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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/

Eliot Bessette

University of California, Berkeley
USA

filmmedia.berkeley.edu/student-profile/2267147-eliot-bessette

Eliot Bessette is a doctoral candidate in Film and Media at the University of California, Berkeley. He is writing a dissertation, “Thinking Through Fear in Film and Haunts,” which argues that horror films and haunted house attractions offer unique and visceral opportunities for philosophizing about fear.

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

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

10:30 EEST

SP Jaakko Seppälä. Representations of loneliness in the cinema of Aki Kaurismäki A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Jaakko Seppälä

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

12:00 EEST

Lunch Aalto in-house lunch restaurant

13:00 EEST

LP Keith Bound: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Defining Cinematic Suspense A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Keith Bound

14:00 EEST

SP Alaina Schempp. What’s So Scary About Time? The Temporality of Cinematic Suspense in Horror and Suspense-Thriller Films A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Alaina Schempp

14:30 EEST

SP Bregt Lameris. Colorful Depictions of Disgust in Cinematic Representations A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Bregt Lameris

15:00 EEST

Refreshments Aalto Hallway 3rd floor - Refreshments

15:30 EEST

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

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

12:00 EEST

Lunch Aalto in-house lunch restaurant

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

15:30 EEST

Refreshments Aalto Hallway 3rd floor - Refreshments

16:00 EEST

SP Stephen Hinde, Tim Smith and Katrin Heimann. Experimental psychology in cinema using mobile technologies. A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Dr Stephen J. Hinde

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

18:00 EEST

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

20:00 EEST

CONFERENCE DINNER (PRE-PAID) Lasipalatsi Restaurant

10:30 EEST

SP Lucia Cores Sarría. The walking eye: An ecological approach to mobile framing A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Lucía Cores Sarría

11:00 EEST

SP Peter Turner: Personal imagining and the point-of-view shot in diegetic camera horror ﬁlms A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Peter Turner