Narrative visualization effectively transforms data into engaging stories, making complex information accessible to a broad audience. Foundation models, essential for narrative visualization, inherently facilitate this process through their superior ability to handle natural language queries and answers, generate cohesive narratives, and enhance visual communication. Inspired by previous work in narrative visualization and recent advances in foundation models, we synthesized potential tasks and opportunities for foundation models at various stages of narrative visualization. In our study, we surveyed 77 papers to explore the role of foundation models in automatingnarrative visualization creation. We propose a reference model that leverages foundation models for crafting narrative visualization, categorizing the reviewed literature into four essential phases: Analysis, Narration, Visualization, and Interaction. Additionally, we identifyeight specific tasks where foundation models are applied across these stages. This study maps out the landscape of challenges and opportunities, providing insightful directions for future research and valuable guidance for scholars in the field.

翻译：叙事可视化能够有效地将数据转化为引人入胜的故事，使复杂信息易于被广大受众理解。基础模型对于叙事可视化至关重要，它们通过处理自然语言查询与回答、生成连贯叙事以及增强视觉传达的卓越能力，内在地促进了这一过程。受先前叙事可视化研究及基础模型最新进展的启发，我们综合分析了基础模型在叙事可视化各阶段的潜在任务与机遇。在本研究中，我们综述了77篇论文，以探讨基础模型在自动化叙事可视化创作中的作用。我们提出了一个利用基础模型构建叙事可视化的参考模型，将所综述的文献归类为四个核心阶段：分析、叙事、可视化与交互。此外，我们识别了基础模型在这些阶段中应用的八项具体任务。本研究描绘了该领域面临的挑战与机遇，为未来研究提供了深刻的见解，并为该领域的学者提供了宝贵的指导。