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The Family is always doing something together, and they're always happy about it. They don't seem to fight about alot. media type="youtube" key="xnz2S72QOI8" height="315" width="420"00:00-3:15
 * The Brady Bunch**

**1. Why did you select this clip? Do you believe this reflects the idea of the American Family in the country’s past? Or, is this a current reflection?** -I picked this video because it shows that the family likes to do a lot of things together, like going on family trips together, and they won't complain about it- they will actually get excited about going on the trip together. The video reflects a family from America's past because families in the past always did things together, instead of everyone always being out and away from the rest of the family and doing things with their friends, like today.

**2. What you see: How are they dressed? Who is present? What are the circumstances?** **What you hear: What are the characters saying? How are they saying it** -They're all dressed nicely even though they're at home in the first part. The people present in the video is all 8 of the Bradys and their maid. -The Dad is coming back from work and he tells the whole family about how the family is all going to Hawaii, with all the expenses paid by his boss since he has to go there for work, the rest of the family yells things like "oh my god!" and "yay!", and they're all saying their lines with excitement.

**3. Discuss the over dynamics of the family. What/ who makes up the family? What does each person’s role seem to be?** -There are 8 people in the family, the mom (Carol Mardin) who had 3 children (Marcia, Jan, and Cindy) from her first marriage, and the dad (Mike Brady) who also had 3 kids (Greg, Peter, and Bobby) from his first marriage- and the mom and dad had gotten married to each other to form the big family. They also had a maid living in the house too (Alice). The wife and daughters take the Brady surname and a compromise was made by the family so there would be absolute no mention of the circumstances and the way that Carol's first marriage ended. After the marriage happened, all 9 people (plus the boys' dog Tiger) moved into a suburban, 2 story house that was designed by Mike.

Aria's family fights about the smallest thing, and they don't seem to get along very much. It seems like even the smallest thing that comes in their way, they fight about it and it seems to always get pretty bad. media type="youtube" key="78B_ueLKzl8" height="315" width="560"
 * Pretty Little Liars**

**1. Why did you select this clip? Do you believe this reflects the idea of the American Family in the country’s past? Or, is this a current reflection?** -I picked this video because it shows how one thing in a family nowadays can tear apart a family and make them do things that they normally wouldn't do. It reflects the average american family here in the present because each family doesn't seem to want anything to do with their family and do things very differently than how people acted around their family in the past.

**2. What you see: How are they dressed? Who is present? What are the circumstances?** **What you hear: What are the characters saying? How are they saying it** -They seem to be dressed nicely but comfortably, like something they would wear when they get home from work or school. The people present in the video is the daughter Aria, the father, the mother and Aria's boyfriend (and her parent's excoworker) Ezra Fitz

**3. Discuss the over dynamics of the family. What/ who makes up the family? What does each person’s role seem to be?** -The family is made up of Aria, her father, her mother and her brother. Added in this scene is Ezra Fitz. They all seem to be distant from each other, no one really seems to communicate well and it usually ends up in a disaster. In this scene, Aria and Ezra are telling their parents that they're together and it's important because Ezra is the mother's old coworker and is now the father's current coworker (the mom works at Aria's high school, and the father works at a college nearby). Aria plays the foolish and reckless teenager in this scene, Ezra plays her boyfriend, her parent's play an overprotective authoritave figure who needs anger management, and her brother is the careless one.