The problem of relating media content to users' affective responses is here addressed.
Previous work suggests that a direct mapping of audio-visual properties into emotion …

In film-making, the distance from the camera to the subject greatly affects the narrative power
of a shot. By the alternate use of Long shots, Medium and Close-ups the director is able to …

A method of characterizing a program includes defining a scene as a portrayal of an emotion
of a first character and identifying each scene within a first program to apportion the first …

The manner in which language is utilized in reporting Islam is disheartening. This is
because sensationalized language, especially in the news media, could reinforce negative …

In this paper, we take a human-centred view to the definition of the affective content of films.
We investigate the relationship between users physiological response and multimedia …

Content-based video retrieval systems (CBVR) are creating new search and browse
capabilities using metadata describing significant features of the data. An often overlooked …

The media attention towards Islam has increased recently, but meeting the quality standards
in reporting the religion is often of great concern in this regard. This issue has been debated …

Recent advances in multimedia technologies have helped create extensive digital video
repositories. Users need to be able to search these large video repositories in order to find …

Content-based video retrieval systems (CBVR) are creating new search and browse
capabilities using metadata describing significant features of the data. An often overlooked …

Content-based video retrieval systems (CBVR) are creating new search and browse
capabilities using metadata describing significant features of the data. An often overlooked …