The tests continued on the 15th march and as such it was intended after that test the video would be altered to factor in the results of the blinking and emotional responses to create another Version, one which I knew the outcome would be before I tested it then by testing that I would get clear evidence If I had learned how to manipulate sound effects to change the viewers perception.
However the intial tests failed and so it had to be rebooked 2 weeks later in which only 2 films were tester and the video footage was unusable. The questionnaire results however were still of value and I did use them to change the next questionnaire again to improve it and also pulle dout some jusdgements about the test already which was that the hypereal testers were similarly opinionated to the realism testers but more diverse in there answers and mulitple choices, asnwering more than once per question usually.
The test was thought over again and it was decided to go to the backup plan which was whitespace mac testign which turned otu to be the best option in the end with clear video footage. I used the same headphones and mac in every test making sure i had as few variables as could be but missed an important one which was one tester was ill, the test results for that tester were very different - which proved in his state of illness he blinked more than the healthy subjects.
This test was analysed later on and data like blink times, mouth movements, eyebrow raises etc for later review as this part of the test is only about blinking. The results were graphed and put into visual form to easily understand.
This was then matched with the questionaire results which did not show the same cohesion at the hyperreal side of the scale but showed a different side. This result showed that th eminimalsit style had very definitive results on the views of the testers where as it became very undefinied between testers what their views where on it. Overall it seems that consciously more sound effects than less gave a wider scope of interpretation to that particular film where as with unconsciously it seems to be the case that the more sound effects you add the more in balance you become in terms of blinking.
I have made speculations on why this might have happened and one is in speculation is much like the sample rate of audio, the lower the sample rate the wider the gap between sample points and few sample points, this being similar to the minimalism film. This links to the answers being more defined but the blink rate was very wide apart and blink convergence few. Similarly with increasing the sample rate on audio the narrower the gap between sample points but there obviously being more of them, this being true again with the hyperrealism film where the view points of the testers were wide apart but the blink rate meeting a similar point in each subject with a much higher convergence of blink points. This means a very interesting development in understanding how the brain processes information and is not hard to believe as the way that the brain processes audio is not fully understood.
As for the relective writting this is at a close, while for the future who knows if we will have blink recognition phones and such.
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