This document discusses five elements of nonverbal communication important for acting: gesture, posture, facial expression, eye contact, and eye contact. Gesture involves expressive hand and arm movements to convey meaning. Posture reveals traits like confidence and relationships. Facial expressions clearly show personality and mood. Eye contact can direct focus and establish character and relationships both among actors and with an audience.

1. BODY

2. GESTURE
The use of expressive hand
and arm movements with
clear symbolic meaning.
eg. arms folded tightly
across chest shows lack
of openness.

3. POSTURE
How an actor carries
themselves. Posture can
reveal physical
characteristics (e.g. age,
ability), traits (e.g.
confidence or
nervousness),
relationships, and can
also contribute to the
tension of a scene.

4. FACIAL
EXPRESSION
Characters can clearly
convey personality, mood
and response to events by
using frowns, smiles etc.

5. EYE
CONTACTUsing eye contact can direct the
focus of a scene and can help
establish character and
relationships.
Eye contact with the audience
can also be an effective means
of communication.

6. EYE
CONTACTUsing eye contact can direct the
focus of a scene and can help
establish character and
relationships.
Eye contact with the audience
can also be an effective means
of communication.