Just for fun, here's a picture of all our characters from last night!
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Portraying Characters
Last night I had a murder mystery dinner party at my apartment, and I realized that it was a perfect example of using non-verbal communication to portray emotion. Everyone was assigned different, and completely ridiculous, characters ranging from Otto Van Schnapps, an eccentric art dealer millionaire, to Marilyn Merlot, a Hollywood starlet. There were ten of us at the party, and looking around the table it was so funny to see the body language that was used to portray the character's personalities. Some characters sat up very straight, with perfect posture, giving off the impression that they were very uptight and formal. Others slouched and kept their eyes lowered, giving the impression that they were sketchy and not to be trusted. I thought it was interesting how there are common behaviors and postures used to portray different personality types. To me, these are especially noticeable in theater or in TV shows, where they are over dramatized to add to the persona of the character. What are some common character body languages you guys have seen?
Just for fun, here's a picture of all our characters from last night!
Just for fun, here's a picture of all our characters from last night!
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The person to the right looks as if they are suspecting someone. I came to this conclusion because the way the gaze is sort of cast off to the side, the mouth is drawn into a frown, and the positioning of the hands.
ReplyDeleteI like this!! it is so interesting how people will act completely different and use nonverbal facial expressions that they would not normally use as soon as they dress up and take on a new persona!
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