#AudienceResponses
Thanks for reading/sharing the paper Stephen!
With Katalin Balint's Story Lab at @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, @cynthiacabanas.bsky.social,
we've been extending this work to look at other #FilmFeatures and other #AudienceResponses.
We love this topic!😍
Close-ups make us care... but only up to a point.

This study tested how the number of close-ups affects how viewers describe a character’s inner life. Same film, different versions, each with a different number of face shots.

Here's what they found... (Thread)
July 11, 2025 at 8:10 AM