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Script visualization (ScriptViz): a smart system that makes writing fun

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We have built the first version of ScriptViz 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.

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  1. Centre for Media Technology (RCMT) and School of Creative Media City, University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, P. R. China

    Zhi-Qiang Liu & Ka-Ming Leung

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Liu, ZQ., Leung, KM. Script visualization (ScriptViz): a smart system that makes writing fun. Soft Comput 10, 34–40 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-005-0461-4

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