Interface Design Concepts for Cinema Hall Application (S-ITC504)

This report details two alternative interface designs for the Cinema Hall Application, developed as part of an S-ITC504 project. The designs, presented as wireframes, cover key functionalities such as homepage, menu, show details, movie booking, payment, and ticket generation. The first design features separate pages for each function, while the second design consolidates multiple options onto a single multifunctional home page. The report includes a comparative analysis of the designs, considering usability and navigability. The second design is ultimately recommended due to its enhanced efficiency and user-friendliness, offering a more attractive and streamlined experience for staff. The report concludes with a bibliography of cited sources.

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Interface Usability
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Introduction
The report has been used here for the description of the interface designing and usability
concepts. The case study of the Cinema Hall has been described in this report. Two designs have
been produced in this report. The design concept has been used here for judging both the designs
and selecting of the designs.

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Design 1: Wireframes and Descriptions
Homepage

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The homepage provides the login facility for the staffs in the organization that would
authorize the login procedure for the staffs so that no other person other than the staffs in the
organization who are registered to their database.
Menu

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The menu page provides four options for the staffs to perform the required action that are
Book Details, Show Details, Parking Tickets and Customer Registration.

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Show Details
The details of the show the rating, the price and the availability of the movie is displayed
in the table. The staff can select the movie and book the tickets.

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Movie Booking page
The movie booking page is used by the staffs to book a movie and the proceed to the
payment section. In case the customer wants to print the tickets from the front desk then they are
sent to the front desk.

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Payment page
The staffs to process the payments of the customers use the payment page. The ticket is
generated after the payment of the customer is processed.

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Print ticket page
The staffs to generate the ticket and the print the ticket use this page.

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Parking ticket
This page allows the staffs to enter the details of the customer and the car number and
staff can then proceed to the payment page.

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Membership Page
This page provides the membership registration facility to the staffs.

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Design 2: Wireframes and Descriptions
Home

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This is home page for the second alternative design is provided here. This is a multi-
functional page and this allows the staffs to perform a number of options such as customer
membership and the parking ticket.
Tickets and Seat Booking

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This page allows the staffs to select the theater and the seats for the customers and the
proceed to the payment page.

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Payment page
The payment page allows the staffs to process the payments of the customer and the
ticket is being generated.

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The ticket Page
This page provides the electronic view of the ticket. The ticket is also printable when
connected to a printer.

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Design Reasoning
The second design is being selected for the organization as the second design is more
efficient than the first one.
 Usability: The second design is more attractive for the users as the users as this design
offers a variety of colors to the users so this is very attractive for them.
 Navigability: The second design also provides an efficient navigation for the staffs as
there are a number of options available to the staffs in a single page.
Conclusion
For conclusion, it can be said that the report contains the details of designing alternatives
for the Cinema Hall organization. The second alternative design has been selected here as the
navigation and usability of the second design is better than the first one.

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