Getting back on topic, i.e. how do you make emotes for characters who don't show emotion.
If you think outside the box, you can actually make your character stand out quite a bit by doing actions contrary to social norms. e.g. "Harry glances at Jeff as he makes the joke, but doesn't laugh." In a movie, that's a quick shift of the eyes, but it speaks volumes of Harry and how he feels about Jeff or the joke he told.
Another idea is that often times these characters do feel, but they just don't want to show it to their companions. For this you'll again have to come up with visual cues/reactions. e.g. "Harry's jaw tightens for a moment, but then he carries on chewing his tobacco as if he hadn't heard anything."
In my experience as a writer, I find character like this often take more text to personify than vocal or boisterous characters. So if you want to play a brooding character, you actually have to work harder to play them. Otherwise you just become a silent a character who goes ignored. i.e. you may think you're RPing you character by saying nothing. But this is not a purely visual medium so you do actually have to say "something" that shows you saying "nothing".
If you think outside the box, you can actually make your character stand out quite a bit by doing actions contrary to social norms. e.g. "Harry glances at Jeff as he makes the joke, but doesn't laugh." In a movie, that's a quick shift of the eyes, but it speaks volumes of Harry and how he feels about Jeff or the joke he told.
Another idea is that often times these characters do feel, but they just don't want to show it to their companions. For this you'll again have to come up with visual cues/reactions. e.g. "Harry's jaw tightens for a moment, but then he carries on chewing his tobacco as if he hadn't heard anything."
In my experience as a writer, I find character like this often take more text to personify than vocal or boisterous characters. So if you want to play a brooding character, you actually have to work harder to play them. Otherwise you just become a silent a character who goes ignored. i.e. you may think you're RPing you character by saying nothing. But this is not a purely visual medium so you do actually have to say "something" that shows you saying "nothing".
