I have been spending a lot of time at the lake so I didn’t have any way to record a show but, I borrowed a season of One Tree Hill from my sister to watch. I have seen the show a few times when she watched it, but not enough to know what is going on. I watched an episode where a wedding was taking place. Everyone seemed to be very close friends or family. There was lots of hugging and smiling. You can tell the bride and maid of honor are best friends with how many smiles and hugs they share. The bride is pregnant and looks so happy and emotional that she starts to cry. They looks to be a lot of couples because there is a lot of kissing and embracing.
As I said they all seem to care a lot about each other. There is laughing, kissing, hugging, smiling, and all around general happiness, after all it is a wedding. At the end of the show the bride and groom went to their house and, the bride starts to have labor pain and starts bleeding, when the groom goes to the garage. He comes back to find her in a pile of blood on the floor, so then there is lots of scared panic it look like on his face and it ends there.
When I watched the show with the sound on, I was pretty correct with the part that they are close friends and family. They all had a connection to each other and were sharing happy memories. There were some characters that had a feud at the beginning of the show but they were still smiling and laughing at each other that I couldn’t tell they were being sarcastic and had a mean tone of voice. However these same characters by the end of the show made up and were really happy with each other.
I suppose my assumptions would have been different if I had watched a show, were I already know the characters, and even if I would have picked a different episode of this show. I watched one close to the end of the season she had and it was a good episode. It makes me realize that with out the sound and with out knowing these characters, I couldn’t tell that some of them were not getting along. Their nonverbal clues showed that they were smiling and laughing. I think that it is important to know both aspects of communication the verbal and nonverbal so that I can be more effective in communication.
Hi Rachael,
ReplyDeleteGreat post! I enjoyed reading about your nonverbal television show you observed. You actually conveyed a great demonstration of the relationship among the people. I could not tell you had not seen the television show previous. Great job, again. Furthermore your precise explanation of it almost makes me want to watch the show.
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ReplyDeleteRachel,
ReplyDeleteOne Tree Hill used to be one of my favorite shows! It was a nice surprise to see you write about this show. Having said that, I think you made a really great point that many people overlook. While nonverbal cues such as body language and facial expressions can tell us a lot, it can convey happiness when the verbal shows sarcasm and unease. This is a common point of communication that we cannot look past. Great post!
Ashley Richards
I found this assignment to be very interesting. It is amazing how we don't realize how important all of our senses are. It is also amazing how many things we do to show cues of things that are going on without realizing it.
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