The movie that I watched that I had not previously viewed was Love and Basketball. This movie show cased several characters and they all had various relationships which were from happy to sad, excited to not so excited, and from being in love as teens to breaking up and getting back together as adults. From the way they communicated you could tell that the characters relationships were based on love and trust in one instance. The two that I will discuss are the two children that grew up as friends and then become a couple before they left high school.
I believe that they felt and expressed love for each other based on their nonverbal behavior. At first they showed that they did not like each other. This was evident by the frowning that they did to each other. They did not say this verbally but they did fight and look at each other while talking with their eyes to one another. After watching the movie with the sound on my interpretations to my surprise was correct. The two children actually loved each other even though they never said it verbally. They actually showed friendship and unity in nonverbal ways.
I believe that my assumptions could be more correct if it was a movie that I had previously viewed. Even though my interpretations were basically correct for this movie, I believe that with each movie or real situation that were either watch or encounter we can communicate without using verbal cues. When the sound was turned down, I depended on the facial expressions to assist me with determining what was going on in the movie.
This exercise was very helpful to me because t gave me the opportunity to look at the verbal and nonverbal side of communication.
This exercise was very helpful to me because t gave me the opportunity to look at the verbal and nonverbal side of communication.
Hi Sharon,
ReplyDeleteLove this movie "Love and Basketball." Good choice!! In this movie I feel like the two main characters just did not communicate well about anything. The suppressed their feelings and thoughts so much in this movie until the end. They were afraid to communicate. Their non-verbal communication always sent mixed signals and messages. But, really good movie overall.
Brenda
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ReplyDeleteHey Sharon,
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this movie! I agree that a lot of the nonverbal cues were expressed throughout this movie. The look in each of the lover's eyes displayed anger and hurt at times, but also weakness due to the fact they really knew that they were meant to be.
Sharon,
ReplyDeleteGreat choice. it was a lot of nonverbal communication throughout this movie. all kinds of emotions were displayed. A low level of communication. Great movie overall
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your blog. This is one of my favorite movies. The non-verbal communication was all over in this movie. The non-verbal communication said what the two could not express in words until the end of the movie. They went to college together, but eventually separated. They both entered the pro's and went in different directions. After several years of being apart, an accident brought them back together.The finally decided to use effective communication to express their feelings and were married. I can watch that movie over and over again. I always see something different when I watch it.