I haven’t worked (in this capacity) in a group for a while. I was more than happy with the group I had. They all worked hard on each of the tasks assigned. We hit the milestones, with the leadership of Madelyn. Liz, Damon and Luis nailed their presentations, it worked out well. Introspectively, with this project specifically, I realized that working with a team you can accomplish some pretty mammoth tasks. At first, I didn’t seem to grasp how we would manage such large tasks but after we did I thought; “What if we would have analyzed the whole series seasons 1 through 10?” The results would have changed (maybe) and a whole other analysis would exist. I hope I gained some friends through this Friends project.
The study below focused on the dialogue from Season 1 of Friends. Not my choice, but hey we went with it. Not a problem. I actually enjoyed it. Using the scripts and converting them to a usable format, I was able to uncover patterns of speech frequently used by the characters Chandler and Monica. While these results aren’t ground breaking, they do reveal some similarities between the two, they both like to use the word ‘oh’ a lot. Followed by the words ‘my god’ also, a lot. Monica’s most referenced friend is Rachel and Chandler’s is Joey. It was important to highlight the use of some words and what were their social interactions? What were the relationships like? How did they talk to each other? Here is the final project link: