Just for laughs!

On my journey’s back home from school, the thing that entertains me besides my ipod is the tv mobile….especially when they play just for laughs. This show makes people laugh all the time. Since we just covered non verbal communication in class, I was better able to understand the different techiniques used.

The humour basically comes from the situations created as well as the expression of the people on whom the practical jokes are played on. For example in the clip i attached, the reason why people laugh is because the situation whereby the girl hugs somebosy else instead of her boyfriend is uncommon. The use of chronemics, where hugging somebody who you don’t know is culturally unacceptable. Since perception is receiver orienated, the emotions we witness during the practical joke, makes us laugh. Like the different expresssions people have when they see somebody posing for the camera and blocking the way. Also when they try to wiggle their way past the photographer. The most funny expression was that of the boy whose friend got hugged by the girl but not him.

The director of this show uses alot of commuication techniques, since they are not able to talk, they have to rely on the use of kinesics, haptics, oculesics and chronemihecs. All in all this show shows that one can communicate effectively without speaking.

Non verbal communication

To commence the long Chinese new year weekend, my cousins and I decided to go out and watch the movie 27 dresses. As my cousin just got married recently, we thought that it would be a perfect movie to watch. While watching it, I realised that the director applied many communications theories throughout the movie.
The scene that stood out to me was the one when the main actress is staring at her boss and the man who loves her notices it and can tell that she has a crush on her boss.What actually makes the scene so great is that nobody says anything but yet through the use to non verbal action the feeling that she is in love with her boss comes out.The director made use of oculesics. It is the way that she looks at her boss that told the other man about her hidden feelings. The way that she stared at him. Also the use of paralinguistics aid in bringing about this idea, the way that the actress laughs gives away the feeling she has for her boss.
Many a times we do not realise that what we learn can be applied to so many different context. For example since we are talking about non verbal communication, deaf people communicate to one another through their hands,kinesics and through their eyes, oculesics. Similarily when we see people on the streets, we can sometimes form opinions about them like for example, if we see a couple holding hands, we know that they are dating or married. When we see a lady ignoring the man talking to her, we know that they are having an arguement. Therefore,there are many instances where people do not have to say anything to get the intended message across.