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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/

Wyatt Moss-Wellington

The University of Sydney
Australia

Wyatt Moss-Wellington is a PhD candidate at The University of Sydney. He has recently published work in journals including Film International and Forum, with an article on cognitive dissonance in cinema upcoming in Projections. In 2012, he completed an MA research thesis on the cinema of John Sayles.

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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

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 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 EEST

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

13:00 EEST

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

15:30 EEST

LP Flueckiger Barbara. Film Colors, Textures, Lights. How Color Appearance Corresponds to Characters’ Inner States A-306 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Barbara Flueckiger

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

09:30 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 Philip Hohle. Heroes Without a Film, Films Without a Hero: Herophobic Voices in Postmodern Independent Cinema A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Philip Hohle

13:00 EEST

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

14:00 EEST

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 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 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 EEST

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

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 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 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

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

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 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

11:00 EEST

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 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

13:00 EEST

LP Todd Berliner: Bursting into Song in the Hollywood Musical A-301 Room, Töölö Campus, Aalto University (3rd floor)Todd Berliner 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

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 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

15:30 EEST

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