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FacialActionCodingSystem:
MeganFoxEdition
bykhappucino
(ThisisinnowayaffiliatedwithPaulEkmanoranyonerelatedtoFACS)IjustthoughtthatifonehadtostareatfacialfeatureslongenoughtolearntheFACSsystemthatitwouldn’thurttousethepleasantvisageofMeganFoxasacanvas.
HistoryonFACS
IfirstlearnedabouttheFACSorFacialActionCodingSystemwhenIsawthepilotshowofLieToMe.AtthetimeIdidn’tknowthattheshowwasbasedoffanactualguyandhisresearch.SootherthanentertainmentIdidn’t’thinkmuchofit.LaterwhenIwasreadingMalcolmGladwell’sbookBLINKwhileonanairplanetoKauaiHIIputtwoandtwotogether.InBLINKMr.GladwelldescribesagentlemannamedPaulEkmanwhodevelopedasystemcalledtheFacialActionCodingSystemandoriginallydiscoveredtheconceptofmicroexpressions.TheFacialActionCodingSystemisasystemthatbreaksthefacialmusclesintoparticular‘actionunits’thatgenerateuniquehumanfacialexpressions.Theyaregroupsofmusclesvs.specificmuscles.Thissystemallowsanobservertodocumentandcategorizeaperson’sfacialexpressions.Microexpressionsaretheinvoluntaryfacialexpressionsthatyouflashforaninstant(1/25ofasecondisagoodapproximation).Soperhapsyoudon’tparticularlylikesomeone,youmayflashanexpressionofcontemptordisgust,butyourhigherconsciousnesswillcauseyoutoputonafakesmile.Sincethemicroexpressionistotallyinvoluntary,akeenobserverwouldhavenoticedyourmomentaryexpression.TheconceptofmicroexpressionsandFACSprovidesaninterestingframeworkfromwhichtoanalyzehumanbodylanguage.Byunderstandingwhichmuscleactionunitsactivatewithwhichexpression,youcanbetterdiscernifsomeoneislyingtoyou.Theconceptispowerfulbecausethesefacialexpressionsandbodymovementsappeartohaveancientanduniversalrootsamongsthumans.Blindindividualscansmile,tribalwomenexhibitthesameflirtingeyeandheadmovementsthatmetropolitanwomendo,andchildrenshowshameinthesamewaywhentheygetcaughtwiththeirhandinthecookiejarallovertheworld.ThissetofimagesI’vegeneratedIhopewillhelpinlearningtheextremebasicsoftheFacialActionCodingSystemasIunderstandit.Iusedhttp://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/face/www/facs.htmasareferenceforthenamingandnumberingoftheFACSactionunits.IgrabbedarandomphotoofMeganFoxoffthegoogleimageanduseditasthecanvas.Thesiteinparticularishttp://hubpages.com/hub/BeautifulGirlPaulEkman’swebsitecanbefoundhere:http://www.paulekman.com/Hehassomegreatarticlesandlinkstohistrainingsoftware,whichIhighlyrecommend.
 
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lawapa8228left a comment

Good thinking! Perhaps you could do this with some other beautiful faces too.
05 / 03 / 2010
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19silvantomkins39left a comment

Excellent blogs concerning FACS. What software program did you use to delinate the facial action code's on Ms. Fox's face?
12 / 31 / 2009
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khappucino replied:

Thank you very much. I used Inkscape vector graphics drawing program to generate the graphics. It's a great free open source application you can find here. http://www.inkscape.org/
01 / 09 / 2010

This document has made it onto the Rising list!

12 / 17 / 2009

Shadoufangleft a comment

Great! And what a lovely specimen, definitely a motivator :') Thank you.
12 / 14 / 2009
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khappucino replied:

thanks for reading it =)
01 / 09 / 2010