Saturday, January 17, 2015

Communication Skills

The TV show I chose to examine was Criminal Minds. I'm not familiar with the characters, story line, or plot for this show, so it was difficult for me to go through the entire episode and not know what was happening. I could gain some familiarity with the characters and how they communicated with one another through facial expressions and body movements, but ideally, it would've been a lot simpler if I knew the characters and what the show was/is about. Body language and facial movements were the most crucial points of communication with this show, considering the lack of knowledge I had about it. 
I assumed certain personalities for the characters and their relationships through the show while it was on, but as I was watching it recorded back with sound, I was definitely wrong in some cases. Comfortably, there's nothing more easing than being able to understand characters and their personalities after watching the episode in sound. If this was a show I was familiar with then it would be less difficult to gauge the relationships between characters because I would already have an understanding of the dynamics within the cast. 


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  1. UnknownJanuary 17, 2015 at 9:58 PM

    Hi Catherine,
    I also found it difficult to watch the show I chose without sound. I had not viewed the show in the past and I did not have any info about the show. I was able to figure out what was going on in the show to some extent by the scene setting and the characters expressions and body language, however, there were many instances where I was incorrect. Though this became frustrating at times, I did find it interesting to see how much information we gain from non verbal communication.
    Randee

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