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Presence While Watching Movies

Author(s) -

Tom Trościanko,

Stephen Hinde

Publication year - 2011

Publication title -

i-perception

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.64

H-Index - 26

ISSN - 2041-6695

DOI - 10.1068/ic216

Subject(s) - illusion , realism , shot (pellet) , observer (physics) , computer science , natural (archaeology) , optical illusion , multimedia , artificial intelligence , human–computer interaction , aesthetics , psychology , computer graphics (images) , art , cognitive psychology , visual arts , history , physics , chemistry , organic chemistry , archaeology , quantum mechanics

“Presence” is the illusion of being in a mediated experience rather than simply being an observer. It is a concept often applied to the question of realism of virtual environments. However, it is equally applicable to the act of watching a movie. A movie provides a markedly different visual environment to that given by the natural world—particularly because of frequent edits. And yet, the audience in a movie achieves high levels of presence. We investigate the relationship between presence and the optical and temporal parameters of movies. We find effects of mean shot length, colour/b&w, and 3D/2D. We find that short shots, while being unnatural, are associated with high levels of presence. We consider why such artificial stimuli should appear so real and immersive

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