Confronting a Paradox: A New Perspective of the Impact of Uncertainty in Suspense.

ABSTRACT: Suspense is a key narrative issue in terms of emotional gratifications. Reactions in response to this type of entertainment are positively related to enjoyment, having a significant impact on the audience's immersion and suspension of disbelief. Related to computational modeling of this feature, some automatic storytelling systems include limited implementations of suspense management system in their core. In this way, the interest of this subject in the area of creativity has resorted to different definitions from fields as narratology and the film industry, as much as several proposals of its constituent features. Among their characteristics, uncertainty is one of the most discussed in terms of impact and need: while many authors affirm that uncertainty is essential to evoke suspense, ot

SUBMITTER: Delatorre P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6092602 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature