I have to be honest sitting down to watch TV for an
hour was challenging for me, I am constantly busy while at home. I chose “The Morning Show” for our blog
assignment. GMA had advertised this show
a few weeks back and I thought it looked interesting, plus I love Reese
Weatherspoon. The show stars, Jennifer Aniston, Reese Weatherspoon and Steve
Carrell. It began with several phone calls @ 03:00 a.m. and (Mitch)Steve
Carrell seeming to be very tense. Alex Levy(Jennifer Anniston) is clearly an
early morning news anchor attempting to rise at 03:30 a.m. and begin her day. On
her route to work she seems distracted and her facial expressions show
annoyance when she sees a billboard of her smiling. During this time there
is breaking news in reference to Steve Carrell (whom was her co-anchor) being
fired from his position at the news show. The show skips to a scene with Reese
Weatherspoon at a rally arguing with a man that is present. Watching the show with no sound brought
me to the conclusion that a majority of the characters worked together within
the news industry. The characters seemed to express anger, despair, at times
rage, and sadness through their non-verbal behavior while watching with no
sound. At one point a character from “The Morning Show” traveled to where Reese
Weatherspoon lived. It was difficult to watch with no sound because I was
constantly wondering what was being said between the characters.
When I turned the sound
on I figured out Steve Carrell had been accused of unprofessional conduct within
his workplace. As the show progressed it showed the detrimental effects of Mr.
Carrell’s firing on Jennifer Anniston. Reese Weatherspoon was invited to “The
Morning Show” to discuss her argument at the coal mine protest. The tension
between Anniston and Weatherspoon was apparent during their conversation. The
show progressed through Anniston going to Carrell’s home and expressing her
anger to him about his misconduct and leaving her alone on “The Morning Show”. It concludes with the president of company
asking Weatherspoon to meet him to discuss her working for the network.
Watching a TV show with
no sound can be a challenge. My first assumption was all the characters had a
dysfunctional working relationship. Not being able to hear what is being said, could
make the non-verbal cue be interpreted differently than if one knew the extent
of what was being spoken. This
assignment gave me insight on how non-verbal cues can be interpreted when
communicating with others.
Hi Karrie, like you, I also found watching a show without sound difficult as my mind constantly strayed making up assumptions about what I was seeing. Losing focus like that cause me to rewind several times because I thought I missed something that may be key to answering one of my many questions. This assignment also showed me how nonverbal and verbal messages can contradict each other which can leds to miscommunication between speakers. I never watched "The Morning Show" before and am definately interested in checking it out.
ReplyDeleteI love your post and I only have two questions after reading your blog this week. First question is that Was this an actual tv show or was it like a movie? Second question is Did it lead to any miscommunication with out sound?
ReplyDeleteKarrie, Reading your post is interesting it must have been difficult to read all of the nonverbal cues of these well known character actors. Who did you find the most difficult to read, and why?
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