In the excerpt video for the movie “Up” almost all the channels of nonverbal communication are utilized as shown below:
Body gestures – the audience at the church clap their hands to their happiness after Carl and Ellie are wedded.
Facial communication – carl shows the expression of being embarrassed after he realizes he almost ruined their mailbox with paint from his hands.
Eye communication – carl’s side of the family, which looks wealth while in the church gaze at him angrily as if to say they did not approve of his union with Ellie.
Touch communication – while reading in their house, carl and Ellie hold their hands to show positive emotion of affection and togetherness.
Paralanguage – after Ellie and carl lose their child, ellie can be said fell into depression which is shown by the episode when she keep to herself in silence out in their house’s yard.
Spatial messages – carl and ellie can be seen maintaining a distance of 0-18 inches most of the time while in the house, especially when dancing illustrating an intimate relationship.
Artifactual communication – carl carries with him what appears to travel guides and at the same time ellie dresses up as a tourist to communicate they were touting the wprld.
The five functions of nonverbal communication include reinforcement, substitution, contradiction, accentuation, and regulation. In the video exceprt these fucntions are portrayed as follows:
Reinforcement – while at the picnic carl through a body gesture, points to an image of a child up in the sky to emphasize the need to become a father.
Subsititution – carl uses and ellie use touch communication to reassure their affection by touching each other instead of speaking while reading their books.
Contradiction – carls family applaud his union with ellie when they would rather shout of their displeasure of the wedding.
Accentuation – after carl and ellie lose their child, ellie communicates via paralagauge. She becomes withdrawn and spends a lot of time in silence.
Regulkation – rather than talking about travelling, carl uses artifactual communication channel and goes out of the hosue and comes back with travel guide to show ellie that they should take a vacation and tour the world.