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Characters

02Oct

Call for papers: New anthology on characters in film, television, and interactive media

by Aaron Taylor in Forum | 0 Comment
SCREENING CHARACTERS Editors: Johannes Riis (University of Copenhagen) Aaron Taylor (University of Lethbridge) Often the most immediate object of interest for audiences, characters frequently serve as the direct means by […]
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17Jul

With the past in front of the character

by Maarten Coëgnarts in Forum | 0 Comment
Dear colleagues, We are pleased to announce that our most recent paper entited “With the Past in Front of the Character: Evidence for Spatial-Temporal Metaphors in Cinema” has been published […]
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07Oct

A study in cinematic subjectivity

by Maarten Coëgnarts in Forum | 0 Comment
Dear SCSMI members, Please allow us to share with you our paper entitled “A study in cinematic subjectivity: Metaphors of perception in film” that just came out in Metaphor and […]
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Caring about Characters
11Jul

Caring about Characters

by Dirk Eitzen in Forum | 0 Comment
Several cognitive psychologists cooked up a simple experiment to demonstrate the power of our preference for underdogs. Here are animations similar to those they used, so you can check out their results for yourself.
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