Non verbal vs.verbal communication

The television show I decided to analyze was “Seinfeld”. I chose this show because my husband loves this show and I never really watched it I guess because it is an older show and I never was interested in sitting down to watch this show. Now that I have been given this assignment it seemed like a great idea to choose this show since he is always watching it.

The first scene their appears to be two men sitting in a living room talking. One of the guys is sitting at a table reading the paper. The other guy seems to be telling a story with great emotions. The short guy who is telling the story seems upset while getting up pacing the room making angry hand gestures. The other guy sitting at the table reading the paper started to eat some cereal looking not very interested in what the short guy was talking about, even though he was expressing great emotion. The short guy raised his hands in distress and then flopped down on the couch as if he were defeated. A lady then enters the room while the short guy was lying on the couch appeared to be crying. The lady did not pay him any attention and began to talk to the guy that was sitting nonchalantly at the table eating cereal. A third guy enters the room and went straight to the fridge but looking interested in what the other three were talking about. He then goes over to the lady and begins looking at a picture and seems to be angry while looking at it. The characters seem to be friends or family by being closely connected in emotional conversation. The one guy whom is crying seems to be leaning on his friends for support. They seem to not care much about his feelings.

The guy from the previous scene that was eating cereal and reacting nonchalantly is in this next scene with a young lady. They are talking and appear to be in the same room as the group in the previous scene. He seems to be showing her something on a bookshelf and them they turn around and continue talking. She seems too emotional and looks like she wants to cry then she grabs a book and start to show the guy some picture in the book. He smiles and seems like he may be friends with her because they are laughing and talking close. He then goes to the door and the third guy from the previous scene peeks his head through the door and winks his eye at the lady as if he is giving an approval. The second guy tries to keep him out of the door by pushing him as he is trying to make his way in. He is trying to keep the two separated while he is leaving the room for a moment.

After watching the first scene with the volume turned up I discovered that the short guy was not angry he was heartbroken over his girlfriend leaving him. The other guy was very agitated by hearing his cries about his ex because he always talked bad about her while they were dating. The lady that was showing the picture to the other guy was really admiring that it was a Christmas card with a picture attached. I think I was pretty close while watching this scene in my assuming he was angry while looking at the picture. He was not angry but he was letting her know that he could take her picture if she wanted it done. I assumed that they were friends and later found out that was correct.

Now that I have watched the second scene with the volume turned up I discovered that the two are romantically involved. They are both looking at the bookshelf and he is telling her what his plans are in remodeling this area and I did not know that while watching the scene without the words. She looked like she wanted to cry but she was only making a gesture of sadness when he talked about his fish tank, I would have never know this if I would not have looked at it with the words based on their reactions. I would have never known she was a model and the other guy that walked in the room had come up with the idea for the fragrance long before she was modeling it, but the company was not interested in his idea. Then when the second guy tried to enter the room he smells a familiar fragrance he meets the lady and discovers that she is modeling for the company that discarded/ stole his idea of the cologne that he created. I would have never guessed this just based on their non verbal reactions. I did need to listen to their communication before getting the full gage of the show.