Affective Media Examples by Jodie Taylor

Of The Night by Bastielle

drjodietaylor — 2019-03-28 05:47:11 UTC

This track make me feel hopeless. I think it's a kind of postmodern hopelessness though, because it's entertaining nihilism.

Do You Feel What I Feel? - Immerse

drjodietaylor — 2020-03-26 00:00:27 UTC

Haptic storytelling. Check it out!

Empathy Museum

drjodietaylor — 2020-03-26 00:08:51 UTC

Check this out if you're interested. It's a really cool affective media project.

Before Sunset (Linklater, 2004)

h_walmsleyevans — 2020-03-26 01:18:03 UTC

This clip makes me feel sad, in a romantic way; heartbroken.

Inland Empire (Lynch, 2006)

h_walmsleyevans — 2020-03-26 01:23:12 UTC

Watching Inland Empire is the most frightened I've ever been watching a film.

Insidious

2020-03-26 07:17:32 UTC

I watched this film way to young at my friends place. It made it more scary because I was in an unfamiliar environment. When I was searching for this film, I did still get chills because of the childhood fear however, when looking at the demon, he looks very fake. In my opinion now, the demon looks like Animal from the Muppets.

Titanic

2020-03-26 07:24:27 UTC

Makes me feel sad, joyful and romantic. These two created a connection and a bond however, their relationship was shunned upon in that time period of society. And everyone knows the story of the Titanic, very sad. Jake dies. Leaving Rose behind.

HELLO?!?

2020-04-01 00:42:30 UTC

My affective response of this video using the ‘Atlas of Emotions’ core emotions are a combination of Disgust and Enjoyment. The content is so wrong that it is engaging. The attached article review is hilarious and sums up how I feel about this 80’s video clip. Lilith
https://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/rembert-explains-the-eighties-lionel-richies-hello-video/

Dylan

2020-07-30 04:53:28 UTC

The song 'Make you Feel My Love' illicit both sadness and enjoyment. The enjoyment comes through the cathartic nature of the lyric and the tone of the song which resonates with my emotional state.

Trent

2020-07-30 07:07:01 UTC

Sadness - Hopelessness, frustration, emptiness https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UUeqvquXZI

Matt

2020-07-30 07:07:54 UTC

The music of this definitely makes me feel "enjoyment" both because of the familiarity of the elements of a genre I am passionate about, and the novelty of the unique composition elements.

The graphic visual elements initially elicit disgust. But also enjoyment - again because horror movies are genre I enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=482tDopNzoc

Trent

2020-07-30 07:10:45 UTC

Emjoyment - Ecstacy, wonder, sensory pleasure...happiness :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPHSN-apJr8

Sparky

2020-07-30 07:25:50 UTC

For Anger, I'm going to use the very topical speech of Mr Nancy's entrance from American Gods

Sparky

2020-07-30 07:27:39 UTC

Johnny Cash's cover of Hurt emphasizes tired old Sadness, transforming what used to be a song about self-loathing Anger and Disgust

Sparky

2020-07-30 07:30:12 UTC

Nine Inch Nail's Closer illicits a contrasting affect (Disgust) to the music's seeming intent (Enjoyment)

Kristina

2020-11-11 07:58:42 UTC

What defines 'loss' for sadness? I didn't know Van Gogh, and this is a fictional depiction of him, but this scene makes me feel sadness and perhaps it's the loss of his life and how he was never able to see the fruits of his efforts

Kristina

2020-11-11 08:20:13 UTC

Patrick's anger (presented as simmering and brooding - anger through sulking) is great in this scene. Especially if you know what happens to Paul Allen in later scenes.

Angus

2020-11-12 03:23:01 UTC

Milton's excitement is picturesque as he rolls away from his formidable Kickflip at Sunset Car Wash in Los Angeles. This location is known for being one of the most notorious spots in Skateboarding history. His initial leg break, recovery, comeback attempts and ultimate execution paint the beautiful idea of determination, will and patience to succeed. You can feel how much he savours the emotions he's experiencing at 9:16.

Angus

2020-11-12 03:50:06 UTC

Alice's response to Dan admitting he has been cheating on her in this scene in Closer is heartbreaking. It is one of the culminating scenes from the emotional tension built throughout the film. It truly expresses the pain, fear and disgust that dynamically shares itself with the love we experience in a relationship for and with another human.

Naomi

2020-11-12 04:19:25 UTC

The scene in Buffy builds sadness by initially opening to Dawn concerned about trivial things. Then her denial as we see other people realise the seriousness. Followed by the silent cutaway of Buffy telling her their mother died.

Naomi

2020-11-12 04:37:15 UTC

As an anxiety inducing scene that makes you feel uncomfortable is from Whiplash (2014). The abuse from the whole film feels like it's at its height in the moments when Andrew attends rehearsal after being in a car accident.

Geoff

2020-11-12 06:04:06 UTC

The Last of Us is a grim game exploring the dark depths of survival. This brief scene offers a joyful respite in an otherwise arduous and gruelling journey.

Antony

2020-11-12 06:07:23 UTC

The feeling of longing

Antony

2020-11-12 06:09:34 UTC

Wanting to get out of the rat race and social norms

Antony

2020-11-12 06:11:46 UTC

Loneliness

Despair

2020-11-12 06:18:13 UTC

Kim

2020-11-15 06:06:18 UTC

Hopelessness

I find this video makes me feel a mix of hopelessness and dread. The quote before the dancing begins really sets the tone of the piece, and the empty setting juxtapositioned with the frequent movements and the combination of the strings and the vocals adds to the anxiety. It does change it’s vibe towards the end, trying to end on a more hopeful and freeing point with the change in choreography dynamics.

Kim

2020-11-15 06:07:09 UTC

Trepidation

I chose this video because personally I feel that it uses a lot of conventions found in horror settings, designed to insight fear; flashing lights, people trying to get into the room, erratic movements, etc, however I wasn’t scared. Based upon the atlas of emotions, I felts a mix of trepidation and maybe a bit of relief (which is classified in the enjoyment area), most likely to do with the 90s nostalgia I get from the song.

Michael

2020-11-18 22:58:31 UTC

Trepidation/Dread

Michael

2020-11-18 23:02:07 UTC

Sensory pleasure/Peace

Bright Eyes

10011768 — 2020-11-26 00:16:34 UTC

Sadness/grief

From the moment I heard this song as a very little girl, it made me feel sad. I thought of my grandparents, with the knowing that they were old and had limited time with us. Whenever I hear this song it makes me cry, just as I did when I was four years old and heard it for the first time.

Despair

tomaspets — 2021-03-31 00:30:11 UTC

This scene from Full Metal Alchemist always illicit's a sense of despair that leads into compassion for me, usually being expressed in joyful tears. This is done through both the beauty shown by Ed's compassion and the solemn reflection of the moment itself.

Trepidation/Desperation

tomaspets — 2021-03-31 00:44:48 UTC

Yes Your Grace is a game that fluctuates between Trepidation and Desperation. Throughout the player is put in a position where they must make decisions without fully understanding the consequences of
them.

Joe, Dread/anxiety

2021-03-31 04:15:30 UTC

A Quite Place was one of the few movies that made me squirm in my seat from the relentless stress the movie put on me. I new something bad would happen but the sound design amped up the feeling of dread almost the whole time someone made a sound.

Morgan, Anticipation, Amazement

2021-04-01 06:41:02 UTC

The John Wick series seems to promote the anticipation and amazement of its viewers with the smooth motion of the filming in such a chaotic setting, following the view of John, and the anticipation that we all share for him hunting the killer of his dog.

Sadness, like you've been up all night and the world has already ended

2021-04-01 06:42:48 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxg4C365LbQ
Lorn - Acid Rain
The nostalgic synth sounds, the sadness it conveys of someone not realising that whatever matters has already ended. - Omid

Hope, Joy, Terror, Sadness

2021-04-01 06:43:02 UTC

This is one of the memorable scenes where the characters go through a wave of emotion from happy to sad. On one hand they killed the big bad evil guy but Frodo died.

Morgan, Anger/Disgust

2021-04-01 06:44:06 UTC

Seaspiracy was an eye opening glimpse of the awful practices of the industrial fishing world and how grossly destructive and immoral a lot of their methods are.

Sadness/resignation

2021-07-22 05:23:42 UTC

This song always breaks my heart because it feels like it is from the point of view of a person who knows that everything is falling apart but can't do anything about it. Lyrical imagery
is strong and the looping nature of the guitar part emphasises the sense of being stuck - Travis

Sadness/Horror

trizzo12 — 2021-07-22 05:26:25 UTC

This art work is by Ai Weiwei. It is a snake made up of 9000 children's backpacks. It represents the 9000 children that died in the Sichuan earthquake because of poor building construction and the cover up. I saw it in Melbourne a few years ago. It filled me with horror, anger and sadness. It was also very beautiful.

Enjoyment/Excitement

2021-07-22 05:28:36 UTC

This song captures the experience that having community/a good friend make a situation or place better, no matter what else is going around there is hope and excitement in your friends. - Travis

Disgust and Fear

2021-11-01 03:35:17 UTC

A big push for Magenta and Purple for expressing the emotion of disgust in this movie. In both theories presented above, Magenta is associated with fear and disgust.
Contrary to several non-media associated colour theorists.
I find this quite interesting.(Paula)

Fear/Enjoyment

2021-11-09 01:30:32 UTC

I always feel a dichotomy between "the call of the void" and logic when watching these kinds of videos - Tim

Fear and Calmness

CloudyPixels — 2021-11-15 04:17:39 UTC

I played this game around 2018, and to date it's one of the most engaging narratives I've ever seen. It always intrigued me how it managed to give me a sense of unease, anxiety, and at some points outright terror, while also making me feel calm and entranced. I think it's the overall presentation of the tone and mood in each setting/scene, how it manages to convey the contradictory nature of real life.

Electric Car Debate

2021-11-16 07:48:07 UTC

I am angry and disgusted with the electric car debate because I think it is missing the point about resistance to these vehicles in countries outside US, Asia and Europe: it's about distance and infrastructure and noone seems to get it.

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/the-great-electric-vehicles-debate-how-much-has-the-tech-changed-in-three-years-20211112-p598cm.html

Fear

aburgess12 — 2022-03-21 14:42:52 UTC

This has got to be the biggest nightmare that I've ever had... but it never stops me from re-watching the film.

Peace

gildedanarchy — 2022-03-27 03:02:08 UTC

Kokiri's Apothecary fills me with feelings of peacefulness. Her cheerful tone against the backdrop of inside plants evoke a sense of calm for me.

Fear & Disgust

2022-07-18 05:30:53 UTC

Disgust - There are a few scenes from the film ‘The Cook, the Thief, his wife & her lover’ that I find real gross and disgusting because it constantly involves food with other things.

Fear - That film ‘Split’ really freaked me out. Horror films are scary but we know its not real. Split however tells the story of someone with dissociative identity disorder who kidnaps girls and then some weird, crazy stuff happens. All those things could legit happen in real life.

Love and loathing

markgambino1 — 2022-07-19 06:33:26 UTC

A marriage proposal turned theft in this roller coaster moment. Feelings of love and admiration, even anticipation, swiftly give way to shock, surprise, then contempt, disgust and loathing.

Sadness

00429 — 2022-11-05 05:21:06 UTC

"The Green, Green Grass of Home" was the first song played as the funeral began, yesterday, for a 35-year-old woman I knew. I have always liked this song but played in the context of the funeral just sent me into a bubbling mess.

Serenity

00429 — 2022-11-05 05:46:57 UTC

I'm cheating here and have linked to a film I made in 2020. During COVID lockdowns in Melbourne I made a number of little films with my three cats. This is one of many but one of the last with all 3. The long-haired Tabby (Princess Willow Rose) died at the end of October 2020 and the Torty (white, ginger and black) 'old girl', 'Queen Olivia', died July 2021. It is just me and the 'old man' (Mr. Angel Harris) now so when I look back at this film, I smile to remember my girls! I feel 'serene' (calm, peaceful and untroubled as per the definition).

Joshua Cusack - Admiration - Fear

2022-11-07 15:40:59 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UyW_acegSVc

Admiration -

Rick Rubin - How to stop Overthinking

“Art doesn’t come in a quarterly way” 4:35

The ideas that Rick talks about here and in the extended podcast with Lex Friedman I have so much admiration for. As one of the most influential producers of the past several decades, Rick's open mind and zen mastery is really something to admire. His take on art stemming from belief that if you get out of your own way and listen that great ideas and art will eventuate, adjacent to this is his constant statement that If you put your best into everything that even if it fails or is possibly not your best work that it is the best it could possibly be at that time and that there is no benefit or loss to dwelling on this as long as “on this quest for greatness you’re living up to you’re ability.” 5:50

The idea that as an artist you are not one to judge art but create it and consistently be trying to do the best work you have.

Modell 5

Fear

https://granularsynthesis.info/MODELL-5

The general manipulation of sound and video in Modell-5 create a very offsetting audio and visual experience. "Sound is what accounts for the highest degree of nervousness." with the origin of the sounds being notably human the manipulation certainly creates an audible uncanny valley with the manipulations often sounding very unhuman with a tinge of familiarity. The same stands with the video.

Fight Club (David Fincher)

2022-11-15 05:09:51 UTC

In the film Fight Club, you can feel the emotive elements of boredom, frustration and anger. The is scene really makes you think about the capitalist world we live in.
Tyler Durden says, “We’re the middle children of history, man. No purpose or place. We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War’s a spiritual war… our Great Depression is our lives. We’ve all been raised on television to believe that one day we’d all be millionaires, and movie gods, and rock stars.”....

Grief, awe

2023-03-20 11:05:05 UTC

I recently watched Aftersun by Charlotte Wells (twice) and it absolutely destroyed me. I find media that makes me feel "big" feelings like grief incredible and worth watching multiple times, because once you get past the initial feeling of grief, and revisit that same piece of media, its like you're watching it for the first time and you notice a whole new array of things you missed the first time round. In this case, I was in awe. Less heartbroken the second time, but perhaps more distraught because I could see many more moments leading up to the conclusion. SPOILERS!!!!! DONT WATCH THIS IF YOU HAVENT SEEN THE MOVIE. I BEG YOU ALL TO GO WATCH IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

Serenity - Kinzi

2023-11-06 04:03:52 UTC

From a super cosy movie that I love, the beginning reminds me of the Corpse Bride soundtrack. This song is the perfect opening to the film and gives me the ultimate feeling of serenity.

Sadness - Candy man (Kinzi)

2023-11-06 04:09:20 UTC

For me the ending of this scene makes me so emotional, he is made to be a sympathetic character. You can see the sadness in his eyes, a bit bias because I love this character despite being a villain.

Manufacturing Consent goes both ways

2025-11-18 02:22:37 UTC

For me, this scene is one of the most perfectly designed scenes in cinema history. Every creative contribution perfectly creates the whole. Without the use dialogue, the film provides the viewer the most important plot device, the protagonist's complete flip in belief (fatal flaw), the story turning point and the overall theme of the film all whilst emotionally manipulating the audience at a masterful level. We feel the scene, we get the message and we emotionally change just like Schindler does.