Fig. 6: Illustrating the path from scientific experiments in film research to filmmaking insights.

The top tier outlines the progression from the various filmmaking elements, such as story, acting, color, and editing, to the viewer’s cinematic experience. Viewers watch films and, in turn, generate data through their subjective behavioral ratings and neural responses. The second tier depicts the research protocol used in this study, indicated by the green box, and links its findings from scientific experiments to broader filmmaking insights. This figure was produced by the authors. This figure was produced by the authors. This figure is covered by the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Reproduced with permission of Yiwen Wang; copyright © Cao et al. all rights reserved.