Descriptions in Storytelling

In English we give context and set a scene. When telling stories in Australian sign language, description adds a rich context and experience to the story, and allows the story to be more clearly visualised.

Description is often given using the lexicalised (as found in the dictionary) sign for an object, for example, car:

Then, depiction how the object looks, moves or feels using non-manual features and enactment.
For example, the following shows that the above 'car' was moving quite fast:

And depiction shows the action of a car overtaking another:

See how I'm describing a situation with my hands? These are not lexicalised signs, but depicting signs to describe what happened in the situation. The Non-Manual features (facial expression) indicate what sort of an experience it was for the driver.