! ;) thumbs up!

[thefingerspellers]

@sneezy7purple If it was any brighter we wouldn't be able to call it a film noir... glad you liked though, and thanks for being patient, Ep 2 will be along before you know it.

[gbrow249]

I MUST HAVE MORE!!

[IHateYou901]

ooohh its good!!

[IronTeeth27]

This is the very proper talent for sign language unlike the flame wars and rage parades you see many videos coming out of the United States.

[bluebilly68]

best ever and better than USA!!!!

[joeyjoey70]

it's brill....really love it

[andifoxy99]

I had to laugh when one baby was dropped! well made film, looking forward to next episode

[MrSunchaser]

POW thats brill!! :)

[levinclan]

Love it!

[aranlu]

Brilliant! Even though I had to read the subtitles (I am a student of LSE myself) I could get a good idea of what BSL is like! I wish we had something like this in LSE! Well done! Can't wait to get the next episode! Congratulations!

[cheekynutter]

Excellent, looking forward to the 2nd episode...

[Kazatfifty]

g-r-e-a-t

v-e-r-y- f-u-n-n-y