I have been wanting to watch this show for quite some time now and this assignment provided a great opportunity to do so.
When I began watching the show without sound I was still pretty into it. What seemed to be happening in the beginning is that there are these four girls who are super smart just by judging off their bedrooms. As the show went on I noticed that two of those girls were best friends. They were happy, style was super colorful and fun, and they had a mixture of bubbly yet laid back type of personalities. These two girls bumped into a new girl while walking int the hall. When this happened the new girl began acting a little strange which spiked the two girls curiosity, then to add it seems they heard a noise coming from here notebook. The new girls behavior became a little nervous like and she walked away quickly. The best friends began to kind of watched her, to see what her deal was and why could she be acting so strange. They decided to get help from another friend of theirs who is also ridiculously smart and plot to get the new girls fingerprints and plant a camera in a pen that they would swap out in order to get fingerprints and watch her. They came up with a plan and got it done. They didn't find out much so they decided to follow the new girl home and use the camera. After being caught by the new girl they found out that she was just as much into science but with a twist. It seems as though she could be spy so they went into her lab. In the lab was a huge screen and a lady came on. The three girls told her what they did to find out who the new girl was and the lady seemed impressed so she recruited them to help the new girl spy.
All in all the assumptions I made were pretty dead on once I watched the show with sound. It is quite amazing what you notice when you have to pay close attention. I really had to watch carefully since I couldn't depend on listening and really pick up on small things like hand movements, facial expressions and even the feel of the show. And I also had to depend on memory, where I may have saw this type of behavior on another show. My brain picked that up as well.
Hi Quintina,
ReplyDeleteWatching a never before seen program in complete silence where you do not know the characters can be pretty amazing. I immediately thought of the old silent films from years gone by and how the actors really had to put forth effort in order to get their point across to the audiences. I was able to figure out my characters pretty well, however, there was an incident in my show that I would have never guessed if I would not have turned the sound on--the death of a minor character. He was only seen once at the very beginning of the program, however, I later discovered the show was being narrated and the importance of his presence was being explained that way. This exercise gave me a greater respect for the old silent movies that is for sure!
Sheri
Hello Quintina,
ReplyDeleteI agree when you pay attention to something or someone you can learn a lot. When you pay attention to things especially people you can look at their body language, facial expressions, and what type of gestures they make. Having to interpret something without any sound was a little challenging for me because of the show I chose but it was a good experience.