Messages communicated while viewing the show Cristela

I chose to watch the show called Cristela.  I had never seen this show before but I was curious to see what it was about.  My first assumption at the beginning with no sound was that I noticed that the storyline included a mother/grandmother, one single female, a married or dating female and two children.  I assumed that one female was a couple with the man because he kissed her on the cheek.  The man also greeted the older woman that I assumed was the mother-in law or grandmother.  The man’s body language showed that he did not get along with the lead character who was single.  He did not greet her and turned away and frowned his face and shrugged his shoulders.  The single female had a man who I assumed was interested in her by the body language.  He tried to lean in towards her to greet her. The single female lead away and frowned up her face.  She made gestures with her hand point to the male while she frowned.   The setting also showed the single female in an office where she seemed to know the individuals in the office.  She smiled at the man sitting at the table with her and they both made eye contact and continued to laugh and smile.  When she went into the office she was talking to an older man who seemed to be her boss.  She smiled at him and reached out like she was going to hug him.  He also smiled back at her. I thought that he was her boss because of her body language.  She sat straight up in the chair with her hands in front of her folded together.  The plot seemed to suggest that it was a single women who stayed with lived with friends and or family and worked in an office where she had some friends.

When I added sound my assumptions of her living with friends or family was close.  The lead character was the sister of the other female who was married with two children.   The two sisters live in the house with their mother.  The husband of the lead character’s sister does not like her because she lives with them.  He wants her to get a real job and move out.  I assumed that the lead character already had a job and was going to work.  The lead character was actually at an interview for an internship.  She did not know the people in the office. The lead character was cracking jokes with her potential boss as he did with her also.  She reached out for a hug welcoming a friend of her potential boss after she had mistakenly insulted him. 

I do believe that more of my assumptions would have been correct if I had been watching a show that I knew.  However, I feel that I was able to identify some information about the characters based on their interactions with one another.  The characters used a lot of nonverbal communication such as hand gestures and facial expressions.  Adding the sound helped me learn the specifics about relationships and what the characters were doing.  I really enjoyed viewing the show with and without sound to understand the importance of communication whether it is verbal or nonverbal.  My “aha” moment was really watching their body language and gestures communicating language.  In the beginning I was watching their lips and was trying to figure out what they were saying.  Once I just watched what they were doing I realized that I was still learning about the characters.