[ SECRET POST #2366 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2366 ⌋

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Characters' eyes and personality

[(Anonymous)]

So, I just read a rather interesting discussion about how the eyes of characters (in live-action mediums) determine how the audience perceives the character regardless of the actor's acting. Like, beady eyes make a character look "stupid" even if they're smart, whereas pale blue eyes make a character look smart unless they're a pretty blonde girl. And big eyes = honesty. Does anyone think there's truth to this? And if so, can you give examples of eyes that are really appropriate to the character?

Re: Characters' eyes and personality

[mekkio]

I've heard that people find brown eyes more trustworthy than blue eyes.

Re: Characters' eyes and personality

[(Anonymous)]

Well, yes - but not because of anything to do with the specific character. People just tend to assume personality traits based on physical ones - it's why people with round and/or baby faces tend to be trusted more/more quickly in general than say...someone with heavily shadowed eyes.

Re: Characters' eyes and personality

[(Anonymous)]

I haven't thought about that much, but I've always been interested in how/why filmmakers emphasize certain characters' eyes in certain shots or in promotional material and stuff. Like Hugh Laurie as House, for example.

Guess that explains all the Hannibal fangirling.

[chardmonster]

Re: Characters' eyes and personality

[(Anonymous)]

This is interesting, because I haven't been able to take Craig Parker (with his big blue eyes) seriously as a villain. Even watching Darken Rahl and Glaber the Evil Roman, I'm sitting there woobie-fying the character in my mind. Though I knew it was because of Parker's puppy-dog eyes.

Re: Characters' eyes and personality

[(Anonymous)]

Additionally, for me, actors with brown eyes (not black eyes, just brown) make more convincing villains. *shrug*

Re: Characters' eyes and personality

[(Anonymous)]

It's a general thing - there are going to be exceptions to every rule.

Re: Characters' eyes and personality

[(Anonymous)]

I'd be really interested in seeing the sources/data behind this. It sounds very interesting.

I've seen/heard the 'larger eyes = trustworthy' thing because we associate larger eyes with children and it raises a sort of affection/compassion instinct. (That's why anime characters have such gihugic eyes).

...Now I'm thinking about it in terms of my fandoms. Robert Carlyle has made a career out of playing emotional characters, and his anime huge eyes surely have helped there. But on Once Upon a Time, they give Rumpelstiltskin really creepy contacts, taking that thing that's supposed to indicate 'awww good guy' and made it something else.