Research: Facial & Body language (Ms Heath)

LO - To critically analyse body language and facial expression.

Body language
The way a character is positioned towards the audience. It can be anything from the characters movement, actions or the way they present themselves.
The Body language of a character can tell you a lot about the type of person the character is in the film, This is because of the way they present themselves or act which could be conventional to other films within the same genre.

Body language of an Antagonist

• Confident
• Dark
• Physically Strong
• Mysterious
• Superior
• Heart-Less

Just by looking at the jokers body language you can tell he is a Protagonist as he has a devious but confident look about him. he is not physically strong which could suggest that he is far superior than most people and uses his men to do his dirty work for him.

Body language of an Protagonist

• Quite
• Has good intentions
• Handsome
• Focused
• Strong

Just looking at this image of Rambo you can instantly tell he is physically strong which is what you expect most Protagonist to be. From looking at his body language you can tell he is very powerful and is full of courage just by the way he is pushing out his shoulder and chest. He has open arms which suggest he is comfortable with being approached by someone who is willing to communicate with him. Lastly, just by looking at his eyes you can instantly tell he is focused and ready for the task ahead him.

Facial Expressions

Facial expressions are the characters emotions that are portrayed to the audience. These emotions are shown when the audience look at a characters face and the meaning it creates. The facial expressions of a character can tell you a lot about the type of character as facial expressions are a clear indicator on how a person feels. This is presented by the way a person may express themselves.

The camera then zooms into her face to capture her face, This is done to capture the emotions created by her facial expressions as she is going through a stage of shock.

Conclusion
Learning about body language has helped me as i now know how they effect the audience. When doing my Thriller trailer i will now make sure every character has doing body language so that the audience can see what kind of person he is.
I will also make sure all my actors use different facial expressions as a reaction to different events then do a close up of there facial expressions so that my audience can try and interpret how that person may be feeling.