Brain Depositary: After 5:00 P.M Slip Brains Through Slot in Door

http://nofilmschool.com/2015/02/how-films-control-your-mind

"I don't care about the subject matter; I don't care about the acting; but I do care about the pieces of film and the photography and the soundtrack and all of the technical ingredients that made the audience scream." -Alfred Hitchcock

You remember those times when you're walking through a long hotel hallway. Now keep in mind, you're in this luxurious hotel with intricate patterns on the rug. You see doors on the sides with their respected number and ever so often you may see a desk with some flowers on it or a painting. You keep walking and you just start thinking to yourself, "Am I going to see two twins at the end of the next hallway, asking me if I want to play with them forever, and ever, and ever..." No? Well, it surely has happened to me, but this just begins a discussion about the one thing that we all have, our brain. My brain immediately associated the empty hallway with The Shining. My fear and suspense is bursting through as my imagination flourishes. The brain makes us think about those movies, while when we watch them the movies themselves has a power to control you. 

Mind Control? Something from Science Fiction right? Recently, there has been studies that coined the term, "Nuerocinema". This is the study to find out which styles of cinema has maximum control over your emotions. An experiment was made in which the contestants were hooked up to an FMRI while they watch a portion of a movie. They found out that each of the contestants had the same brain signals in the same part of their brain. Their eyes watched the same part of the screen too. This scientifically proves how movies connects with us even on a neurological level. 

How do they do this? As Hitchcock said, the technical prowess that inhibits the scene of a movie is used to grab the audience's attention even without the ability of the actors or the impact of the subject matter. How the audience gets immersed into this is by the style of each filmmaker. Hitchcock uses his lighting styles and cinematographic choices with the touch of the placement and blocking of the actors and camera. Other directors use their trademark techniques like Spielberg with his subtle one shots, Scorsese with fast cuts, etc. 

This becomes our conclusion. The way the filmmaker submerges audience in his movies and his styles is the bulk of nuerocinema. This can tell us many things in the future by analyzing which style audiences are conditioned to like rather than others. Perhaps in the future, we can use our brainwaves to control the story and style of a movie. And perhaps the reason we love certain movies so much is the unpredictable surprise of a scene and style. Then again, movies are the memories of our lifetime.