Enhancing Emotional Awareness and Regulation in Movies and Music Based on Personality

Abstract

Music and movies are powerful art forms that elicit deep feelings and emotions and help us reflect on our and other people's lives on subjects such as: dreams, mental states, routines, society and culture. The evolution of technology has been easing access to these forms of entertainment and education for everyone, everywhere in the world. Given the easy and frequent interaction with a huge amount of movies and music daily, and the impact of these in our emotions, it becomes more and more relevant to address and think of ways to augment people's emotional perception and awareness of multimedia content in and through movies and music. In this paper, we present the motivation and describe the background for these challenges, and propose an approach for the design, development and expansion of interactive features that allow users to visualize and access emotions felt while engaging with movies and music. A special focus is put on the content in these forms of entertainment that have in some way meant something or can be associated with a significant memory, providing insights and helping to manage and regulate emotions, allowing to revisit content with an increased awareness or even recommend new content, taking into account users’ personality.