A method of compositing a zooming user interface (ZUI) scene and a physical scene on a screen display is provided including: displaying on a display screen, ZUI motion picture images that show panning and zooming transitions within a ZUI presentation between a sequence of pauses at a sequence of target display elements within the ZUI presentation; displaying on the display screen physical scene motion picture images; prioritizing display of ZUI display elements at a location within an offset region; and prioritizing physical scene images at a location within a priority region.