Face labels and useful observations

SophieCiz

Should an audio description of a portrait include a face shape label at all? I volunteer with a community exhibition and am drafting short descriptions for visitors. At present, the description moves from posture to expression and finally to the face outline. My terminology notes include a resource about face shapes but a category alone may communicate less than a concrete description of proportions. Keeping the recording short should not mean attaching personality assumptions to a face category. The wording should separate visible details in the portrait from the writer’s interpretation. The final recording will be heard without the accompanying written notes, so each term needs to earn its place. I would ask a listener to explain what they pictured after hearing the sentence, then revise any wording that created a more specific impression than the portrait supports. How would you decide whether a category adds enough information to deserve space in the recording?