Adam Savage: My love letter to cosplay
Adam Savage: Ma lettre d'amour au Cosplay
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that I read somewhere once,
lu quelque part et adoré
to homo sapiens' success
la réussite de l'Homo sapiens
our body temperature
notre température corporelle
in any climate we choose.
quel type de climat.
where we can't survive without clothing.
pouvoir survivre sans les vêtements.
to put on is a narrative,
raconte une histoire
finding friends to play with,
amis avec qui jouer,
a lot of my own play.
mes propres jeux.
from behind the counter
derrière le comptoir
cardboard tubs.
I was eight years old --
they were done with those tubs,
fini de s'en servir,
and kept them in the back,
les gardaient à l'arrière
to work up the courage,
quelques semaines,
with this beautiful cardboard tub.
ce superbe bac en carton,
I could do with this exotic material --
avec ce matériel exotique --
and I realized, "Wait a minute --
je me suis rendu compte que
a couple blocks from home.
à deux pas de la maison.
out of cardboard.
de commande en carton
underneath it to light it.
which I offset off the back wall --
contre le mur du fond,
I was being really clever --
à faire le malin
the back wall of the closet black
de mes parents, ce mur pour y
I found in the attic,
guirlandes de Noël du grenier.
missions spatiales.
« Les dents de la mer » est sorti.
but I was caught up in "Jaws" fever,
j'étais gagné par la fièvre du film
that had a "Jaws" costume in their window,
exposait un costume « Dents de la mer ».
me talking to someone
en parler à quelqu'un
I thought this costume was,
by giving me this "Jaws" costume.
how good they have it,
comprennent pas la chance qu'ils ont.
you can buy online right now ...
peut s'acheter en ligne ces jours-ci...
my mom bought for me.
que m'a offert ma mère.
comme du papier à cigarette
of "Jaws" on it.
le poster du film dessus.
called "Excalibur."
because it is a hard, R-rated film.
donné que c'était interdit aux -16 ans.
and guts or the boobs
was intoxicatingly beautiful to me.
d'une beauté extraordinaire.
in shining, mirror-polished armor.
polies comme des miroirs.
wear their armor everywhere.
portent leurs armures partout.
they wear it to bed.
tout le temps ! »
mon matériau préféré,
and a white horse.
et son cheval blanc.
en voici une photo.
suit of armor I made
armure que j'ai construite,
on making me a proper suit of armor.
faire une armure plus authentique.
to roofing aluminum called flashing
une sorte d'aluminium de toiture,
attachment materials,
de fixation préférés,
au cours du mois,
of aluminum armor
so that I could breathe,
casque pour pouvoir respirer.
for Halloween and wore it to school.
pour Halloween à l'école.
patrolling the halls,
that are about to become clear.
une raison qui sera bientôt claire.
of aluminum armor to school.
en aluminium à l'école.
I was standing in the back of class,
j'ai dû me mettre debout
allow me to sit down.
pas de s'asseoir.
I didn't anticipate.
sort of concerned
avec inquiétude
and says, "Are you feeling OK?"
me demande : « Ça va ? »
Am I feeling OK?
Je suis aux anges ! »
I am having the time of my --"
how great I feel,
dire comment je vais bien
starts to list to the left
lentement vers la gauche
de ce tunnel noir ...
le bureau de l'infirmière.
la chaleur et la fatigue
passed out in front of my class,
de s'être évanoui devant la classe
Where's my armor?"
« Qui a pris mon armure ?! »
to make a show for Discovery Channel,
une émission de Discovery Channel
experimental methodologies
des méthodes expérimentales
about them for television.
in this storytelling.
dans ce mode de narration.
de l'humour, de la couleur
to the stories we're telling.
histoires qu'on raconte.
called "Dumpster Diving,"
of what costuming means to me.
des costumes pour moi.
two distinct parts to it.
deux parties distinctes.
to jump off buildings by a stuntman
à sauter d'un bâtiment
to the experiment:
la vraie expérience.
and we'd jump into it.
benne remplie d'ordures.
these two elements,
séparer ces deux parties
so we should wear sweatsuits --
on va porter des survêts --
on the back of the sweatsuits.
au dos de ces survêts.
something really visually striking --
quelque chose de saisissant.
from 'The Matrix.'"
en Neo de Matrix ! »
knee-high, buckle boots.
boucles à hauteur genou.
long manteau flottant.
contact lenses in order to wear.
que j'ai dû porter avec des lentilles.
their church giggles.
"(Laugh sound)."
at this moment.
it's so nakedly clear to my crew
into wearing this costume.
de réalisateur me rappelle
haute vitesse au ralenti,
beautiful behind me.
manière sublime derrière moi.
at San Diego Comic-Con.
Comic-Con du San Diego.
and never had time to go.
je n'y étais jamais allé.
this was costuming mecca.
la Mecque des costumes.
on the floor in San Diego.
créations sur scène à San Diego.
an elaborate costume
of San Diego Comic-Con anonymously.
de San Diego en parfait anonymat.
Hellboy costume I could,
précis possible de Hellboy,
a prosthetic Hellboy head and chest
une tête et une poitrine prothétique
in my prescription.
des lentilles de contact.
how balls hot it was in that costume.
j'avais chaud à l'intérieur de ce truc.
and the contact lenses hurt my eyes,
lentilles me font mal aux yeux,
because I'm totally in love.
parce que je suis amoureux.
on this costume and walking the floor,
déguisement et de défilé,
of other costumers.
des autres joueurs de Cosplay.
« déguisement »
people who dress up
des gens qui s'habillent
from film and television
favoris de ciné et de télé,
who find a costume and put it on --
un costume tout fait.
they want to be in those productions.
voudraient jouer dans des productions.
and it's beautiful.
l’excentricité avec fierté.
of people walking around.
pas qu'en marchant.
can I take your picture?"
Une photo ? »
to get into their pose.
s'installer dans leur pose.
great for your camera.
superbes pour ta caméra.
as the Joker from "The Dark Knight."
du Joker dans « The Dark Knight »
from "Lord of the Rings,"
No-Face from "Spirited Away."
du « Voyage de Chihiro ».
and its director, Hayao Miyazaki,
et son réalisateur, Hayao Miyazaki,
and one of my all-time favorite films.
un de mes films préférés.
who gets lost in the spirit world
qui se perd dans le monde des esprits
japonais abandonné.
of friends she makes --
amis qu'elle se fait --
and he wants to make friends,
et veut se faire des amis.
is by luring them to him
de le faire est de les attirer
on kind of a rampage
une sorte de massacre
costume de Sans-Visage
No-Face's gestures.
les gestes de Sans-Visage.
in this costume at all.
parler dans ce costume.
prendre en photo,
from behind my robe
une pièce dorée de chocolat
I'd make it appear for them.
je faisais apparaître cette pièce.
Oh my god, this is so cool!"
Sans-Visage, trop cool ! »
the floor and it's fantastic.
en parcourant cet espace.
quelque chose se passe.
a coin as a return gift,
comme cadeau, mais non,
that I'd given away.
que j'avais données.
I take some more pictures.
quelques photos.
inside this costume.
rien voir sous les costumes.
and I can see their feet.
et je vois leurs pieds.
gives me back a coin,
pièce m'est rendue,
to get a better view,
away from me going like this.
de moi en faisant ce geste-ci.
de l'or de Sans-Visage.
who take gold from No-Face.
qui prend de l'or de Sans-Visage.
relationship; this is cosplay.
et de public : c'est du Cosplay.
that meant something to us.
dans un récit significatif.
important inside of us.
d'important à l'intérieur de nous.
are how we reveal ourselves
nous nous dévoilons
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Adam Savage - Maker, critical thinkerAdam Savage is an internationally renowned television producer, host and public speaker.
Why you should listen
Adam Savage's mother is a psychologist; his father was a celebrated artist, painter and filmmaker. From the youngest age they encouraged his flights of fancy. Savage has been a paperboy, a projectionist, juggler, unicycle rider, sculptor, graphic designer, scenic painter, robot builder, welder, carpenter, machinist, prop maker, toy designer, actor, writer, executive producer and director. He spent six years in theater and 10 years in commercial and film special effects working for clients such as Nike, Corning, Hershey's, and Coca-Cola, and films like Star Wars, The Matrix films, A.I., Space Cowboys, Terminator 3 and Galaxy Quest.
Savage has built everything from theater sets to miniature particle accelerators. From spaceships to animatronic arms. He's made Rube Goldberg machines, hand props and spacesuits. His online videos have generated over 230 million page views. He's written for Popular Mechanics, the Wall Street Journal and Wired Magazine, among others. His program "Mythbusters" produced 270 episodes that aired in over 100 countries for 14 years. Adam shares his builds, his love for movie props and costumes, and passion for the transformative power of making on his award winning website Tested.com. He lives in San Francisco with his wife Julia, his twin boys Thing1 and Thing2, and two amazing dogs.
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