Language, Nonverbal, Listening Wk 2

I watched the show 'How I met your mother'. I have seen it a few times but it is not a show I watch weekly or even monthly. 

• What do you think the characters’ relationships are based on the ways in which they are communicating?
• What are they feeling and expressing based on the nonverbal behavior you are observing?

 

There are 5 main characters. Barney, Ted, Robin, Lily, Marshall. Lilly and Marshall are a couple. They live together, are very attracted to each other and care deeply about each other. All 5 characters are friends and seem to really enjoy each others company. They sit close together, make eye contact when talking, hug each other, high-five each other, laugh at each others jokes. They are all interested in each others lives and care about each other. Ted is excited, happy, shocked, and determined. Lily and Marshall are in bewilderment, shocked, determined, happy, and exasperated. Robin is happy, excited, devastation, and confused.

• What assumptions did you make about the characters and plot based on the ways in which you interpreted the communication you observed?
• Would your assumptions have been more correct if you had been watching a show you know well?

I did not think that Robin was interested in Ted and that Barney was a good Samaritan type person.  No they would not have. I was wrong on both accounts.  

Actors/actresses get so into the moment I feel it is generally easy to tell what they are feeling and communicating. It can be difficult to discern which emotion exactly  person is betraying without verbal indicators. People can misread non-verbal ques and even misunderstand verbal interactions. Communication is a tricky process and because of how the mind works many interpretations can me be made.