“User Model” and “Viewer Model” of multimedia presentation structure
Abstract
The paper describes a model for the formation of a multimedia presentation based on compositional requirements. The key idea behind the model is the interaction of logical and imaginative means of expression. The logical means are related to the field of information architecture. J. J. Garrett hierarchically structured these means in the model of informational/programmatic organization of the website and positioned it as a model of user’s expirience, i.e. a model of interaction of a user with the computer media. The spectrum of imaginative means refers to design, cinema and TV. Here we develop a “viewer model” demonstrating that the interaction of a viewer with the virtual space follows peculiar principles. The “user model” and the “viewer model” are coherent, and being projected on the same plane create an interference pattern, which determines the artistic organization of the presentation. The key positions of the “user model” are the “task”, “data”, “hypertext”, “interactivity”, “screen”. In the “viewer model” the corresponding positions are “artistic tasks”, “compositional elements”, “space”, “time”, “plane”. These positions enable a novel approach to the compositional structuring of a virtual interactive media whereas the logical and imaginative sides merge in a holistic approach to the design of a multimedia presentation.
Keywords:
multimedia, hypertext, composition, means of expression, vitalization
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