I chose to observe the Brandy Bunch which is a show that I've only watched a few times throughout my lifetime. I was pretty proud of myself because my nonverbal observation of the show was pretty close to the verbal or non-muted version.
Muted version
When I watched the muted version, which was a very weird experience, but interesting....my attention was captured immediately and I remained glued to the television because I was afraid that I would miss something significant. The show began with what I presumed to be two sisters in the mirror. One of them had a fancy hairdo and was modeling, so I assumed that she was preparing for a date. The younger sister was mimicking her actions. Then she walked into another room where he oldest sister was on the phone speaking with what I assumed was a boy about a date. The younger sister appeared to be taking mental notes on the conversation. The plot of this show appeared to be a younger sister wanting to be like her two older sisters. One of the brothers overheard the conversation and appeared to take on the role of a secret admirer by sending his sister random gifts.
Non-muted version
I was right in my presumptions for the most part. At the beginning of the show the two sisters, Jan and Cindy were in the mirror. Jan the older sister was modeling her hairdo and asking Cindy if she looked dreamy. Cindy tried to mimic her and Jan said, "you're just a baby." When she went to her oldest sister Marsha's room, she was on the phone with a boy. The boy was asking if he could buy her a soda on the following day. Cindy mentioned that she wanted boys to buy her a soda sometimes because she gets thirsty too. Cindy said, "you're just a baby" and your time will come soon enough. All of this "baby" talk made Cindy upset. Her youngest brother decided to become her secret admirer and began sending her gifts which I was correct about in my non verbal observation of the show. He was caught in his actions while trying to hide the next gift. However, in the end, he bribed this young boy at his school with .50 to come over and pretend to be Cindy's secret admirer. They ended up being great play dates and the boy (Tommy) gave the youngest brother his .50 back and told him that he did not need money to play with Cindy because she was great.
I feel that I have always been a good observer because I was such a quiet child. Therefore, even if this were a show that I was familiar with, I think my observational experience would have been similar in nature.
2 comments:
Hello Cheryl,
I enjoyed reading your post. I too agree with you when you say it is a hard to watch a muted show. I guess it is because we are accustomed to watching television with sound. I also caught myself being glued to the television, because I did not want to miss anything, especially since I could not hear. Thanks for sharing your observations.
Cheryl,
First I would like to say I love the show you picked for you observation this week. I could only imagine how it was to observe this show on mute. I also found it hard to watch the show on mute. I know I felt it was difficult to really figure out what I was supposed to be focusing on. I love how you compared this assignment to what we may encounter as educators in the field and working with quiet children. This is a very true statement that sometimes is overlooked.
Thank you for sharing
Lauren
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