MovieLabs releases a visual language guide and a suite of design elements to help developers and producers create and communicate workflows in a visually consistent way that can be implemented and understood across the industry. Building on the Ontology for Media Creation (OMC), the Visual Language for Media Creation (VLMC) provides robust mechanisms and conventions...
Visual Language for Media Creation (v1.1) We’ve added a new shape for generic “things” that are sometimes required in documents but fall outside of the formal shapes like Tasks, Participants, Assets, and Infrastructure. We’ve also added 36 new original icons including 5 Context Icons (Costume, Set, Concept, Reference Material, and Storyboard), 25 Infrastructure...
To assist the industry in easily picking up and using the Visual Language for Media Creation, we have created templates for major workflow design applications and services. In April 2023, we introduced support for Apple Keynote, Omnigraggle (for Mac) and Autodesk Autocad (for Windows and Mac). All of these templates include the basic shapes (representing Assets...
To celebrate its 30th birthday, an age when one feels they have truly achieved adulthood, the Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film has updated its brand, adopting a new visual identity for the group. Don’t worry, the cat is still there. An independent film society that is named after the founder’s two cats? It’s all part of what makes Chlotrudis beloved...
When we launched the Visual Language for Media Creation, we had no idea how well received it would be and that we’d be continuing to expand it 2 years later. But we’re hearing from organizations that they appreciate the common approach to designing workflows and diagrams that can be immediately interpreted by their colleagues using a shared visual language. We’re...