Abstract
The spatial arrangement of visual elements of an image, i.e. the visual composition, is a research subject in the domain of visual arts which include painting, film, etc. Film experts face the problem of retrieval of visual compositions in film on a daily basis. Although, visual composition is a crucial element to consider in content-based video retrieval, little scientific effort has been invested into this problem so far. Actually, it is unclear if content-based retrieval of visual compositions is feasible. We present a user study conducted to investigate the feasibility of content-based retrieval of visual compositions as they are understood by film experts. For that reason, we create a data set derived from real world material and let the film experts evaluate the retrieval performance.The user study investigates the applicability of state-of-the-art visual features and shows differences in evaluations by film experts (test group) and computer scientists (reference group).
Reference
Mitrovic, D., Zeppelzauer, M., Zaharieva, M., & Breiteneder, C. (2011). Retrieval of Visual Composition in Film. In Proceedings 12th International Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services (p. 4). http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/53631