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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/

John Bateman

Bremen University
Germany

John Bateman is a Professor of Linguistics in the English and Linguistics Departments of Bremen University. His research interests include functional linguistic approaches to multilingual and multimodal document design, semiotics, theories of discourse, and empirical methods for the analysis of visual communication. He has published widely in all these areas, as well as authoring several introductory and survey articles on multimodality, multimodal linguistic film analysis and automatic natural language generation. Recent books include Multimodal Film Analysis (with K.H. Schmidt, 2012, Routledge) and Text and Image: a critical introduction to the visual/verbal divide (2014, Routledge).

10:00

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

10:10

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

10:20

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

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

12:30

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

13:15

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

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

14:45

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

15:45

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

16:15

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

09:30

LP Mehul Bhatt, Jakob Suchan and Omar Moussa. What can Artiﬁcial Intelligence do for Cognitive Media Studies? -- Integrated Analytical-Empirical Methods from the Viewpoint of Visuo-Auditory Cognition A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Mehul Bhatt • Omar Moussa • Jakob Suchan

10:30

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

SP Einar Egeland, Tor Endestad and Bruno Laeng. Different editing styles influence eye movements, pupilometry and emotional experience of a film scene. A neuro- cognitive approach to a film editor’s decision... A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Einar Egeland

11:30

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

12:00

Lunch Aalto in-house lunch restaurant

13:00

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

LP John Bateman, Janne Kauttonen, Chiao-I Tseng and Pia Tikka. Textual analysis of event patterns and neural functions of narrative constructions in ﬁlm A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Janne Kauttonen • Chiao-I Tseng

15:30

LP Chiao-I Tseng, Jochen Laubrock, Jessie Nixon and John Bateman. Constraining film narrative interpretation through combinations of cohesion in film and eye-tracking A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Jochen Laubrock • Chiao-I Tseng

09:30

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

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

11:00

SP Moran Ovadia, Gal Raz and Talma Hendler. 2 Sisters - 2 Neuropsychological Constellations in Lars von Trier’s Melancholia A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Moran Ovadia

13:00

LP Monika Suckfüll. The Effects of Information Gaps in Movies A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Monika Suckfüll

14:00

SP Lyubov Bugaeva. Narrative Gaps and Cinematic Lacunae, or what is going on when the ﬁlm “holds its breath” A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Lyubov Bugaeva

14:30

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

15:00

SP Mario Slugan. Bazinian Idenitity as an Alternative to Indexicality for Distinguishing between Analog and Digital Photography A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Mario Slugan

16:00

SP Jussi Tarvainen, Jorma Laaksonen and Tapio Takala. Film mood and its quantitative determinants in different types of scenes A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Jussi Tarvainen

16:30

LP James Cutting: Pace and the evolution of popular film form A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)James Cutting

18:00

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

18:15

A panel discussion on 2 newly published books (Plenary session) Location: Corona Bar Movie theatre Corona Bar - Conference ClubHenry Bacon • Todd Berliner • Jeff Smith • Murray Smith • Paisley Nathan Livingston

09:30

LP Steffen Hven. Following Our Senses in the Dark: On Leviathan (2012) and the Embodied Fabula A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Steffen Hven

10:30

SP Jelena Rosic and Olli Aho. Montage as a narrative landscape of affordances A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Olli Aho • Jelena Rosic

11:00

SP Juipi Chien. What we gain from engaging with oddities and ambiguities: Neuro-evolutionary semiotic approach to lowly arousal emotions A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Juipi Chien

11:30

SP Gal Raz, Oﬁr Shany and Tal Gonen. We’re chained in action: A Neuroscientiﬁc Model of Motivational Empathy A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Gal Raz

12:00

Lunch Aalto in-house lunch restaurant

13:00

SP Katalin Balint, Chantal Schoft and Brendan Rooney. The Effect of Formal Features on Viewers’ Narrative Engagement in Quentin Tarantino’s Violent Scenes A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Katalin Bálint • Brendan Rooney

13:30

SP Sermin Ildirar and Tim J. Smith. Action Prediction Across Match-on-Action Cuts in Infancy A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Sermin Ildirar • Tim J. Smith

14:00

SP Sampsa Huttunen. Right-Handed Action for Right-Handed Audiences: Does Handedness Affect the Film- Watching Experience? A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Sampsa Huttunen

14:30

SP Kaisu Lankinen. Studying brain activity during movie viewing with magnetoencephalography A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Kaisu Lankinen

15:00

Refreshments Aalto Hallway 3rd floor - Refreshments