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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Apr 2.
Published in final edited form as: Behav Res Methods. 2015 Sep;47(3):773–787. doi: 10.3758/s13428-014-0500-0

Appendix A.

Information on film clips and target emotions.

Title Target Emotion Year Categories Start Time End Time Total Time Description
Planet Earth Introduction 2006 N/A N/A N/A 1:01 Introduction sequence from Planet Earth series. Shows animals and nature to background of exciting music.
Modern Times Amusement 1936 Black and White 3:01 6:34 2:59 Scene depicts Charlie Chaplin working in a factory. Starts with the sound of an opening bell and the factory starting operation. Comedy ensues when Chaplin makes mistakes on the assembly line. Ends when he resumes work after a bathroom break.
The Hangover Amusement 2009 New 22:41 28:28 5:47 Starts on a scene of four men giving toasts on a rooftop. The men wake up the next morning to a bizarre scene after a night of heavy drinking. Ends as the men and a baby stand silently in an elevator.
300 Excitement 2006 New 44:16 46:31 2:15 Scene depicts a battle between Persians and Spartans. Starts with an "earthquake" (actually caused by approach of Persian army). The armies approach one another as tension builds. Ends at the beginning of the fight.
The Bourne Identity Excitement 2002 New 52:18 55:32 3:14 Starts when cops pull up alongside a car. A chase scene through streets of Paris ensues. Ends as the car and a motorcycle are driving up a hill.
Remember the Titans Happiness 2000 New 1:39:02 1:45:10 6:08 Scene starts with coach saying "listen up, this is our time". A team wins its final football game and celebrates. End right before the music changes and the voiceover begins.
Wall-E Happiness 2008 New 58:51 1:02:06 3:15 Starts as a white robot flies forward. Two robots dance in outer space and fall in love as people in the spaceship watch and music plays. Ends when the two robots fly away together (before shot of big spaceship).
Pride and Prejudice Calmness 2005 New 1:13 2:50 1:37 Starts on scene of sunrise with birds chirping, just after title of movie disappears. A woman walks around a house. Ends at the pause in music just before a conversation begins.
Searching for Bobby Fischer Calmness 1993 13:12 16:31 3:19 Starts on a scene of woman and children running down a hallway. A man discovers his son knows how to play chess and plays a game with his son. Ends when the boy gets off his chair after the game.
Crash Anger 2004 New 15:34 22:07 6:33 Scene starts in a diner with a man talking on the phone (conversation starts with word "Look") (sets up context for later racism). A cop pulls over a black couple and sexually assaults the wife in front of her husband. Ends with the woman getting back in the car and closing door.
Gentleman S Agreement Anger 1947 Black and White 1:25:27 1:28:22 2:55 A man drives up to and enters a hotel. He tries to get a hotel room, but cannot because he is Jewish. Scene ends when he walks out while people stare at him.
National Lampoon’s Van Wilder Disgust 2002 New 47:22 50:29 3:07 Scene opens on three men in surgical masks holding pastries. Dog semen is inserted into the pastries. A woman delivers pastries to a fraternity, where men eat them. Ends right before the men start to vomit.
The Fly Disgust 1986 1:25:08 1:26:13 1:05 Cut in on a man on the ground with a gun. A creature (half man half fly) vomits digestive enzymes onto the man. End as fly-man looks at the passed-out body of the other man.
Psycho Fear 1960 Black and White 43:22 48:30 5:12 A man checks the guestbook of a hotel and walks up to a woman’s room. The woman is stabbed to death in the shower. Scene ends with a shot of blood draining into shower drain.
The Ring Fear 2002 New 1:39:28 1:42:13 2:45 Scene starts on a man working. His TV turns itself on, and eventually a girl crawls out of the TV and pulls her hair out of her face. (The scene is interspersed with shots of a woman trying to reach man.) Ends on static.
My Girl Sadness 1991 1:23:14 1:25:47 2:33 Starts when a minister walks up to a podium. Scene depicts a young boy's funeral. The boy's friend does not understand her friend's death, tries to give him his glasses so that he'll be able to see, and cries. Scene ends as she runs out of the house.
The Shawshank Redemption Sadness 1994 1:00:49 1:05:03 4:14 Starts with an old man leaving prison. He narrates how hard he finds it to adjust to the outside world and then hangs himself. Ends on image of him hanging (right before scene starts to change).
D.O.A. Surprise 1950 Black and White 0:38 2:52 2:14 Scene opens on a man walking towards a building. He walks down a hallway and turns into the homicide division room, saying he is there to report a murder. Scene ends when he says HE was murdered and the man across the table reacts with surprise (along with the music).
The Departed Surprise 2006 New 2:16:20 2:19:25 3:05 Starts as the camera pans over a scene on a rooftop. Scene shows a confrontation between two men. Ends after DiCaprio has been suddenly shot, on the image of Matt Damon standing in an elevator looking shocked.