Interactive emotional response computation for scriptable multimedia actors

Although modern computer graphics and animation are cable of producing near-realistic 3D images of virtual characters, the component of work that needs to be done by animators and artists is quite significant. A virtual actor framework developed by us aids animators in automating the modelling and animation of emotive virtual human heads with visual speech and gestures. We present the `situation processor´ component of this system that uses the OCC (Ortony, Clore and Collins) cognitive-emotional theory to intelligently query a user to determine the emotional response of a synthetic character in a movie scene. The use of our system significantly reduces the workload of animators