Considering the filmmaker: Intensified continuity, narrative structure, and the Distancing-Embracing model

Abstract

AbstractMenninghaus et al. pose two open-ended questions: To what extent do formal elements of art elicit negative affect, and do artists try to elicit this response in a theory-based or intuitive manner? For popular movies, we argue that the consideration of their construction is prior to the consideration of the experience that they evoke.