Categorizing Facial Expressions

Marjorie Ferguson (1980)Female Facial Expressions

• Half or full smile• Lips together slightly parted• Teeth barely visible• Full or ¾ face to camera

Chocolate Box

• Emphasis on the eyes• Mouth shut or with only a

hint of a smile• Head to one side or looking

back at the camera

Invitational

• Full face• Wide open toothy smile• Head thrust forward or chin

thrown back• Hair often wind blown

Super-Smiler

• A fourth and more general classification devised to include male and female “two-somes”

• The dreamy, heavy lidded, unsmiling big heads

• Overtly sensual or • sexual

Romantic or Sexual

Trevor MillumMale Facial Expressions

• Eyes slightly wide, perhaps shaded.

• Self sufficient and confident.• Mild versions may include a

smile.

Seductive

• Active • Healthy • Vibrant • Long unrestrained outward-flowing hair• More outward-going

than the above• Often smiling or

grinning

Carefree

• Concentrating• Engaged on the business in

hand• Mouth closed• Eyes object-directed• Sometimes a slight

frown• Hair often short/off

the face

Practical

• Deliberately ridiculous• Exaggerated • Acting the fool• Pulling faces for the benefit

of a real or imaginary audience

• Sometimes close to a sort of archness

Comic

Catalogue• A neutral look as of a dummy• Artificial• Waxlike• Features may be in any

position but most likely to be with eyes open and a smile

• Personality has been removed