The database contains all the information, Automatic Cinema needs to know to handle a show. So far, the following tables are defined:
Database Structure
- Material: A table containing all the material Automatic Cinema can use. This could be various medias as videos, audio or text.
- Styles: Definitions of how stories are told in general.
- Acts: Definitions of how stories evolve over the course of time.
- Rules: What should be avoided and what should be forced when aligning material next to each other.
- Channels: Since Automatic Cinema handels shows in multiple channels, this database stores the channel definition and how the channel relate to each other.
- Targets: The interactive part. Storing defined endings of a story. Because this data is set interactively by the user, the database won't be used probably.
A more detailed view of the database structure is included in the pdf document among the download section: