An annotation of cuts, depicted locations, and temporal progression in the motion picture "Forrest Gump".
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SUBMITTER: Hausler CO
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5034791 | biostudies-literature | 2016
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An annotation of cuts, depicted locations, and temporal progression in the motion picture "Forrest Gump".
Häusler Christian O CO Hanke Michael M
F1000Research 20160908
Here we present an annotation of locations and temporal progression depicted in the movie "Forrest Gump", as an addition to a large public functional brain imaging dataset ( http://studyforrest.org). The annotation provides information about the exact timing of each of the 870 shots, and the depicted location after every cut with a high, medium, and low level of abstraction. Additionally, four classes are used to distinguish the differences of the depicted time between shots. Each shot is also a ...[more]
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