tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post4759736099311828808..comments2024-03-28T09:25:25.716-04:00Comments on Gurney Journey: Video Eye TrackingJames Gurneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-57808209882303723122011-07-11T11:35:17.859-04:002011-07-11T11:35:17.859-04:00Nick, eye tracking tests with still images show th...Nick, eye tracking tests with still images show that artists do look at images differently, and I would guess the same is true with film.<br /><br />Phiq, a recording of a scanpath on still images can hint at cognition behind the movement of the focal center. You can tell when someone "zones out," for example. <br /><br />Terry, you raised a number of questions that would make interesting research topics. I find I look at the other person more when I'm listening than when I'm speaking. I would doubt that such social rules of eye contact transfer to looking at faces on film.<br /><br />Sirithduriel movement compels and misdirects attention—which is the magician's art.<br /><br />Roberto--good thoughts. It seems to me what these eye tracking systems are missing is the shift from foveated vision (concentrating on the center of vision only) and peripheral vision, where we broaden our awareness to the big picture, without necessarily moving the center of vision. I can feel myself making that conscious adjustment while looking at a static scene, but there's no way an eye tracker would catch it.James Gurneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01870848001990898499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-6963679068707532622011-07-10T14:00:10.721-04:002011-07-10T14:00:10.721-04:00James-
These ‘eye-tracking’ posts are very interes...James-<br />These ‘eye-tracking’ posts are very interesting. Thanks for keeping us in the loop on this evolving subject.<br />I think ‘phiq’ has introduced an important question: “What is the difference between ‘looking’ and ‘seeing’”?<br /> I think eye-tracking is all about how we ‘look’… which, as a visual artist, is important to understand, and can help us create more dynamic and narrative pictures (your #8 point about VFX is well taken). <br />What I am struck by is what the tracking doesn’t seem to be tracking: Almost all of the conventional compositional elements!... Line, form, contrast, color ,rhythm, texture, proportion, negative space, etc.<br />If we want to draw attention (pun intended), put a nose on it… or stick it in the middle of the picture- that’s ‘Looking’.<br /> If we want to create an interesting painting we must help our audience to have an aesthetic experience.<br />Your blog and your books are certainly helping us all to do a better job. Thanx-RQRobertohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01751501281929627657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-8147965713629829722011-07-08T17:39:00.070-04:002011-07-08T17:39:00.070-04:00Interesting how the heat maps are very wide when t...Interesting how the heat maps are very wide when there are no faces in view, or actions to which direct attention is paid. As soon as a face comes into view, the heat map immediately centres around the nose and becomes much narrower.<br /><br />I wonder what the heat maps would have been if someone in a bear suit (or similar) would have walked through one of the shots.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-86832352335999711972011-07-08T12:37:25.732-04:002011-07-08T12:37:25.732-04:00For some reason when he was scooping the chilli fr...For some reason when he was scooping the chilli from the cutting board to the bowl I couldn't help but to look at the bowl and not at the blue green bowl thingy.Jeanie Changhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00267719663315775881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-27681159828364674072011-07-08T10:10:42.562-04:002011-07-08T10:10:42.562-04:00Interesting! I do wonder, though, if the race or n...Interesting! I do wonder, though, if the race or nationality or ethnic background of the viewer might change the focal points a bit. It's my (possibly erroneous) understanding that in some cultures, unlike the American white middle class that I'm part of, in conversation it is the speaker who looks at the listener's face, while the listener looks away from the speaker. It's cultural, is what I was told.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15805115670543125139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-54750443548203615052011-07-08T01:01:08.645-04:002011-07-08T01:01:08.645-04:00I have to agree with P.T. Waugh.
When presented w...I have to agree with P.T. Waugh.<br /><br />When presented with a bouncing ball (or will o' wisp), I feel compelled to follow it.knoxbloxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13266844685398547107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-61672966579067926892011-07-07T23:46:39.040-04:002011-07-07T23:46:39.040-04:00I wonder if there is a difference between "lo...I wonder if there is a difference between "looking" and "seeing." These experiments track the movement of the eyes, but the eyes are nothing without the brain, which is constantly processing the input the eyes give.phiqhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11424182011653329283noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-86039085256912244472011-07-07T19:46:44.847-04:002011-07-07T19:46:44.847-04:00Good point about the fast cutting. It's why I ...Good point about the fast cutting. It's why I get so bored watching films like Transformers, where the visuals should be impressing me (especially with that kind of budget!) but my eyes tend to lose focus fairly quickly. <br /><br /> I wonder if the results would differ if this test was given to film critics who are used to acknowledging aspects of a frame or scene that the layman may overlook?Nickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07179888575243031682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-20338611847728503382011-07-07T14:06:07.554-04:002011-07-07T14:06:07.554-04:00This is interesting. Even if for the most part it ...This is interesting. Even if for the most part it all felt very logical. I think that at the part where the guy moves the saucepan where we can't see it behind the other guy, the viewers eyes seemed to track the imagined position of the pan.Torbjörn Källströmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15024101125834752955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-50544717562055335492011-07-07T13:20:27.060-04:002011-07-07T13:20:27.060-04:00Ha, all I was tracking was that blue and green thi...Ha, all I was tracking was that blue and green thing.P.T. Waughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09501504337118894010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-60111617654543975952011-07-07T12:44:42.029-04:002011-07-07T12:44:42.029-04:00I'm curious to how/if it would be different if...I'm curious to how/if it would be different if someone were watching a movie in a language that the viewer didn't speak.<br /><br />The way they try to find meaning might be brought about from looking at different elements.jeffkunzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11778948523420524882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-51025693186656253652011-07-07T12:32:12.738-04:002011-07-07T12:32:12.738-04:00Plaster in British countries can mean bandage. I h...Plaster in British countries can mean bandage. I have some chili plasters from Germany. They are for things like back pain, when you put them on, they are mild, but within a half hour they begin to feel hot, then hotter, like a chemical burn. This (in theory) brings blood flow to the injury.<br /><br /> --ColinColinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17734156494730850290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2999230124118604245.post-63530306176834554572011-07-07T11:31:59.385-04:002011-07-07T11:31:59.385-04:00Chili plasters? I wonder if they were like the mu...Chili plasters? I wonder if they were like the mustard plasters my parents would put on my chest as a child when I had the croup. Those were supposed to loosen up your airways. Not sure if chili plasters are the same, but they did have mustard in them.Mark Harcharhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05856783308805684095noreply@blogger.com