Scene Segmentation in Artistic Archive Documentaries

Abstract. Scene segmentation is a crucial task in the structural analysis of film. State-of-the-art scene segmentation algorithms usually target fiction films (e.g. Hollywood films). Documentaries (especially artistic archive documentaries) follow different montage rules than fiction films and consequently require specialized approaches for scene segmentation. We propose a scene segmentation algorithm targeted at artistic archive documentaries. We evaluate the performance of our technique with archive documentaries and contemporary movies and obtain satisfactory results in both domains.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: USAB
• Authors: Dalibor Mitrovic, Stefan Hartlieb, Matthias Zeppelzauer, Maia Zaharieva
• Keywords: Archive Documentaries, Documentaries, Scene Segmentation, Software Engineering, USAB 2010