Wandering Eyes
It seems pretty bad ass. It is an older book (from the 70's) but it has a wealth of knowledge on human behavior, gesture, etc. Anyways the picture.... ummm here it is....any second now...there we go!
Ok...so now that you see the picture..what the heck does it mean? Well I might as well just quote from the book.
"When we stare closely at a human face, we do not remain fixated on exactly the same spot for any length of time. Our eyes scan the features of the face, but concentrate most on the eyes and mouth, as revealed by this experimental record of eye-movments made by a subject staring for three minutes at a photograph of a young girl's face."
It may be something to think about while we figure out how we are going to animate our characters in close up shots, where to spend our time (if we are on a tight schedule), and/or how we will stage things.
I think this helps show us that the audience will focus mainly on the eyes and mouth. They will take other things in, but the main attention is in those key areas. Hmmmm if I was to make a bold statement I bet the audience will spend more time at the eyes than the mouth. That's my guess, what do you think?
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sweet leif.. getting more serious here eh
So would you reccommend getting that book?
I haven't read much of it yet..just a little bit here and there. But it seems to have a lot of interesting/possibly useful info. It was a book Andrew told me about...
that is a cool pic, i dont have morris' book but i do have the video collection called "the human animal" i think its 6 vhs, and i also have "the human sexes" vhs set, now if only i had a vcr...
"Manwatching" is a great book. I also haven't read through the entire thing but from browsing through it I've picked up lots of nice little things here and there like you've said.
Hey, there is an updated version of "Manwatching" and its title is "Peoplewatching" to make it more politically correct.
Manwatching...I had that since college. its a bit tattered now but its a great addition to anyones collection. I love the part on international gestures. its that book that got me really interested in Kinesics and Physiognomy.
Have you ever noticed the way vain/proud people never really move their eyebrows?
- Sam
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