Script Visualization (ScriptVis): a smart system that makes writing fun

Author

Liu, Zhi-Qiang ; Ka-Ming Leung

Author_Institution

Centre for Media Technol., City Univ. of Hong Kong, China

Volume

5

fYear

2003

fDate

2-5 Nov. 2003

Firstpage

2990

Abstract

We have built the first version of ScriptVis v.1.0 that allows users to visualize their screenplays in real time via animated graphics. Our system consists of a text understanding module, a high-level planning module and a scene generator. The user can input a screenplay as a set of well-formed English sentences via a graphic user interface. The text understanding module interprets the input sentences and triggers the high-level planner to construct a plan of actions for the appropriate agents. Then the agents execute the plans, and the scene generator renders the scene as the story evolves. Our system provides the user with a powerful tool to visualize his screenplays (stories) in the form of computer graphics, which makes writing story fun for students as well as for screenplay writers.

Keywords

artificial intelligence; computer animation; data visualisation; graphical user interfaces; humanities; natural languages; real-time systems; text analysis; animated graphics; artificial intelligence; computer graphics; funny writing; graphic user interface; high level planning module; natural language processing; plan execution; scene generator; screenplay visualization; screenplay writers; script visualization; text understanding module; Animation; Computer graphics; Computer science; Humans; Layout; Motion pictures; Natural languages; Production; Visualization; Writing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Machine Learning and Cybernetics, 2003 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8131-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICMLC.2003.1260088

Filename

1260088