(Research)Body Langue and Facial expression

Body langauge  and facial expression

In films the characters body langue and facial expression is very important as it gives the audience an idea of what character they are. On the other hand there are different types of characters such as a protagonist, antagonist, female victim and a child. Each character has their own specific body language and facial expression that helps the audience to know who is who. In a film, mostly there is a male protagonist however sometimes the is also a female protagonist.

 

A protagonist is represented as a strong, brave and quick thinking character also his body langauge has to be straight with shoulders up. On the other hand a protagonist needs to be attractive and musculy their facial experssion is usually calm and  serious. This is because the audiences need to believe and have faith in their hero that he would save the society. This is conventional to a thriller film as the audience would expect a hero that would stop the antagonist for doing evil in the society.

 

Another character is the antagonist. An antagonist is represented as an intimidating character and has a hidden weakness they also have a chicky evil smile and a facial expression that is serious and ready to kill. One example of an antagonist is the Joker he is represented as an unclean character that has messy hair and makeup that brings fear to the audience. Protagonist and antagonist both have similar body language however sometimes the antagonist body language is not serious but very fidgeting. This is conventional to a thriller film because the is a antagonist that wants to destory the society in order to be powerful.

 

 

Female victim is represented as a pure and innocent character she also has to be attractive in order for the audience to have an interest in her. The female victim’s facial expression is mostly sad, confused and shocked but surprised. On the other hand her body language is tilted forward wanting to find out what is going on. This is conventional to a thriller film as the audience would expect the female victim to be weak and scared in order for the protagonist to keep her safe away from the antagonist.

A child is also represented as an innocent and small. Their body language is mostly scared and with slow movement. This is conventional to thriller film as the audience would have similar emotion to the child as he is scared of the antagonist.  

In conclusion and from analysing this I learnt that in my thriller body language and facial expression is very important as it represents who you are to the audience as it brings emotion as they would be afraid of you if you are the antagonist. Also bring hope and interest if you are the protagonist, female victim or child.