Some "look fors":
1. Maintained
personal, honest, point of view when repeating
(didn't edit or repress responses)
2. Observations
were direct statements (avoided questions and deflecting modifiers like
"seem" and "look like")
3. Expressed true
feelings or thoughts when "pinched" (didn't edit or repress
responses)
4. Worked-off of
partner throughout exercise, listening and noting any changes (no
"moments" were missed)
1st i'd like to point out that i am the first one to respond, 2nd i'd like to add that this video is in some weird language that i have heard aidan speak but i dont know what it is.
ReplyDeleteThe two girls started out well and their responses and comments seem very real, genuine, and not thought out. they were working off each other really well and it seemed really natural. in the middle however there were long pauses and it really sounded like ms left was thinking of something to say, it was obvious that she was trying and when she finally made a comment, it seemed thought out and pre meditated. other than the few pauses however, the two girls played very nicely off of each other. it also seemed at times like ms left would say something on purpose to get a specific reaction from ms right though. one other thing they did really well was their eye contact. they both kept solid, true eye contact on each other the entire time.
I concur with Jackson's (the swag is literally the stupidest thing I've ever seen) complaint with the language used this is Amurica I demand English. Secondly, the doggy was very cute. I thought that the ladies resembled our class in the sense that they started off well and started to fall of towards the end. It seemed like ms. Right was pulling a Matt and doing stuff for the sake of being comical and messing around. Towards the end they stopped mimicking each other and were delivering their lines in their own voice.
ReplyDeleteIn the beginning of the clip the two ladies seemed like they were feeding off each others words and it seemed natural. As the exercise progressed though there were long periods of awkward silence when ended up to be strange because the two ladies just keep looking at each other not knowing what to say next. In the clip it looked like Ms. Right was just doing things to keep the activity going and possibly just to get attention or be funny or both.
ReplyDeleteThe two ladies were genuine in their responses; however, there were many long silences in which neither one of them knew what to do. For the most part, they did not do a good job of correctly identifying each other’s emotions, and Ms. Right was just saying things to keep the conversation going. While the ladies were observing each other, they did not understand each other. Ms. Left did a better job than Ms. Right of keeping the conversation going because she was more expressive in her emotions. Also, she was taking the exercise more seriously than Ms. Right, who was laughing a lot.
ReplyDeleteAlthough there were strong points in the exercise there were just as many weak points. Ms. Right very genuine when pinched, and they both were emotionally involved in the point around the middle when Ms. Left called Ms. Right uptight. They did seem to suffer from the same problem our class has with long pauses and missing moments. Neither of them seemed to point out the amusement they were having at points, and Ms. Right failed to point out things in a timely manner, like when she says "That was defensive" a good fifteen seconds after Ms. Left acts defensive. Overall they seemed a lot more involved with the exercise than our class is, but they didn't take it very seriously.
ReplyDeleteThe ladies start off with a very natural back and forth interaction and it seems that Ms. Left had a real reaction to the "pinching". In these interactions, they were both aware of each other and what they were doing but after a while, the two begin to suffer from the same problem we did in class: awkward silences in between observations, during which, they both missed little moments. For example, by the end of the video, after a long period of silence, they both start to giggle yet neither mentions anything about it to the other. Another problem that happens is that Ms. Right looks like she wants to say something but holds it back, defeating the purpose of being "in the moment". So overall, they started off strong but midway they start to lose focus of each other and that's where things start to go wrong.
ReplyDeletethese two Aussie Women had started of very well responding to each action most of the time repeating what they had said, however a lot of movement and reactions from each person was missed by the other, for example Ms. left would shrug or laugh, but Ms. right would not have picked it up and ignored it. However I Believe they had a better understanding of the task that was assigned where they continuously connected an emotion to the other person, instead of just simply noticing that she had moved her arm or had shrugged. one of their main weaknesses was that there were continuous pauses when one of them had stopped repeating, but seeing as it was a repetition the other women would keep moving on and repeating what the other lady would now be doing which is being silent. All in all it was quite well done seeing how the exercise is such a difficult one to grasp and do seriously and properly for a long period of time. It was also good to hear some friendly voices again..... I wonder if any of you guys can actually pronounce Melbourne properly?
ReplyDeleteOverall I think the two girls knew what they were doing and the objective of the exercise. When they were focused they noticed the little reactions of one another and commented on them appropriately. However, towards the end of the exercise Ms. Right seemed nervous and fidgety when she responded, probably because she was uncomfortable with the exercise. She began to laugh which caused pauses in the back and forth which really is not supposed to happen while preforming this exercise. Ms. Left did very well responding to Ms. Right however, she seemed a little to comfortable because she got lazy and didn't seem to notice when Ms. Left responded to her "uptight" comment. She did not comment on the change of Ms. Left's voice. Overall I think that the both of them fed off of each other well and most of the time looked comfortable and focused.
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