Logic of Montage
Hayami Takahashi, Kensuke Takahashi
TL;DR
This paper proposes a novel triad—Effect of Contradictory Structure (EoCoS), montage, and Effect of Structure (EoS)—to render emotions as a distinct expressive form that complements natural language. It defines EoCoS as a dynamic module that encodes contradiction via biased border positioning, introduces intensity as a core, and uses montage to fuse similar or causally related EoCoSs, producing structured EoS effects. A general framework, Word Import Between Systems, is developed to transplant the notion of intensity from Deleuze and Austin/Foucault into EoCoS, with steps for aligning illocutionary force and intensity across models. The paper also outlines demo pipelines, intensity monitoring needs, and connections to related emotion theories, while acknowledging limitations around ontological commitments and proposing future empirical validation. Overall, the work offers a structured, theory-driven path to explicitly model and visualize emotional states through computational composition of symbolic mood units.
Abstract
In expressing emotions, as an expression form separate from natural language, we propose an alternative form that complements natural language, acting as a proxy or window for emotional states. First, we set up an expression form "Effect of Contradictory Structure." "Effect of Contradictory Structure" is not static but dynamic. Effect in "Effect of Contradictory Structure" is unpleasant or pleasant, and the orientation to avoid that unpleasantness is considered pseudo-expression of will. Second, "Effect of Contradictory Structure" can be overlapped with each other. This overlapping operation is called "montage." A broader "Structure" that includes related "Effect of Contradictory Structure" and "Effect of Structure" are set up. Montage produces "Effect of Structure". In montage, it is necessary to set something like "strength," so we adopted Deleuze and Deleuze/Guattari's word "intensity" and set it as an element of our model. We set up a general theoretical framework - Word Import Between Systems (Models) and justified the import of "intensity" through Austin's use of the word "force." "Effect of Structure" process is demonstrated using the example of proceeding to the next level of education.