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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/

James Cutting

Cornell University
Susan Linn Sage Professor
USA

people.psych.cornell.edu/~jec7/

James E. Cutting is Susan Linn Sage Professor of Psychology at Cornell University. He has published three books, the most recent of which is Impressionism and its canon (2006) and over one hundred articles on the perception of motion, space, and similar topics. His interests in the relations among perception, culture, high art, and popular art led him to the study of popular movies.

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

18:30

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

20:00

Get-together at Allas Sea Pool SAUNA Allas Sea Pool

09:30

LP Wyatt Moss-Wellington: A Social Narratology of Film A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Wyatt Moss-Wellington

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 Mette Hjort. Feel Good Films and Positive Emotions: Film in the Context of Health and Well-Being A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Mette Hjort

11:30

SP Brendan Rooney, Katalin Balint, Colin Burke, Sharon Chi Tak Lee, Caroline Mantei and Tess O'Leary: The effect of engagement-mode and character eye-gaze on viewers of a virtual reality ﬁlm. A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Katalin Bálint • Brendan Rooney

12:00

Lunch Aalto in-house lunch restaurant SCSMI Fellow Lunch Meeting TBCMurray Smith

13:00

LP Tim J. Smith. The irresistible allure of screens: Is touchscreen use impacting child development? A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Tim J. Smith

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

15:00

Refreshments Aalto Hallway 3rd floor - Refreshments

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

16:30

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

17:00

PP/DP Johanna Arens, Mehul Bhatt, Hubert Kloskowski, Vasiliki Kondyli, Sk Nahiduzzaman, Omar Moussa, Jakob Suchan, R ocio Varela, Abdur Rahman, Md Mamunuzzaman and Daniele Tatasciore. Embodied Cognitive Experiences... A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Johanna Arens • Omar Moussa

19:00

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

21:00

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

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

11:00

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

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

Lunch Aalto in-house lunch restaurant

13:00

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

SP Hauke Meyerhoff, Frank Papenmeier and Markus Huff. Visual activity of movie clips biases time perception A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Hauke Meyerhoff

14:30

SP Jason Gendler. Television Narrative and the Potential for Change A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Jason Gendler SP Miriam Laura Loertscher and Christian Iseli. The Cinematic Look and the Paradox of High Frame Rates A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Miriam Laura Loertscher

15:00

SP Kata Szita. Movies on Smartphones: The Physiological Effects of Screen Size, Physical Connection, and the Active Environment A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Kata Szita

15:30

Refreshments Aalto Hallway 3rd floor - Refreshments

16:00

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 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

20:00

CONFERENCE DINNER (PRE-PAID) Lasipalatsi Restaurant

11:00

SP Helane Rosenberg and Nathaniel Epstein. The Mental Imaging of the Filmmaking Team: How Directors, Cinematographers, and Editors Create, Modify, and Finalize their Filmic Images A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Helane Rosenberg

11:30

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

LP Todd Berliner: Bursting into Song in the Hollywood Musical A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Todd Berliner 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 Jeff Smith. Scoring the Warner Bros. Crime Film: From Little Caesar To White Heat A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Jeff Smith

14:30

SP Sam Roggen. Planimetric Staging and Pictorial Flatness in 1950s CinemaScope: A Systematic Style Analysis A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Sam Roggen

15:30

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