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(f) Gazing eyes. When the actor makes such eye movements,
he or she shows surprise, fear, disbelief at something or
something that happened;

(g) Holding the head with both hands. These movements can

indicate sadness or shock. It can show a character who is
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worried or who is going through a lot of suffering; and

(h) Raising shoulders and lowering hands. When an actor
makes these movements, he or she shows a lack of concern,

acceptance of failure or doubt. Also, it can indicate a character’s
surrender to a certain situation.

Activity 1

Practise body movements to express inner emotions such as
happiness, sadness, anger or anxiety.

Using body movements to act out living and non-living things

Body movements can be used to imitate the behaviour, motions
and emotions of living and non-living things through actors’ bodies.
To imitate living and non-living things using body movements, it is
better to consider the following issues:

(a) Observing the behaviour of the character you want to imitate
to see how the character walks, sits, eats, or even defends
oneself. You can use ICT to find videos or pictures of the
characters and carefully observe their movements;

(b) Understanding the body of the character you want to act. It
is necessary to observe the body structure of the character.
If you imitate an insect consider the number of legs, wings,
and how those parts relate to each other. Also, it is good to
consider the weight of the character imitated such as how
heavy or light the character is, because weight can affect how
the character moves;

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