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Accessories are all the artifacts that a body uses: dress, make-up, jewels, bags, hair cut, shoes, etc.

Prosodics (non-language aspects of voice and tone) is about articulation, accent, mumbling, sighing, grumbling, etc.

Proxemics pertains to body distance, the body in space (territorial borders).

Kinesics encompasses body expression, facial expressions, gestures etc.

The definition of body language has evolved through the years: from the focus in the 1950’s on proxemics and kinesics, to the last 20 years which have encompassed the concept of non-verbal communication dealing with all bodily expressions (Argyle 1975, Rosenthal 1998): This first section will deal with the psychological and sociological approach, while the second will present various film scholars’ reflections on facial expressions and acting style. Research and theory of Body Languageįirst of all, we have to distinguish between the long tradition of theorizing bodily expressions within the fields of psychology and sociology, and the way that film and media scholars have analyzed non-verbal language in the moving image.

The second is a categorization of body language in the moving image and how different body expressions appear in different media contexts.

The first part is a presentation of the research on, and the theory of, body language. The basic questions are these: How can we distinguish between different forms of body expressions? How are they related to the media context in which they appear? In news and documentaries, body language is mediated in accordance with a standard for presenting news and background reports. Body language is a tool formed in fiction film and television series, which is used to convey meaning in a narrative context.

Mediation is the name of the concept having to do with the way that the media form body language in accordance with the purpose of presentation. The media in which body language is expressed have an influence on how it appears on the big screen and on the flat screen. How do we approach this important topic – body language in the moving image – in a scholarly manner? Kosmorama #258 (Every day, in fiction, TV news, documentaries, and sports we are presented with bodily expressions – by anchors, journalists, and various other participants – as well as characters in film. Højbjerg, Lennard (2014): The Moving Image: Body Language and Media Context.