Sunday, February 15, 2009

Relationship Initiation- Stages for Relatonship Development

This article is a comprehensive description of Knapp's Model of Relationship Development. It describes the coming together phases i.e. initiating, experimenting, intensifying, integrating and bonding; explaining how a relationship is strengthened after transiting each phase. The article also cites relationship is a complex process and in real life it may skip stages.
http://family.jrank.org/pages/1358/Relationship-Initiation-Stages-Relationship-Development.html

Music, songs and dances in Indian Cinema
Almost all Indian movies have Music, songs and dances or item numbers to it. These musics and songs communicate different meanings and emotions with varied music and different lyrics compositions, and dances are choreographed similarly. Other than entertaining and appealing to the emotion of the audiences they also contribute towards conveying the phases of relationship development. For instance, some songs and musics are played when hero and heroine first see one another and conveying how they feel for one another to the audiences.
Here is a song, titled ek ladki ko dekha (when I saw a girl) taken from Indian Smash Hit- 1942 A Love Story. The song is played when the hero first meets heroine (initiation phase).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9sHR4ZrhKc
And there is also another song from Ghajini titled "Kaise Muje" which is played when the hero and heroine are apart. The songs and music communicates how strongly they feel for one another and how intensified their relationship is.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDW1JfWdBao
Hence, Songs lyrics and music have replaced communication effectively in the movie.

Kaise Mujhe - Ghajini



Ek Ladki Ko Dekha - 1942 A Love Story

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Quit Smoking

The Video sends a powerful message to quit smoking. It shows the harm caused by a cigarette on lungs. The video uses Figure and Ground approach to convey the harm where the figure( i.e. the napkin) exerts a considerable influence on our perception.
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/756818/quit_smoking/


Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Blessing


The photograph emphasies on non verbal cues which in this case is haptics (study of touch in communication) where, the child is being blessed.Touching ( in this case blessing) is a common part of many greeting rituals, from shaking hands to cheek-kissing to full-body hugs.
http://www.fotosearch.com/bigcomp.asp?path=CSP/CSP022/k0228206.jpg