Body Language in Film

This book studies the body language in films. It not only serves the fundamental purpose of conveying information and expressing emotions, but also reflects the artistic embodiment of the fusion between natural and performative bodies. Through this meaningful artistic form, it attains a crucial artistic status in the realm of filmmaking. The study of body language in films can provide accurate and powerful means of expression in filmmaking, offer actors a basis and methodology for their performances in movies, and aid film enthusiasts in a more direct understanding of the inner meanings of films.

List of contents

Chapter 1: The Body: Natural Existence and Expressive Existence.- Chapter 2: Body Language as an Art.- Chapter 3: Body Language in Film Performance Creation.- Chapter 4: "Deconstructing" Body Language in Film .- Chapter 5: When the Body Encounters Film.

About the author

Yang Yang:
Professor and Ph.D. Supervisor at Communication University of China. She holds a Ph.D. in Film Management and serves as theDeputy Director of the Department of Performance, Head of the Musical Theatre Department, Academic Master's Program Leader in the field of Drama with a focus on Creative Writing, Discipline Leader for the professional master's degree program in Drama, and Deputy Director of the Institute of Dramatic and Operatic Literature.

Product details

• Authors: Yang Yang
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 28.03.2026
• EAN: 9789819546695
• ISBN: 978-981-9546-69-5
• Illustrations: Approx. 500 p.
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Photography, film, video, TV; einzelne Schauspieler und Darsteller, Filmgeschichte, Filmtheorie und Filmkritik, Film Theory, Screen Performance, Performers and Practitioners, Film Studies, Character development, Micro body language, Movie performance, Performing arts and psychology