An annotation of cuts, depicted locations, and temporal progression in the motion picture "Forrest Gump"

F1000Res. 2016 Sep 8:5:2273. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.9536.1. eCollection 2016.

Abstract

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 annotated regarding the type of location (interior/exterior) and time of day. This annotation enables further studies of visual perception, memory of locations, and the perception of time under conditions of real-life complexity using the studyforrest dataset.

Keywords: annotation; natural stimulation; scene perception; spatial cognition; studyforrest; time perception.

Grants and funding

Michael Hanke was supported by funds from the German federal state of Saxony-Anhalt and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), Project: Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences.