Watching the Television

This was an interesting idea to watch the television with the sound off then if possible later listen to the show. I got two different interpretation of the show still with the same meaning.  I watched "Shake It Up"  on the Disney channel, usually a show I listen to because my daughter is watching it and I a busy doing things around the house and homework.

I knew that the two girls are friends and  each has a brother. A new person was on the show and the mother of the one girl was finally shown.  As I watched to figure out who the other person was just a few minutes into the show when I figured out he was either a dad or uncle.  At the part where they are eating dinner I finally realized he was the dad. In one scene he is carrying his daughter off a dance stage and in another they are sitting in an observation room for an O.R. and dancing. I could not get the connection to this part other than to know the dad did not want his daughter dancing and she wants to dance. There is a scene where the daughter and dad are sitting in a restaurant having a heated discussion, body language told me this. grumpy looking faces, crossed arms, aggressively pointing fingers at each other and looking away from each other.

Now with the sound on there was some different interpretation  of what I was seeing. When the man came in holding a lunch bag he was looking for an excuse to hug his daughter and then his son. During the hug her friend comes up to ask about dancing the daughter tries to play off doing math homework. A scene that is confusing without words.  At the dinner the dad put his foot down about being involved in "show biz" and that his children were going to be doctors because he is one and the grandfather is one.  The dad is upset with the daughter when he finds her dancing on TV and that is why he carries her of the TV show.  And the scene in the O.R. is her proving to her dad how much she really likes to dance.

I normally do not just sit and watch TV, I am always doing something when it is on nor do I watch the same show two times in one week.  But this proved to be interesting sound/no sound.  I gave the show a different meaning.  How we use our bodies when trying to cover something up, hand gestures and how we talk using our mouths.  My biggest 'aha" came when I watch with no sound and how we use  our bodies and face to communicate.  I am working with a child to read my face for what I am trying to say 'I am happy', 'I am upset with what you did'. I could not understand why he is having trouble get this until I did this exercise.  He is always be talked to or at by others not having to rely on the visual part of the conversation.  Both parts of the conversation are needed to get the true meaning of what is being said and conveyed.