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Emotional Responses to Aesthetically Integrated and Standard Subtitles in a Fantasy-Thriller Audiovisual Context

Leveridge, Francesca; Mével, Pierre-Alexis; Tsikandilakis, Myron

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Authors

Francesca Leveridge

Myron Tsikandilakis



Abstract

Situated at the intersection of Psychology, Film Studies, Accessibility Studies and Translation Studies, this article investigates the emotional correlates of two types of subtitles (standard and aesthetically integrated) on audiences in the context of fear-eliciting clips with Russian fantasy thriller Night Watch (Bekmambetov, 2004). Our experiment employed a methodology combining skin conductance (SCR), heart-rate responses (HR) and self-reports (questionnaires) to account for the complex interplay between experiential, cognitive, behavioural and physiological elements that make up emotional responses. We examined the psychophysiological and self-report responses to two subtitling delivery effects – standard subtitles and aesthetically integrated subtitles – focussing specifically on fear. We used significance-testing and Bayesian analyses to compare the two subtitling deliveries. For both analyses, we found that the presentation of aesthetically integrated subtitles led to higher positively rated psychophysiological arousal and quality of viewing experience ratings compared to standard subtitles. This novel finding suggests that aesthetically integrated subtitles could play an important role in the development of new ways to provide audiovisual translation.

Citation

Leveridge, F., Mével, P.-A., & Tsikandilakis, M. (2024). Emotional Responses to Aesthetically Integrated and Standard Subtitles in a Fantasy-Thriller Audiovisual Context. Journal of Audiovisual Translation, 7(1), 1-32. https://doi.org/10.47476/jat.v7i1.2024.266

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 3, 2024
Online Publication Date Jun 17, 2024
Publication Date Apr 26, 2024
Deposit Date Feb 15, 2024
Publicly Available Date Feb 15, 2024
Journal Journal of Audiovisual Translation
Print ISSN 2617-9148
Electronic ISSN 2617-9148
Publisher European Association for Studies in Screen Translation
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 7
Issue 1
Pages 1-32
DOI https://doi.org/10.47476/jat.v7i1.2024.266
Keywords subtitles; fantasy-thriller; psychophysiology; emotion; skin conductance; heart rate
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/31447153
Publisher URL https://jatjournal.org/index.php/jat/article/view/266

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