The first time I watched the show I watched it without sound. When the show came on it kind of introduced everyone to a place called Farhampton. It came on with a couple which looked as if they were about to be married. Between the two of them there was a lot of verbal and non verbal communication between them. Their facial expressions showed that they were both happy and nervous. Throughout the show it showed about 2 other couples, who seemed to be couples and one single girl. One family had just had a baby everyone when looking at the baby showed facial expressions of feeling happy and excited and careful. The show seemed as if it were showing a group of couples that are friends. When they interacted with each through body language and facial expressions it seemed as if though everyone was happy and doing normal friends things like cracking jokes on them. Through out the show I observed a lot of the couples arguing it seems as if they girls were trying to get their point across but the body language of the guys said that they really did not want to hear it. During these conversation there was a look on their faces of disappointment, discouragement,sadness. You could tell that each person was concerned about other situations that they had been going through. Throughout the show I observed a lot of serious conversations where through throwing up of hands, raising eyebrows, dropping of heads and then the other looking as if they were trying to saw through notes left on the bed by one couple that they he was sorry. The show ended with with seemed to be happiness and comforting. It showed one couple with their baby smiling back at them while they were smiling and holding each other.
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Once I watched the show with the sound on I found some of my observations to be true. The show started with a couple about to be married, but the two have cold feet about going through with the whole thing. There were a lot of time where the facial expressions did show that they really weren't listening to what the other person was saying. There were a lot of situations where the characters were arguing trying to figure out how to break bad news to someone else. The episode also showed how you can be having a conversation with someone and the others not really be listening. The show was very commercial. It presented itself with a lot of different situations between the couples friends and how they are moving forward in life.
After watching this video it was amazing to see how much people use non verbal communication to convey their messages, whether its through body language, facial expressions and hand motions. I think most of the assumptions I had made about the video before hearing the sounds were right. It was like a lot of people in a new area beginning at new points in their lives. I think it is amazing how much people in general communicate with non-verbal skills. I thought that the show was very humerus, but very relateable as well.
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This assignment has made me more aware of my non verbal communication styles. It is especially important to recognize them in myself when working with children and families because I do not want to portray the wrong message to someone.
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