Chapter 7. Building Emotion: The Basics of the Eyes
The eyes and brows tell us what we need to know about a character's thoughts. You may notice I always refer to them as eyes and brows, as opposed to brows and eyes. That's because for the emotion we'll try to achieve, the eyes and lids should be your go-to, and the brows should serve as your secondary. The brows have only two major movements, brows Up/Down and brows Squeeze. The brows Up/Down alone don't tell us a whole lot about emotion; they are used in conjunction with the brows Squeeze and different combinations of the lids. Generally, brows Squeeze is in every emotion; regardless of the type of emotion, it simply denotes thought.
The upper lids tell us the alertness of a character, and the ...
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