Creating a Storyboard
Even simple DVD titles with only a few menus can benefit from the time you spend in
the planning stages.Storyboarding includes planning the interaction between the menus,
tracks, slideshows, and stories. It helps you visualize what the viewing experience will be
and ensures that there are minimal surprises during the authoring process.
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You’ll find that storyboarding can give you the overarching view of your project needed
to plan fairly complex interactivity.
Product
Slideshow 1
Track 1
Customer
Interview
Track 3
Company
Background
Track 4
Main
Presentation
Track 2
End
Jump
Menu
(disable)
Stills
Main Menu
Menu 1
Extras Menu
Menu 2
First Play
Track 1
Extras
Play
Button press
Press Menu on remote
End jump
Interviews
Background
Main
Storyboarding helps you to sort out a variety of navigational issues:
• What should play first: By default the first play is set to the first menu, but for many
projects you may want something else to be the first thing viewers see when they start
playing the DVD.
• What should be each element’s end jump setting: You may know that you want the DVD
to go back to the main menu once a track plays, but have you thought about which
button on that menu to highlight?
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• What should the remote control’s Menu button do: It’s worth planning what should
happen with all of the remote control buttons, but especially the Menu button because
its action can vary from element to element.
These and many other decisions need to be made. Drawing them out as a storyboard
before starting the project can help eliminate errors or delays while waiting for a decision
to be made.