Nonverbal communication, it is defined as communication that occurs when a stimulus other than words creates a meaning in the mind of the communicator. It is nonlinguistic, contains intentional symbolic behaviour, is a right brain activity, and consists of nonverbal behaviors intentionally sent and perceived that people within a given group recognise as having a consensual meaning.
The common theme of this weeks entry, among a couple of my groupies, is the movie Wall-E, and how apt it is.
Executive producer John Lasseter said of the film's lack of dialogue that "the art of animation is about what the character does, not what it says. It all depends on how you tell the story, whether it has a lot of dialogue or not." And from watchin this movie, one can tell that the use of nonverbal communication is essential in everyday life. Seeing how robots cannot talk, the use of the expressions and their actions helps the audience to understand the robots' feelings and what they mean/want.
In this video, we see how Wall-E expresses his fear from Eve in the begining when she fires her laser at him, he shivers and stoops really low. In other parts of the trailer, we see Eve's eyes, they change depending on her mood or how shee feels, we can tell when she's laughing, when she's angry. All these of course are made by out perceptions of the shape of eyes. Hence we see that although Wall-E has minimal dialogue, the use of nonverbal communication is essential, and although not as direct as verbal communication, it does pass the message to the audience the same way, and in some cases more effectively.
Moives are a great way to see nonverbal communication at its best. Here's another movie, watch the clip, its pretty old, but hey, im sure we all know it. ;)
TADAH! LOVE ACTUALLY! (: haha. Okay, focus.
Now, what do we see in this video, see how the guy wants to tell the girl how much he loves her, (if you all don't know the background, the guy is her husband's best friend/best man, hence the restrictions on his love) watch as he changes the cards, he keeps a very straight face, and naturally, one would feel hurt, knowing we want something so much, but we cannot have. Agreed? So what am i saying here, though nonverbal communication sometimes shows how we really feel, it can also conceal what we really mean. For example, i can say yes, but shake my head, say no but nod. Which is the true meaning? That we can never really tell, but in this video, its clear that his straight face is not how he really feels, look at his eyes. Only when he walks away, if you watch clearly, his true feelings appear. To know he's lost all that he wants, but there is nothing he can do about it. Nonverbal communication, he never mentioned a word to the audience, no words saying, "I feel like crap/ I'm SAD" no, not a single word, but we can tell through his facial expressions, nonverbal communication. (:
Another way in which we know nonverbal communication is necesary in everyday lives is through our communication with animals, watch this video, and you'll understand why. ;)
See how the lion "hugs" the men in the video? A perfect, classic example of nonverbal communication! :D Animals cannot talk, and what more to tell how they feel by their "actions" (side note, doesn't this video make you go awwwwwwww? hahaha.) Apart from nonverbal communication, remember Pathos? This video is actually part of a plea to donate to thw World Wildlife fund, now how effective is that? I personally think that it is an excellent way of appealing to the audience and to get donations.
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