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SCSMI2017 Helsinki

The annual conference of the Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image (SCSMI) welcomes you to the Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland, June 11th – 14th, 2017

SCSMI2017 Helsinki program is under construction and changes are to occur. Meanwhile you may complete your personal information with a photo and some tags, so the other attendees and speakers will get to know more of you and your interests, and vice versa.

Go to registration or check practical information about accommodation etc. at http://scsmi2017.aalto.fi/

Aaron Taylor

University of Lethbridge
Canada

Aaron Taylor is Associate Professor in the Department of New Media at the University of Lethbridge. His work largely revolves around film performance and spectator emotion. He is the editor of THEORIZING FILM ACTING (2012), and is currently co-editing (with Johannes Riis) a volume on screen characters. In addition, his essays on acting, American cinema, and comics have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. Presently, he is the principal investigator on the Film Acting and Embodied Cognition research project at the University of Lethbridge.

10:00 EEST

Welcome words to SCSMI2017 HELSINKI by Dr Pia Tikka Aalto Big Hall, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (1st floor)Pia Tikka

10:10 EEST

Opening SCSMI 20 years by Dr Murray Smith Aalto Big Hall, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (1st floor)Murray Smith

10:20 EEST

SCSMI KEYNOTE by Dr Paisley Nathan Livingston: On cinema as philosophy: the Kaila–Bergman connection revisited Aalto Big Hall, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (1st floor)Paisley Nathan Livingston

11:30 EEST

The 100 years of Independent Finnish Cinema Aalto Big Hall, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (1st floor)Henry Bacon • Jaakko Seppälä • Outi Hupaniittu

12:30 EEST

Refreshments Aalto Big Hall, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (1st floor)

13:15 EEST

KEYNOTE Dr. Julia Vassilieva. Eisenstein-Vygotsky-Luria’s collaboration and third culture debates. Aalto Big Hall, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (1st floor)Julia Vassilieva

14:15 EEST

Neurocinematics - a follow-up Aalto Big Hall, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (1st floor)Pia Tikka

14:45 EEST

KEYNOTE by Dr Lauri Nummenmaa: Emotions, cinema and the Brain Aalto Big Hall, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (1st floor)Lauri Nummenmaa

15:45 EEST

Refreshments Aalto Big Hall, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (1st floor)

16:15 EEST

KEYNOTE by Dr. Asta Kärkkäinen, NOKIA: 3D audio in immersive movies Aalto Big Hall, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (1st floor)Asta Kärkkäinen

17:15 EEST

Discussion Aalto Big Hall, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (1st floor)

18:30 EEST

Get-together at Allas Sea Pool Bar Allas Cafe & Restaurant

20:00 EEST

Get-together at Allas Sea Pool SAUNA Allas Sea Pool

09:30 EEST

LP Francesco Sticchi: Inside the 'mind' of Llewyn Davis: Embodying a Melancholic Vision of the World A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Francesco Sticchi

10:30 EEST

SP Jakob Suchan, Mehul Bhatt, Rocio Varela and Johanna Arens: Obsessed by Symmetry: -Wes Anderson and his Visuo-Cinemato-graphic Scene Structures and their Perceptual Reception A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Mehul Bhatt • Jakob Suchan

11:00 EEST

SP James Mairata. When Spielberg met Ozu: striking stylistic similarities between two directors from different eras, cultures, and industrial practices. A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)James Mairata

11:30 EEST

SP Tico Romao. Embodiment, Cognitive Linguistics and Character Interiority: A Critique A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Tico Romao

13:00 EEST

LP Joerg Fingerhut and Katrin Heimann. Film and 4EA cognition. Movies as part of our artifactual mind A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Joerg Fingerhut

14:00 EEST

SP Michael Grabowski. Perception and Poetics of Virtual Reality A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Michael Grabowski

14:30 EEST

SP Catalin Brylla and Metter Kramer Cognitive Film Studies and Four Approaches to Documentary Film A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Catalin Brylla

15:00 EEST

Refreshments Aalto Hallway 3rd floor - Refreshments

15:30 EEST

LP Richard Allen: Bollywood poetics A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Richard Allen

16:30 EEST

PD Mamdooh Afdile. Movie characters and their hidden potential in understanding social perception A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Mamdooh Afdile

19:00 EEST

THE FINNISH FILM NIGHT AT ORION: Mika Kaurimäki "The Worthless" (1982) (English subtitles) Kavi Orion Cinema

21:00 EEST

GET-TOGETHER RECEPTION AT THE FAMOUS CORONA BAR Corona Bar - Conference Club

09:15 EEST

Good morning! Aalto Hallway 3rd floor - Refreshments

09:30 EEST

SPECIAL FILM EVENT "Woman with an Editing Bench" by Dr. Karen Pearlman A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Karen Pearlman

10:00 EEST

Keynote by Saku Lehtinen, Remedy: Cinematic games A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Pia Tikka • Saku Lehtinen

11:00 EEST

SP Dirk Eitzen. The “Post-Truth” Phenomenon: Where It Comes From, How It Works, Why it Matters A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Dirk Eitzen

11:30 EEST

SP Chris Robinson. “It looked great. It was unwatchable.” High Frame Rate, Redux: Douglas Trumbull’s MAGI Pod and Ang Lee’s 'Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk' A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Chris Robinson

13:00 EEST

LP Kathrin Fahlenbrach. Televisual Aesthetics: Audiovisual Spaces, Moods and Symbolic Meanings in Complex TV-Series A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Kathrin Fahlenbrach

14:00 EEST

SP Fernando Canet. Long-term relationship with characters in TV series: the ﬂuctuating engagement with antiheros A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Fernando Canet

14:30 EEST

SP Jason Gendler. Television Narrative and the Potential for Change A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Jason Gendler

16:00 EEST

SP Johannes Riis. The balancing of performer expressiveness against narrative objects of emotion A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Johannes Riis

16:30 EEST

LP Robert Blanchet. The misunderstanding of “understanding”: Empathizing with ﬁlm characters on the level of action and motivation A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Robert Blanchet

09:30 EEST

LP Eliot Bessette. Fear without Empathy and Empathy with Fear A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Eliot Bessette

10:30 EEST

SP Claire Howlin, Guido Orgs and Staci Vicary. The Search for kinaesthetic empathy: performer acceleration, aesthetic responses and physiological arousal A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Claire Howlin

11:30 EEST

SP Ed Tan and Katalin Bálint. The phenomenology of characterisation. From social cognition of real persons to the construction of ﬁctional human-like ﬁgures in narrative. A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Katalin Bálint • Ed Tan

13:00 EEST

LP Douglas MacArthur, Javid Sadr and Aaron Taylor. Accounting for Acting: Generating and Recognizing “Reality Effects” in Film Performance A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Aaron Taylor

14:00 EEST

SP Dan Leberg. Empathy On Set: An Ethnographic Study On How Canadian Actors Think Of/With/About The Camera A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Dan Leberg

14:30 EEST

SP Anne Wabeke. The Antihero as 'one of ourselves' A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Anne Wabeke

15:00 EEST

Refreshments Aalto Hallway 3rd floor - Refreshments

15:30 EEST

KEYNOTE Prof. Aleksi Bardy: Tom of Finland A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)