The curricular unit of Multimedia Screenwriting aims to introduce students to the concepts and terminology of the development of audio-visual scripts and scripts for multimedia, linear or interactive applications.

1. Human-Computer Interaction
a). The interface concept
b). Communication process as interaction and vice versa
c). Elements of user experience
d). Principles of Multimedia
e). Usability, accessibility and functionality
f). Multidisciplinarity and evaluation by users. Usability tests
g). Interactions: content and layout
2. Interactivity and Design
a). Concept of interactivity: dimensions and levels
b). Interaction Design
c). User-centered design
d). Interfaces Design: the user experience - products and audience
e). Design Vs. users: different optics
f). Usability, user experience and UGC [user-generated content]
g). Contents and cross-platforms
H). Interaction Design and Multiplatform
3. Production of multimedia applications
a). From conceptualizing the product to the script development process
b). Design, implementation, validation and exploitation
c). Authoring tools
4. The multimedia guide
a). Concept and principles of the multimedia script
b). Elements for the construction of a multimedia script - plot and objectives, contents, navigation and interactivity flows, storyboard
c). Wireframes and storyboards; navigation flow maps - case studies
d). The structure of the multimedia script
e). The script and the different multimedia applications
5. Concept of narrative and audiovisual narratives
a). Narrative concept and the specificities of the narratives: actors and elements of the audiovisual narrative;
b). Narrative structure, plot-point;
c). Scene, sequence, characters, action, space, time, dialogue writing;
d). Storyline and synopsis;
e). The audiovisual script;
f). Literary guide and technical script;
g). Graphic Formatting Standards;
h). Master Scenes format.

BOU BOUZÁ, Guillem (1997). El guión multimedia, Madrid: Anaya Multimedia - Universidad de Barcelona
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JIMÉNEZ, J. G. (1993). Narrativa audiovisual. Espanha: Edições Catedra
MILLER, Carolyn (2004), Digital Storytelling: A Creators Guide to Interactive Storytelling. Burlington, MA: Focal Press.
NIELSEN, Jakob (2000), Usabilidad, Diseños de Sitios Web, Madrid, Prentice May.