Hi everyone! My entry this week would be based on the short clip above. It might be a little slow but I strongly encourage everyone to watch it. Short and sweet :)
The starting of the video shows a man whom wakes up everyday to head to work and was leading a mundane life until he met a woman whom was working in the building opposite the one he was working in. The video is a very good example of non-verbal communication. Throughout the video, the male lead does not communicate verbally with the female lead at all. Instead, they communicate by writing the information that they want the other party to receive on a piece of paper. Non verbal cues are an extremely influential source of meaning, and in this case, the two leads of the short film communicating non verbally made the short film even more interesting compared to if they were communicating verbally. The two leads also made use of objectics and oculesics. They made use of pieces of paper to transmit information to each other and also made use of eye contact. Because of all these factors, the video thus made me realise that non verbal communication is equally effective as verbal communication. At the end of the video when the two leads finally met at the junction of the traffic light, they were able to communicate verbally yet the female lead told the male lead to not speak. Instead, she took out a piece of paper which has a heart drawn on it and the words "Hi". Even when they had the chance to communicate verbally, they chose not to and this is because non verbal cues are as effective as verbal cues. By ending the film this way, it also did not disrupt the flow of the film as there was no verbal communication throughout the whole clip.
In all, this video made me realise the importance of non verbal communcation and the impact of non verbal communication is equally, if not more, substantial as compared to verbal communcation.
Short and sweet is 2-3 mins that video was 12 minutes!! Actually i got to disagree with your last sentence. I think that non verbal communication is more important than verbal communication. i'm currently in a long distant relationship and my mode of communication lacks visual communication and at times verbal. when one is in that situation you realise that non verbal communication is not easy but extremely important
ReplyDeleteI agree with Justin that non-verbal communication is more important than verbal communication. We always use non-verbal communication. Well, almost.
ReplyDeleteI would say that one can survive without verbal communication but not non-verbal communication. A frown, a yawn and silence, they all mean something. We do all these unconsciously at times and we take it for granted. But in fact, they can mean a lot.
Hi! What I was trying to say in my blog post is that I feel that non-verbal communication is equally, if not more important when compared to verbal communication. Thus I feel the same way as your, think yall got my message wrongly
ReplyDeleteI think both of you have got it wrong. Haha. In Wanru's post, she was trying to say that the video made her realize that non-verbal communication is EQUALLY, if not more, important as verbal communication.
ReplyDeleteAnd I have to agree with that statement. Body language is grouped as non-verbal communication, no? That already explains half of what I need to say. In my opinion, body language is very important in our daily lives - towards strangers on the bus, our colleagues, classmates, and even towards our family members. If you are not constantly aware of your body language, there might be a chance that you may offend someone.
Oh and hehe, loved the 12-minute clip :)