Multimedia Design Interactive Media & Lingo, taught by George Legrady Design 157 UCLA Winter 1998 Multimedia Computing Case Studies from MIT Project Athena, Hodges, Sasnett, ISBN 0-201-52029-X Notes from Chapter 4 - Design for the New Medium (pp 39-54) . From Film Analysis - Mise-en-Scene: treats the construction of each scene Montage: treats the combination of scenes . Groupings of information resources (text, graphics, video): the scene . These act as indepedent contexts that appear and disappear as units . These units may share the screen, or be nested within one another . The combination of these contexts correspond to montage theory Mise-en-Scene . Composition and balance . Controls and Actions . Consistency - The key thing about consistency is to know when its enough - sameness is a key component for navigational flow and data access . Relative importance - form follows function - The lay-out, colors, navigational flow must reflect the relative value of the units . Transient Actions - Dynamic controls (short and intermittent duration) - Tendency is to reserve a special area . Dynamic Elements in Composition Video and anything that moves acts as visual "super attractors" They need to be given relative importance in relation to their content Montage . The transition from one scene to another . In multimedia design this refers to the combination of contexts in time and space Time - the transitions from one event to another Space - the relation of more than one context on the screen . Balance - across a combination of contexts is closely related to achieving balance within a single context - With multiple contexts, elements need to be given appropriate visual weight - In a montage of simultaneaous contexts it is important to clarify: Why - they are appearing together How long - they need to appear together - Hiding Information - Avoid useless information on the screen - If needed, you can "weaken" its presence . Articulation - the visual separation and spacing of contexts on screen a) proximity - contexts separated spacially b) visual containment - boundaries (lines, color) delimit contexts c) attribute grouping - parts of contexts share common attributes . Transition a) Continuity and Orientation - the percentage of information change Full screen transition suggest a semantic change in magnitude - Piece-by-piece transition suggest a closer relationships between contexts