The Middle. A show I’ve been interested in but have never
watched so thanks 6165 for giving me a wonderful excuse.
Without sound I can tell this is a family show. There is a
mom and a dad and three adolescent children.
The parents have scenes showing they are discussing something. The actors
use lots of facial expressions and hand gestures that look like enthusiasm. The teen children also use facial expressions
however theirs note annoyance, boredom, and perhaps, confusion. As in any sitcom there appears to be some kind
of misunderstanding going on. The
characters are also making eye contact suggesting sending a quick, shared
message. The mom and dad show physical affection
for one another. From what I can tell
this is a loving family with plenty of sitcom quirkiness.
Ok Sound on.
Well I was
definitely right about the family part. As it turns out the parents are
bothered that the children want to stare at screens all summer and want to do
something fun together as a family. So the children exchange concerned glances
because they are nervous about what the parents are going to come up with. The
parents decide to take them to a drive in movie. This explains both the enthusiasm
and the confusion. The parents have to explain and then convince the kids that
a drive in movie will be fun. So they go
to the drive in and it all works out as it usually does in sitcoms.
This assignment was more difficult than I thought it would
be. Perhaps if I had watched a show I know well, like Friends or 30 Rock, I would
have been able to pick up on different things.
Just now I thought…this would a really crazy
assignment to do with say the first episode of the first season of The Real
World. There would be so many elements. Sigh.
I will stick with my sitcom. Mostly because I don’t have a clue how to get my
hands on an old Real Word episodes.
This assignment was cool because it shows how important non
verbal communication is. We express feelings and share messages without words
with those we are close to.
Great Post! I was skeptical of this assignment at first but ending up I think its pretty awesome!! It really does show you how communication is done in a ton of different ways.
ReplyDeleteI was hoping someone would pick a reality tv show (I chose a sitcome too) because I was wanting to see the differences between how we viewed a sitcom and how others viewed reality tv. I'm not a fan of reality tv, however there is a lot of non-verbal communication and interesting relationships going on that would be hard to understand if you had no sound.
ReplyDeleteKoni
ReplyDeleteThis assignment did seem easier than some. I found myself sitting in front of the televisions trying to hear when the sound was down. I was making facial expression because of the weird things that were happening. For the most part it was easy to figure out what was going on by the way they moved and gestured. The television show that I chose had the most ridiculous facial expressions throughout the show. It wasn't funny without the sound though.
Koni,
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that watching a known program would have been easier, because we are familiar with it and we know what to expect from the characters.
This activity was to me like going to a new place where I know nobody, not even the context, and all I know is the purpose of my visit.
Thanks for sharing Koni!
Hi Stephanie,
ReplyDeleteI had the same thought with regards to using possibly a reality show for this assignment. My biggest issue with the show I chose (which happened to be Friends) was that the reliance on slapstick, physical comedy as opposed to great scriptwriting weighed very negatively on my view.