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Embodying the camera: An EEG study on the effect of camera movements on film spectators´ sensorimotor cortex activation.
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- Perceptual oddities: assessing the relationship between film editing and prediction processes.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2024Article
- An embodiment of the cinematographer: emotional and perceptual responses to different camera movement techniques.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- The effect of Surround sound on embodiment and sense of presence in cinematic experience: a behavioral and HD-EEG study.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2023Article
- Enacting Media. An Embodied Account of Enculturation Between Neuromediality and New Cognitive Media Theory.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Haptic Aesthetics and Bodily Properties of Ori Gersht's Digital Art: A Behavioral and Eye-Tracking Study.Frontiers in psychology · 2019Article
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Abstract
One key feature of film consists in its power to bodily engage the viewer. Previous research has suggested lens and camera movements to be among the most effective stylistic devices involved in such engagement. In an EEG experiment we assessed the role of such movements in modulating specific spectators´ neural and experiential responses, likely reflecting such engagement. We produced short video clips of an empty room with a still, a zooming and a moving camera (steadicam) that might simulate the movement of an observer in different ways. We found an event related desynchronization of the beta components of the rolandic mu rhythm that was stronger for the clips produced with steadicam than for those produced with a still or zooming camera. No equivalent modulation in the attention related occipital areas was found, thus confirming the sensorimotor nature of spectators´ neural responses to the film clips. The present study provides the first empirical evidence that filmic means such as camera movements alone can modulate spectators' bodily engagement with film.
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