I've been developing the character of the tall man further this week. As his design was completely changed at a late stage, I wanted to dedicate a substantial amount of extra time to getting accustomed to his new features and personality. He's much jowlier now, his face elongated to exaggerated his more hangdog expressions. His eyebrows are thick and rectangular, able to give a broad range of expression to the face. He carries a lunchbox, which becomes the focus of his attention when he's sat on the bench, moments before realising the little boy's in peril. The lunchbox is a nice visual hint to the fact that he's a working man, perhaps bored and disillusioned with his job and of adult life.
It's taken us a ridiculously long time to realise how much the tall man of our film looks like the actor Walter Matthau! As soon as this bombshell successfully detonated, I set to work compiling appropriate facial expressions.
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