This is the second of a series of metas where I analyze character interaction in TW scenes by body language.  Part 1 is here.  If you missed the three-part discussion of common body language elements in Torchwood, start here.

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This is the first of a series of four Torchwood scene analyses based exclusively on the actors' body language.  I am not concentrating on what the actors are saying, but what using what their bodies are doing to tell me what they are feeling.  I will occasionally refer to the dialogue, but the dialogue is not the main point here.

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We've discussed how actors use their faces and bodies to show emotion, and we've discussed how directors use personal space to show interactions between actors.  Now we're going to look at how directors position the actors to show where the balance of power lies in an interaction: unspoken group dynamics.  In a television, film, or stage medium, we ( Read more... )

If you've been reading my reviews of the various Torchwood episodes, you'll notice that I frequently assess body language as superior to dialogue.  Why?  The dialogue tells us the words of the story that the writers want us to hear, but it is the wordless communication--tone of voice, posture, body language, even seemingly random acts on the side-- ( Read more... )