Multi-layered and multidimensional structure explaining impressions of hug scenes

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The overall evaluation of audio-visual content pertains to viewers’ affective experiences while watching them. We investigated these experiences and their mutual relationships by using scenes from movies with hug scenes. We selected 36 adjectives to describe the impressions of the videos and classified them into three layers: psychophysical, affective, and evaluative, based on a user study involving seven participants. They scored each of the 24 videos containing hug scenes according to these adjectives. The connections between the three layers were computed based on the scores of the adjectives. The four psychophysical factors influenced the four affective factors, which determined two overall evaluation factors: joyful and reassuring. The results will help develop strategies to enhance viewers’ emotional experiences while watching emotional video scenes and the criteria for evaluating emotional intensities.