GREY'S ANATOMY! I'm a greatttt fan of the TV series.
Anyway, point aside. The 2 videos that I'm about to show you, actually show scenes from the serial itself.
Chasing Cars (Grey's Anatomy Version)
The first is actually a video of the song Chasing Cars, by Snow Patrol. It shows many different scenes from the show and is actually, kind of a summary of the whole show. In the different scenes, there are actually many instances where non-verbal communication comes into place. 2 particularly prominent ones would be Eye Contact (Oculesics) and Touch (Haptics). 0:41 of the video shows Dr. Preston Burke (Black Guy) hugging Christina Yang (Asian Girl) when she looked really frightened, to comfort her, and show his support, indirectly telling her, through non-verbal communication that he is there for her. Another small part in the video which shows support would be 1:12, where Meredith Grey (Caucasian Girl) leans on Christina's shoulder and gives her a hug. 1:02 also shows 2 people hugging each other, but from their expressions, one can tell that they are actually feeling quite happy, and hugging each other would be just giving company and showing the each other that they love the other.
However, not all form of support is shown through only hugging another party. 2:00 of the video shows Meredith lying in the arms of her 2 friends, while they seem to be cleaning her up and washing away the dirt off her. This comes right after the scene of a person exploding in front of her. Her friends are showing her support by doing the things that she would probably be doing (i.e. washing up) if she were in the right frame of mind. The reason she is not doing it herself would probably be because Meredith was too traumatised by the scene.
1:26 of the video shows Izzie Stevens (Caucasian Girl) having eye contact with her patient / fiancee, Danny. In that scene, the eye contact between the both of them, them holding hands and kissing, all show that they are in love with each other. This is an instance of non-verbal communication.
The eye contact between Meredith and Derek Shepherd (Caucasian Guy) show this mutual understanding between the both of them. The fact that they are both dancing with their own partners, but still looking at each other shows that they probably are thinking of each other, and more interested in talking to each other, rather than their own dance partners.
Eye contact at 3:10 between Christina and the other surgeon showed disappointment. And was furthur enforced with the tear coming out of her eye, and the expressions on both their faces.
The ending part of the video is better explained and clearer in the 2nd video.
Grey's Anatomy Signature Scene
The 2nd video is actually the finale episode of the season. Izzie's voice was started breaking at 0:50 when she started talking about how Danny was still talking to her an hour before. It initiated the start of her losing control, and starting to cry. Alex Karev (Guy in Suit) carrying Izzie away at 1:14 showed him giving her support by bringing her away from the corpse of Danny, which was causing Izzie's devastation, and hugging her. 1:40 showed Preston Burke trying to regain control of his fingers, (Previously in the season, he was injured and being a surgeon, it was important for him to be able to have 100% use of his fingers.) but failing to do so. Christina comes in to help him at 2:01, not talking, simply holding his hand and helping him achieve what he was trying to do. (i.e. bend his fingers) This is also an instance where Haptics comes into place.
2:55 showed some eye contact between Izzie and the Chief Surgeon, but most focus is on Izzie's expressions where she attempts to put on a brave front while confessing to the Chief what she had done. She shows sadness in both her expression and her voice when she tells the Chief that she quits being a surgeon. In that scene, the 2 guys behind her show her support by walking away with her, as well as company. At the concluding scene where Dr. Mark Sloan (Guy with Bow tie) is expecting Meredith to walk away with him, she is looking at Derek. Both of them call out to her, and she looks at both of them in the eye, showing that she seems to be thinking, and is still undecisive as to who she should go with. The 2 guys' eyes meet and look back at Meredith, showing her that they are waiting for her to make a decision.
I didn't manage to watch the next few seasons, but I think Meredith ended up with Derek in the end. ;D
Hope my post helped in your understanding of these 2 videos! :)
Jane.
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6 comments:
Yup! I understood the video, and your explanation really helps. (: I love watching it too.
yeA. i really like the chasing cars music video. One of my favourite songs as well. YUpz I uynderstood the video and your explanation too. i think the non verbel cues were used apporiately and accurately. Well if u were to do a seach on youtube you will find some NGs of the video. Just a slight adjustments of some of the non verbal cue can make the music video a laughing sotck.
yup. love both grey's and chasing cars the song. haahah.
zixiang- i only managed to find bloopers of the show itself, not the vid uh. heh.
what season is this??? i know im slow, but i've only just started to watch grey's but i absolutely lurve it! nice commentary about nonverbal cues [:
thanks. :) if im not wrong this should be around season 3. i think. grey's rocks! hahaha. :D
Grey's anatomy = best thing that happened to television.
Witty script + Great acting = Me constantly waiting for the next episode.
I was so sad when they halted production due to the writer's strike!
Greys is the the only tv show so far that has moved me to tears. (esp the izzie and danny parts)
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