How Do Films Make Us Feel? Thinking through embodiment and affect

Activity: Talk or presentation typesInvited talk

Description

Invited presentation as part of the Art in Conversation Series, University of St Andrews:

Seminar 12: Cinema
15th of October 2021, from 3:30 pm to 5:00 pm UK time
We will discuss the cinematic experience from a multidisciplinary point of view, trying to address fundamental issues, such as: How do we cognitively and emotionally engage with films and visual storytelling? Which are the embodied mechanisms that are activated while we watch moving images?
Speakers:
Tim Smith, Professor of Cognitive Psychology, Birkbeck University
Lucy Fife Donaldson, Senior Lecturer in Film Studies, University of St Andrews
Period15 Oct 2021
Event titleArt in Conversation: Cinema
Event typeSeminar
Degree of RecognitionNational