I can see the man and the lady going to a house, getting in and looking around, the guy as he moves his arms when communicating, his facial expressions are very clear to read. the lady is talking to him but he does not have any eye contact with her. Sometimes the lady is left talking alone as I can tell her lips are moving. He always has a smile on her face. As they enter the bathroom, their look on their faces seems of surprised and there is head nodding. The scene goes to where they are talking to another couple they each are talking one at a times and listening carefully as well.
As I watched the same part with the volume on, the are both talking about the house and what types of work she had to do in it to make it more efficient for the people living there. She kept telling him that she will make it to where they don't have to sell their home. He in the other hand kept criticizing her time and they amount of remodeling needed which she might not get done therefore he is certain they will list it for sale. In the scene as they enter the bathroom, they were surprised although as they nod their head was because he had told her how much money it was going to cost. The lady was wondering how much money she would had to get it done. When they are talking to the other couple, in fact they were the owners of the house and they were discussing the money for remodeling their home as well as what they wanted in their home. Everyone as they talk are quite and listen carefully to each other. For me, it is very interesting how much we can assume a conversation by it's facial expressions, body posture,and hand movements and some times be wrong about them.
These are the cast members
Hello Ana,
ReplyDeleteInteresting posting, for HGTV is one of the channels I enjoy watching. After reading your posting, I can say that the non-vernal messages are the chief way that most people communicate emotions. Depends on the topic while communicating, a person's face can light up with enthusiasm, energy and approval, express confusion or boredom, and scowl with displeasure. However, the eyes are particularly expressive, since they give strong cues as to the true emotional state of a person. Don't you think the lady was too talkative, hence, the reason why the other individual was not responding?
Joanne.
It is interesting to note how our body language can often send the wrong message. Clearly we need to use both verbal and non-verbal skills when talking and listening.
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ReplyDeleteI wonder if the cast members do any facial management techniques to express appropriate feelings as they view the property.
Non-verbal communication is more believable than verbal communication and sometimes we do not read non-verbal behaviors accurately. Therefore we can think of non-verbal behaviours as cues to be checked out rather than facts (O'Hair & Weimann 2012).
Hi Ana, great post. This was an interesting assignment, there is power in non verbal communication. This was actually an activities on our textbook that I did and it evoked the notion that ambiguity is assumed by the observer.
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