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The document provides an assignment for a student to analyze the movie Shrek and discuss concepts of interpersonal communication seen in the movie. It discusses stages of relationship development seen between Shrek and Fiona and Shrek and Donkey. It also analyzes concepts like self-disclosure, listening practices, self-perception, and nonverbal communication shown by characters in the movie. The student is analyzing how interpersonal communication concepts are demonstrated through the plot and interactions between characters in Shrek.

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The document provides an assignment for a student to analyze the movie Shrek and discuss concepts of interpersonal communication seen in the movie. It discusses stages of relationship development seen between Shrek and Fiona and Shrek and Donkey. It also analyzes concepts like self-disclosure, listening practices, self-perception, and nonverbal communication shown by characters in the movie. The student is analyzing how interpersonal communication concepts are demonstrated through the plot and interactions between characters in Shrek.

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Movie Assignment

Movie Assignment
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Movie Assignment

Interpersonal communication has many fascinating ideas that can be seen throughout

everyday life, just as different mediums. In this paper, I have talked about plans of note from the

motion picture Shrek. Shrek was released in 2001, and it was coordinated towards kids. The film

contains components of sentiment, amigo parody, and excursion, so long stretches of discourse

and character improvement are available throughout the film. Therefore, this is an incredible

motion picture to exhibit somewhere in the range of a couple of fascinating ideas of interpersonal

communication.

Stages of Relational Interaction

"There are ten sets up phases of connection that can enable us to see how connections meet

up and break apart" (7.1 Foundations of Relationships, 2018). This structure the phases of social

cooperation, and they are valuable for mapping out a conventional relationship. Commencement,

development, and end are the more significant parts of connections that these stages arranged.

Communication is fundamental in every one of the steps, as it is a fundamental part of a

relationship. I believe that the ten phases are genuinely present in many connections, and they

are likewise present in Shrek. A couple of stable links are shaped during the motion picture, and

a few phases of collaboration can be seen in them.

Shrek and Fiona's first gathering is a genuine case of remarkable inception organize. Fiona

has many assumptions about how the communication will go, and this impacts her early

introductions. Shrek, in any case, needs to get going, so he attempts to hurry the length of their

first connection. Donkey and Shrek friendship in the motion picture is an incredible case of the
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increasing stage. Donkey, urgently requiring a friend, powers a jump to this phase after he meets

Shrek. Donkey is over-friendly, and welcomes himself into Shrek's home, at that point,

welcomes himself on the excursion. Shrek is threatening at this stage since he needs to remain at

the testing stage. As they hang out, Shrek, in the end, gets to this stage and enables himself to be

defenseless around Donkey. After they have a misconception, they entered the separating stage.

Shrek quit utilizing "We," and he would not like to share his home any longer. It was simple for

them to enter this stage, as their relationship has surged from the beginning.

Self-Disclosure

"Self-disclosure is intentional disclosure of individual data to someone else" (6.4 Self-

Disclosure and Interpersonal Communication, 2018). Self-disclosure can be as straightforward as

telling somebody your preferred shading. It is very well may be as genuine as uncovering your

greatest laments throughout everyday life. This sort of disclosure is significant because a decent

sign that you're holding with somebody is that you're "becoming acquainted with them." Also, as

far as film, self-disclosure enables the crowd to set up an association with the characters, making

it more obvious their inspirations and how they demonstrate. Self-disclosure is something that is

toward the start of everything being equal. It very well may be seen in Shrek as the characters

begin to manufacture their associations with one another.

An amusing case of self-disclosure in Shrek is when Shrek and Donkey meet. Ordinarily,

individuals possibly uncover a modest quantity of individual data when they initially meet.

Donkey, in any case, begins to discover his whole self to Shrek, and he says whatever he is

thinking. Shrek, not being open about himself, conflicts with this kind of disclosure and sees it

negatively; irritating and excessively friendly. Towards the finish of the motion picture, as

Donkey and Shrek have turned out to be nearer, Shrek feels like he can be defenseless around
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Donkey. This inclination permits Shrek to uncover how he feels about being a monstrosity.

Shrek had a self-centered motivation to disclose to Donkey this since he needed to feel

alleviation in moving it out into the open. Another case of self-disclosure is how Fiona stows

away and after that, uncovers the way that she is a monstrosity. She conceals the reality from the

outset for the interpersonal explanation that she feels her maturing association with Shrek will

endure after the disclosure. At last, however, Fiona uncovers the reality when the circumstance

she was in justified the disclosure.

Bad Listening Practices

"Bad listening practices present hindrances to powerful listening" ( 5.2 Barriers to Effective

Listening, 2018). They incorporate intruding on, twisted listening, spying, active listening,

narcissistic listening, and pseudo-listening. When anybody of these practices is utilized, the

listening procedure is irritated. An audience may botch a message, make a threatening situation,

or even harm a relationship on the off chance that they can't control their utilization of these

practices. It is ideal for addressing these practices from the get-go, as they can without much of a

stretch become routine.

For me, lousy listening practices speak to an aspect of negative communication that must be

enhanced to guarantee enduring connections. In the beginnings of a relationship, one should get

rid of these practices, and else they will confront the hazard that the methods will turn out to be

reluctantly acknowledged. In Shrek, the journalists utilized corrupt listening practices to make

strife between the characters. With the contention, they could then make a compromise and

character development. This procedure mirrors life because there can be an extraordinary

reinforcing in a relationship that has attempted to better their communication.


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One of the focal clashes in Shrek came about because of bad listening practice. Shrek listens

in on a discussion that Fiona and Donkey are having. He just hears some portion of what they are

stating, and afterward, expect that Fiona said something mean regarding him. Subsequently,

Shrek was ridiculously furious at Fianna, and their relationship endured. Shrek, at that point, can

be seen utilizing the forceful posting practice to avoid cooperation. Any individual who attempts

to account for themselves is hindered and verbally assaulted by Shrek. Which is a result of his

resentment towards them about the circumstance. At the start of the film, another case of a lousy

listening practice can be found in Shrek's initial cooperations with different characters. He is

self-focused before all else, and this turns out in his utilization of narcissistic listening. Shrek

rejects the issues of Donkey, Fiona, and the fantasy animals, and just focal points of how what

they are stating will influence him.

Self-Perception

The principle thought in Self-perception is the self-idea. "Self-idea alludes to the general

thought of who an individual thinks the person is" (2.3 Perceiving and Presenting Self, 2018).

The self-idea fluctuates incredibly from individual to individual and can rely upon the

circumstance. What somebody resembles, their character and their self-regard are a few parts of

the individual's self-idea. "Self-regard alludes to the decisions and assessments we make about

our self-idea" (2.3 Perceiving and Presenting Self, 2018). Both self-regard and self-idea can be

seen in Shrek, and they are utilized to upgrade portrayal.

One of the manners in which that this motion picture epitomizes self-regard is standing out

Shrek and Fiona feel about themselves. For instance, Shrek feels like everybody what him to be

the wrong person, and can never become acquainted with his actual Self. Concerning Fiona, she

feels like everybody needs her to be indeed, great young lady, and this conflicts with herself-
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idea. Shrek and Fiona have self-errors emerge in light of the driving of this general public picked

perfect/should Self of them both. Along these lines, their self-idea, self-regard, and self-adequacy

are harmed by the pressure of the inconsistencies.

Nonverbal communication

"Oral communication just depends on one channel, because communicated in the language is

transmitted through sound and grabbed by our ears. Nonverbal communication, then again, can

be taken in by every one of the five of our faculties" (4.1 Principles and Functions of Nonverbal

Communication, 2018). This sort of communication passes on the significance and conveys

messages without alluding to exact words or following rules like verbal communication. Non-

verbal communication is a typical method to convey a nonverbal message. However, one can

unwittingly send a nonverbal message like this, also. Nonverbal communication is utilized all

through Shrek to associate with a group of spectators and make the cooperations feel genuine. It

is ten feasible for feelings to be perused from the characters without them continually saying

what they are feeling.

The automatic idea of nonverbal communication is apparent in the film, when Shrek

demonstrates his face to Fiona. Following, Fiona shows various outward appearances disclosing

to us how she feels before she even chooses to talk once more. After Shrek and Donkey tune in

to the DuLoc tune, the two of them demonstrate a look of perplexity. This response appears to be

brisk and automatic, and along these lines, credible. This fills in, for instance of the validity that

nonverbal communication has. Nonverbal communication assumes a considerable job in the

connection between Donkey and the Dragon. As the Dragon can't speak, Donkey must get every

last bit of her messages nonverbally. The Dragon passes on enough importance in her nonverbal
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messages and flag that Donkey and the group of spectators know precisely what she is

attempting to get over.

Conclusion

Indeed, even in a motion picture like Shrek that isn't intensely exchanged overwhelming,

critical ideas of interpersonal communication can be watched. How connections start, develop,

and concluded was discussed. What's more, effects on those connections, for example, lousy

listening practices, self-perception, and self-disclosure, were seen in the film. We additionally

got the opportunity to perceive how successful nonverbal communication can be at passing on

the importance and beginning a relationship. In conclusion, Shrek was an incredible film to

investigate some portion of interpersonal communication.

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