While rich literature exists in the area of semantic event
modeling and multimedia modeling based on events, as well
as in cinematography principles, there is virtually no research
in generic tools and methodologies for systematically capturing
multimedia events and their context including the spatial
context and the context of capturing. Such tools should be
based on models associating composite events with the spaces
where the events took place and the event evolution in time. In
addition, they should facilitate the modeling of the capturing
processes in space and time and its associations with the event
evolution. This will facilitate the visualization of the events,
the shot capturing processes and the actual multimedia captured.
Without such tools the capturing process is very expensive
and slow, and the visualization possibilities limited, overtaxing
the cognitive capabilities of the users.