For
this blog assignment, I chose to watch an episode called Jessie on the Disney
channel. It was very interesting to try to figure out what the characters’
relationships were based on the ways in which they were communication. While
watching the show without sound, it seemed like Jessie was care taker because
she was the only adult around besides the butler. She was the one waking the
children up in the morning and making sure they weren’t killing one another.
There were four kids in the house, and they were all of a different race. For
instance, there were two Caucasian one Indian child, and one African American
child. They seemed to be related to one another because they lived in the same
household and they were showing a lot of affection towards one another when
something went wrong. Also, they all had their own private rooms and pets in
the house.
As
I was watching for feeling and expressing based on the nonverbal behavior, I
saw that they children loved one another. They seemed to be very happy and
cared for by Jessie the care taker. The children expressed anger when they were
being irritated. For example, Robby was mad at Luke because they used his
lizard as a bowling ball to knock down pins. His facial expression was not
happy; he seemed to be very angry at Luke.
After
watching the show with the sound on; my assumptions about the characters were
right. For instance, Jessie was the children’s nanny, and they children had
close relationship with one another because they were adopted, which made them
brothers and sisters. That would explain why there were showing so much
affection for one another.
I
think my assumptions would have been more correct if I had been watching a show
I knew then I would have known the characters a little more, and their
relationship with one another. The more you watch a show the more you will know
about the characters and why they act the way they do.
Reference
O’Connell,
P. (Producer). (2011). Jessie [Television Series]. [With Debby Ryan, Peyton List, Cameron Boyce, Karan
Brar, & Skai Jackson]. Los Angeles, CA: Hollywood Central Studios.
Erica,
ReplyDeleteIt's interesting to see your assumptions were right. Mine were very off. It could have been poor acting, or maybe I just wasn't reading the non-verbal cues very well. Anyway, glad to see you could tell what your show's characters were feeling and expressing with their non-verbal skills.
Great blog post! I think using a show from the Disney channel was a great idea because Disney shows are usually aimed at a younger audience so they do focus more on nonverbal communication. It is also interesting that you were able to follow the story line without having the sound on. I do think, to a certain extent, that the quality of acting does have a lot to do with it but it could also be that the viewer needs to change the way they view the show. We are so used to watching shows with the sound that it does become a challenge to change the way we try to interpret messages.
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