Story Reaction Structures to Emotion Detection

Nelson Zagalo, Vasco Branco, Anthony Barker University of Aveiro, Portugal Story Reaction Structures to Emotion Detection ACM MULTIMEDIA WORKSHOP SRMC, 2004

Introduction ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],1/20

Emotion in Storytelling Oral and Cinematic process Affective Storytelling Process 2/20

Style and Representation Story Style Representation Nuclei Catalysers ORAL Tone of Voice Facial Expression Posture Gesture Eye Direction CINEMATIC Framing Editing Music Sound Lighting ORAL / CINEMATIC 3/20

Cinematic and Oral Representation Style Cinematic Oral Static Dynamic Storyteller reinforces or subtracts according to the story-listeners expression of emotions , using new elements from Total Story Representation Style Static and Dynamic Viewer Emotions 4/20

Viewer Emotions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Intensity Quality Coding Emotions Story Viewer Emotions 5/20

Dynamic Cinema ,[object Object],Emotional Film Structures 6/20

Emotion Flow Director ’s Version over-stimulation under-stimulation (A) Overall Story Emotion (B) Intermediate Tension sequences Viewer ’s Will traditional dramatic arcs Director and Viewer Control In the Viewer ’s Will , the unbalancing of the tension sequences, results in an (A) overall equal or below to any (B) intermediate sequence. 7/20

[object Object],Intermediate Tension Arc Intermediate tension arc unit Emotion Flow 8/20

Reaction Structures ,[object Object],viewer arc of emotions Arc of emotions Story Viewer Emotion s Intermediate tension arc = + 9/20

Reaction Structures ,[object Object],ANXIETY 10/20 Framing Editing Sound Lighting Music Catalysers Intensity (variation) Strong Close-ups Reduce frame duration Fast tempos, crescendo Darker Explicit Quality (adding) Hardly distinguishing. S hade near night light. Dissonant chords. Very high/very low pitches Anxiety cluster: anger, fear and disgust representations

Reaction Structures SADNESS ,[object Object],11/20 Framing Editing Sound Lighting Music Catalysers Intensity (variation) Medium frames, some close ups Expand frame duration Reduce tempo, decrescendo Greyer Implicit Quality (adding) Sufficiently distinguishing. Cloudy day light. Consonant chords. Low pitches Anxiety cluster: sadness, misery and depression representations

Reaction Structures HAPPINESS ,[object Object],12/20 Framing Editing Sound Lighting Music Catalysers Intensity (variation) Medium frames, some Close-ups Reduce frame duration Fast tempos Brighter Explicit Quality (adding) Very Clear distinguishing. Sunny day light. Melodic. High and medium pitches Anxiety cluster: excitement, delight or euphoria representations

Reaction Structures RELAX ,[object Object],13/20 Framing Editing Sound Lighting Music Catalysers Intensity (variation) Medium and general frames Extended frame duration. Very Linear Slow tempos, decrescendo Mellower Implicit Quality (adding) Sufficiently distinguishing. Sunny end afternoon Melodic. Low and medium pitches Anxiety cluster: calmness or repletion representations

Case Study Silence of the Lambs (1991) ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],We can ’t show the 10 minutes, so we’ll analyse only some frames 14/20

Silence of the Lambs (A) Entrance ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],“ I can smell your cunt ” night light entrance Tension 15/20

Silence of the Lambs (B) Confrontation – part 1 strong close up medium close up confrontation ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Anxiety 16/20

Silence of the Lambs (B) Confrontation – part 2 implicit explicit ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Anxiety (false ending iniciates sadness cluster) 17/20

Silence of the Lambs (C) Retreat ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],sadness grey light Sadness 18/20

Silence of the Lambs (D) Flashback ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],mellower light familiarity Relax 19/20

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Conclusions & Perspectives 20/20

Story Reaction Structures to Emotion Detection Nelson Zagalo 1 , Anthony Barker 3 , Vasco Branco 2 1,2 Dept. of Communication and Art, University of Aveiro 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal ntz@ca.ua.pt, vab@ca.ua.pt 3 Dept. of Languages and Cultures, University of Aveiro 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal [email_address] ACM WORKSHOP SRMC, 2004

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