The television show that I chose to watch was "Tyrant. Upon watching the very first episode of the series without sound the assumptions that I made were that, there was an american family going to visit an out of state war like country for reasons that were connected to the father of the american family. Upon arrival to the country, it seemed that the american family was well known by those who greeted them, and those who greeted them seemed to be of high importance within that country, king or such like, because the roads were cleared for their passing. The picture was filled with anger, almost everyone in this episode was angry with someone, slaps were shared, deep stares given, etc. Love and comfort was shown between the husband and wife of the american family. The adult male american seemed to be the son of the king, and the looks exchanged upon arrival did not seem to be excitement but rather just let me get this over with. The guy who greeted him at the landing strip seemed to be his brother, who was second in command after the father, as that was how it depicted in the flash backs of the american male. His brother seemed violent from the way he treated his lady, the outside women, and those that worked for him.
Upon watching the show with volume, most of my assumption were correct. The american guy did not want to go to the country, he was going for his nephew's wedding. His wife thought it would be good for him to make it alright between him and his father, but she really did not know about the circumstances behind him leaving that country to make his life in America. I was not able to decipher the plot of the entire story line, that is where words play an important role in communication.
It is interesting to see that without sound, much can be derived once one is very observant in the behaviour of the characters. You can tell the relation or lack there of, or the intensity of the relationship between individuals. Both verbal and nonverbal communication plays a very important in communication itself. Nonverbal allows one to see what is not being said, and what is said either confirms or refutes what was seen. Both sides are equally important in communication.
Kiendra,
ReplyDeleteI also found it quite interesting how much information was correctly acquired just through observation of nonverbal communication. I think what this assignment really stressed to me was that although our assumptions of nonverbal communication is correct most of the time, without the verbal communication to verify the gray areas, we may make erroneous assumptions. Thank you for taking the time for sharing your thoughts with the rest of us. :)
Pamela