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HOW
HOW
do we communicate what we need & what we want, to each other?
do we communicate what we need & what we want, to each other?
HEARING
HEARING
During pregnancy, many mothers find that the baby may kick or jump in response to loud noises and may quiet with soft, soothing music. Babies with normal hearing should startle in response to loud sounds. These babies will also pay quiet attention to the mother's or father's voice. And they will briefly stop moving when sound at a conversational level is begun. Hearing is fully developed in newborns. Newborns seem to prefer a higher-pitched voice (the mother's) to a low sounding voice (males).
They can also tune out loud noises after hearing them several times.
We have an acute sense of hearing in the womb,
We have an acute sense of hearing in the womb,
and once born, we very quickly learn to read
and once born, we very quickly learn to read
the tone or inflection in a voice - HOW something is said.
the tone or inflection in a voice - HOW something is said.
Even if we don't yet understand the words,
Even if we don't yet understand the words,
we respond accordingly.
we respond accordingly.
SPEECH
SPEECH
Throughout our lives we use 'tone' to deliver our words.
Throughout our lives we use 'tone' to deliver our words.
Sometimes tone matches what we are saying.
Sometimes tone matches what we are saying.
Sometimes, consciously, tone contradicts what we are saying - when a teenager responds sarcastically to a parent's suggestion..."Oh, I'd love to go and visit a castle in the rain."
Sometimes, consciously, tone contradicts what we are saying - when a teenager responds sarcastically to a parent's suggestion..."Oh, I'd love to go and visit a castle in the rain."
Sometimes, unconsciously, tone contradicts what we are saying and reveals unintentionally what we are really feeling, as when a partner responds with "Yeah, love you" in a distracted manner.
Sometimes, unconsciously, tone contradicts what we are saying and reveals unintentionally what we are really feeling, as when a partner responds with "Yeah, love you" in a distracted manner.
TASK 5.
TASK 5.
And to reiterate the notes above about TONE...
And to reiterate the notes above about TONE...
here is Gary Oldman's character Stansfield repeating a word, with an alternative TONE...
here is Gary Oldman's character Stansfield repeating a word, with an alternative TONE...
Note & Discuss:
Note & Discuss:
What is the nature of the tonal change
What is the nature of the tonal change
and
and
how does this change in tone affect how we READ/RESPOND to his character?
how does this change in tone affect how we READ/RESPOND to his character?
TOUCH
TOUCH
Babies are comforted by touch.
Babies are comforted by touch.
Touch is intimate.
Touch is intimate.
Touch requires the permission of the person receiving it - even a handshake.
Touch requires the permission of the person receiving it - even a handshake.
The ways in which we express, or signal our permission is usually non-verbally -
The ways in which we express, or signal our permission is usually non-verbally -
Task 6.
Task 6.
Please watch this clip from 'Normal People' (BBC, 2020, based on the novel by Sally Rooney).
Please watch this clip from 'Normal People' (BBC, 2020, based on the novel by Sally Rooney).
Please make a step by step list of the ways in which the protagonists communicate,
Please make a step by step list of the ways in which the protagonists communicate,
to each other,
to each other,
what they each WANT.
what they each WANT.
Discuss.
Discuss.
Task 7.
Task 7.
Please watch this extract from a scene from Leon (Luc Besson, 1994).
Please watch this extract from a scene from Leon (Luc Besson, 1994).
Note how all three characters use physical contact, either
Note how all three characters use physical contact, either
with each other,
with each other,
with themsleves,
with themsleves,
or,
or,
not at all.
not at all.
Make a note of each and discuss (especially in terms of 'permission' and BOUNDARIES).
Make a note of each and discuss (especially in terms of 'permission' and BOUNDARIES).
Talking of smelling people...
Talking of smelling people...
SMELL
SMELL
We are born with a strong sense of smell.
We are born with a strong sense of smell.
As babies we prefer the smell of our own mother.
As babies we prefer the smell of our own mother.
That makes sense, your Mother provides you with all of the things that you need in those early stages (Survival).
That makes sense, your Mother provides you with all of the things that you need in those early stages (Survival).
But as we progress through life smell continues to play a significant, and more subtle part in our lives -
But as we progress through life smell continues to play a significant, and more subtle part in our lives -
It attracts us to things, it repels us from things, it can effect our mood, tells us when we are in danger and can even make us feel safe.
It attracts us to things, it repels us from things, it can effect our mood, tells us when we are in danger and can even make us feel safe.
And it connects us very strongly, to our memories.
And it connects us very strongly, to our memories.
Task 8.
Task 8.
Please watch the following TED talk (to 8.56)
Please watch the following TED talk (to 8.56)
about our sense of smell and how it is used to tap into our memories and manipulate us emotionally.
about our sense of smell and how it is used to tap into our memories and manipulate us emotionally.
NOTE:
NOTE:
Smell can be described in visual and aural media to evoke emotional memories,
Smell can be described in visual and aural media to evoke emotional memories,
See the examples below.
See the examples below.
SIGHT
SIGHT
Vision helps to connect us with our surroundings, to assess (read) environments, people, situations etc and respond accordingly.
Vision helps to connect us with our surroundings, to assess (read) environments, people, situations etc and respond accordingly.
We read other people and other people read us.
We read other people and other people read us.
Task 9.
Task 9.
Please watch this video that introduces us to how we read faces, up to 5.19
Please watch this video that introduces us to how we read faces, up to 5.19
Task 10
Task 10
Please watch the following 2 short extracts from Ch4 The Secret Life of Four Year Olds.
Please watch the following 2 short extracts from Ch4 The Secret Life of Four Year Olds.
Consider and discuss:
Consider and discuss:
- Where the stories that these 4 year old children are playing-out, come from?
2. Why do you think that they are focussing on these elements to incorporate in their 'play'?
2. Why do you think that they are focussing on these elements to incorporate in their 'play'?
3. What are the range of elements that they have copied?
3. What are the range of elements that they have copied?
4. What is remarkable about this interaction for us as adults?
4. What is remarkable about this interaction for us as adults?
If you had this level of observational skill at the age of four, how might it now serve you in this module?
If you had this level of observational skill at the age of four, how might it now serve you in this module?
Movement (Gesture, Posture - Facial & Bodily Expression)
Movement (Gesture, Posture - Facial & Bodily Expression)
Task 11.
Task 11.
Let's reconsider the animation to the left.
Let's reconsider the animation to the left.
There are a series of events or STEPS that lead up to the embrace, and beyond it...
There are a series of events or STEPS that lead up to the embrace, and beyond it...
What are they?
What are they?
What do they communicate?
What do they communicate?
Animation is possibly the best example to use when considering how we communicate, through facial expressions, gesture, posture and our physicality.
Animation is possibly the best example to use when considering how we communicate, through facial expressions, gesture, posture and our physicality.
A simple example of physical expression by the comedian and actor, Eddie Izzard, from 'Unrepeatable', 1994.
A simple example of physical expression by the comedian and actor, Eddie Izzard, from 'Unrepeatable', 1994.
Here he looks at the subject of Star Trek and the 'Phaser Gun' concept.
Here he looks at the subject of Star Trek and the 'Phaser Gun' concept.
Look closely at the range and subtle observation of different physical expressions that he considers, for the same action.
Look closely at the range and subtle observation of different physical expressions that he considers, for the same action.
Clothing & Adornment
Clothing & Adornment
Nudity, for most of human history, has been associated with poverty and manual labour - not sexuality.
Nudity, for most of human history, has been associated with poverty and manual labour - not sexuality.
"[Mark] Twain's remark, that “naked people have little or no influence on society” is...telling.
"[Mark] Twain's remark, that “naked people have little or no influence on society” is...telling.
Clothing and adornment in their various forms are centrally important in human cultures as ways to express and shape individual and collective identities—of gender, religion, family, social status, sexuality, and age, for example.
Clothing and adornment in their various forms are centrally important in human cultures as ways to express and shape individual and collective identities—of gender, religion, family, social status, sexuality, and age, for example.
Clothing and adornment are central to economic, religious, social, and political practices and institutions in a variety of cultures. By their very visibility—and their intimate, bodily association with the self—clothing and adornment become potent markers of subjectivity and power."
Clothing and adornment are central to economic, religious, social, and political practices and institutions in a variety of cultures. By their very visibility—and their intimate, bodily association with the self—clothing and adornment become potent markers of subjectivity and power."
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