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http://dx.doi.org/10.5909/JBE.2019.24.1.153

Quantification of The Conflict in Film Narrative: Focusing on Comparison of Characters' Face Area  

Kang, Soohwan (Inha University, Dept. of Korean Studies)
Park, Seung-Bo (Inha University, Dept. of Software Convergence Engineering)
Kim, Yeong Hun (Inha University, Dept. of Software Convergence Engineering)
You, Eun Soon (Inha University, Dept. of Software Convergence Engineering)
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Journal of Broadcast Engineering / v.24, no.1, 2019 , pp. 153-163 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper analyzes the film in a quantitative method to understand the principle to assign film's narrative as an art form. To do this, we tried to quantify 'conflict', which is a key factor of narrative, according to measuring the information represented in images. And thus, we measured the face areas of Protagonist and Antagonist, and then analyzed the relationship between area and conflict. The reason why the face area is used as the measurement target is because it is an index showing the way in which the director represents the conflict in the film. The quantification of conflict in films can be applied to indexing the narrative structure or specific conflict sections based on objective figures. In addition, it is possible to visualize narrative through conflict graphs, and it is meaningful that the computational criticism can apply into narrative study by quantification of conflict.
Keywords
quantitative method; computational criticism; narrative; conflict; face area;
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