Gestures: meaning and aesthetics of the face and body language

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Lucio Blanco Mallada

Abstract

This article attempts to relate that it involves the gesture to its significance in the context of audiovisual communication. The face and body are expressed by means of techniques have also been studied in the field of nonverbal communication to give a scientific status to the art of interpretation. Before showing the actors wore the face mask before him. It defined each character and each role interpretation. The gesture itself creates a feeling. According to several experiments, there are a certain facial movements to express each affective states primary or fundamental emotions are: happiness, anger, surprise, sadness, disgust and fear. There is a difference between the various cultural spheres.

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Blanco Mallada, Lucio. 2009. “Gestures: Meaning and Aesthetics of the Face and Body Language”. Vivat Academia. Journal of Communication, no. 105 (May):40-58. https://doi.org/10.15178/va.2009.105.40-58.
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Author Biography

Lucio Blanco Mallada, Facultad de Ciencias de la Información de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid (España)

Profesor de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Información  de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid y en la Universidad SEK de Segovia. Su área como docente son las relacionadas con la televisión y la realización audiovisual.

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