1. An automated method for determining an optimal video frame from a video stream comprising a plurality of video frames generating affective perceptions, the method comprising: analyzing, via a processing device, each of said video frames to identify frames containing content generating neutral affective perceptions; analyzing, via a processing device, each of said video frames containing content generating neutral affective perceptions to obtain data indicative of a desired property for each video frame containing content generating neutral affective perceptions; identifying one or more of said video frames containing content generating neutral affective perceptions having a level of said desired property above a predetermined threshold level; and designating the one or more identified video frames as the optimal video frames.