Team Expression Analysis

Fear

Fear is an integral part of life, regardless of age or maturity. Fear resonates to us on an instinctual, unconscious level. Some of the fears that we have range from being grounded in mundane concepts to unknowable, abstract entities/ideology, which can frighten anyone at any capacity.

Some Of The Traits We Associate With Fear Are

• Eyebrows Raised and pulled together
• Raised upper eyelids
• tensed lower eyelids
• Jaw dropped open and lips stretched horizontally backwards

Body Language of Fear

• When fear comes our body instinctually tenses up as if bracing us from the danger.
• Our posture slouches making us smaller
• Rapid movement that is occasionally sloppy or clumsy
• Arms crossed or raised as if protecting ourselves is another common trait.
• Hands: when afraid we randomly fidget ball our fists up or hide them as an act of self defense.
• Short, quick, and erratic movements.
• If truly terrified they Freeze

In the above stock photo, a man is bracing himself in fear. He is slouched, his arms are raised and covering his face; and he's not staring at what's incoming. All of these are gestures and expressed actions of fear.

In this shot from the opening of the film, "Us" this scene in which a young girl becomes transfixed in fear demonstrates a great example of the facial anatomy of fear. You can see her eyebrows and upper eyelids raise upwards, her lower eyelid is tense and still, and her jaw drops even more. 

In this scene from "The Shining" her expression doesn't show that much fear in the beginning, but once the axe breaks through the door. You can clearly see the fear in her eyes as her upper eyelids and her eyebrows raise and her jaw drops. 

Although this isn't a live action example, Fear is a major character in Pixar's Inside Out; the eponymous emotion is embodied a skinny skittish, fearful entity. Below is a picture of him.

This picture is from season one episode 3 when Alya was kidnapped and realize she is the being sacrificed. This situation clearly intimidates her and thus is screaming at her incoming potential fate, crying for help.

In the scene I chose, Maximus is kneeling as he is about to be executed for treason. we see his brow furrowed, eyebrows together, his mouth slightly open and lips pulled back horizontally.

Marlin sees Squirt get flung out of the EAC and is beset with fear of his child's fate. His upper eyelids and brow raises and his jaw hangs down.