A good design for screen genre

The principles of design are important to any visual presentation. A good design for screen genre will increase the viewer interest to the topic, guide them through the text and increasing the ability to remember important sections (Diana R. 2008). Based on our very first group presentation, “the meaning of composition”, there are some lack of applying the theories for the screen design and it could be refined to the desired of issue on design principles.

Critique on my group three screen shots of presentation slides

In my group presentation, the slide 7 has more than one information we wish to present, which will cover the topic “Top and Bottom”, “Real and Ideal”, therefore we should divide the heading into two or more headings or subheading to alert readers to the sequence of information in the slide. This is supported by Diana R. (2008) at the written cues in document design. Furthermore, slide 8 is a picture example use to explain the slide 7. The presenter should place the heading at the top-left corner of the slide to guide readers that there is a link with the previous slide.


Based on slide 11, the presenter can highlight specific details by using typographic devices such as boldface type to add emphasis on the specific words; this is stated by Diana R. (2008) under format element in document design. Moreover, for the screen genre design, the color choosing can reinforce our message and appeal specifically to intended audience. According to Nielson.J (1997), to present a good page, author has to employed combined of concise, scannable, objective written text.


Screen Shots:


Slide 7



Slide 8



Slide 11





Reference List:

1. Reep, Diana C. 2006, ‘Chp 4: Principles of Document Design,’ in Technical Writing, 6th ed., Pearson Edu, Inc., New York, p.173-190.

2. Nielson, J. (1997), “Consice,Scannable and Objective: How to write for the web”, viewed April 18 2010, http://www.useit.com/papers/webwriting/writing.html