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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/

Juipi Chien

National Taiwan University
Associate Professor
Taiwan

forex.ntu.edu.tw/en/people/bio.php?PID=80#personal_writing

Juipi has been updating Ferdinand de Saussure's bloody good ideas in the contexts of aesthetics, phenomenology and current neuroscience. She seeks to introduce vibrant and unconventional approaches into our study of details found in films and paintings.

09:00 EEST

Good morning! Welcome to registration! Aalto Big Hall, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (1st floor)

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

10:30 EEST

SP Keyvan Sarkhosh. What is the feel-good factor of feel-good ﬁlms? Results from an online survey on the generic outlines, narrative and aesthetic properties and emotional effects of a popular movie type A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Keyvan Sarkhosh

11:00 EEST

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 EEST

SP Miklos Kiss and Steven Willemsen. Impossible Puzzle Films: ambiguous framings and framing ambiguities in David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Steven Willemsen

12:00 EEST

Lunch Aalto in-house lunch restaurant

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 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

17:00 EEST

PP/DP Marie-Laure Cazin. Cinema and neuroscience, the case of emotive cinema A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Marie-Laure Cazin

11:00 EEST

SP Marcelo Bertalmio and Albert Pascual. Reclaiming the creative techniques of ﬁlm cinematography A-305 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Marcelo Bertalmio

11:30 EEST

SP Colin Burke, Lene Heiselberg, Katalin Balint and Brendan Rooney. Narration alone or accompanied by acted events in a historical documentary: Exploring cognitive effort and emotional arousal using measures of... A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Katalin Bálint

12:00 EEST

Lunch Aalto in-house lunch restaurant

13:00 EEST

LP Adriano D'Aloia and Ruggero Eugeni. What time is in? Subjective Perception of Time in the Audiovisual Experience A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Adriano D’Aloia • Ruggero Eugeni

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

15:30 EEST

Refreshments Aalto Hallway 3rd floor - Refreshments

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

18:15 EEST

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

20:00 EEST

CONFERENCE DINNER (PRE-PAID) Lasipalatsi Restaurant

09:30 EEST

LP Torben Grodal. Aesthetics and emotions in animated ﬁlms A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Torben Grodal

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 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 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

12:00 EEST

Lunch Aalto in-house lunch restaurant

13:00 EEST

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 EEST

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 EEST

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 EEST

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

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)