DVD menus are important to provide viewers with information about the movie and allow them to change settings like language. Motion graphics and compositing enhance menus by keeping viewers engaged until the movie starts. Effective menu design considers the target audience, color combination suited to the film's tone, smooth transitions, appealing graphics and movement, visual effects, and readable typography. Good menus displayed elements like scenes from the film, animation, visual effects and transitions as shown in examples from Iron Man, Sin City, The Italian Job, and Transformers.

1. DVD Menus

2. Why are DVD menus important?
DVD menus are important because they
tell you more information about the
Movie you are watching and you can
change the language and other
settings, to get the audios ready for the
film.

3. Why are they enhanced by
motion graphics/compositing?
The main reason for DVD menus is
for information, but they also need
the viewer to continue to watch the
film as you can’t skip the DVD menu.

4. What design choices must be
considered?

5. Target Audience
The age rang that they are aiming, so that
they get the right theme and colure
combination. If they make a menu for kids
you would have to make a fun and
entertaining DVD menu.

6. Colour Combination
The colour combination is kinder vital because it can send the
wrong tone and mood to the film like if the saw menu would have
been made with the bright colour it just wouldn’t be the same and
give you the wrong message about the film. It would have made
saw feel like happy and cheerful theme which it isn’t because
people die and get chopped into pieces.

7. Transitions
The transitions are also important I think. I
think a good DVD menu need good
transitions between the action of pressing
the button and the film starting.

8. Graphics
DVD need a set good graphics like for
example in the Sin City DVD menu the
cartoon theme is a good example of the
good use of the graphics.

9. Movement
Movement in a DVD menu gives the
viewer a bit of a WOW factor and it also
prepares the viewer with the pace of
the movie.

10. Visual Effects
The Visual Effects are there to give
that extra WOW factor to entertain
the audience.

11. Typography
Typography is kinder important because after all the
visual effects and themes and colour combination you
still need a good font you can’t just have the plain text
because you are expected to provide a good text that
looks good and is readable to the viewer.

12. Iron Man
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X
hszbOTepMk
This DVD menu is good because it has very
good graphic, good animation, great film cuts
and a fantastic visual effects.

13. Sin City
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6
RpT_VgQSbg
Sin City's DVD menu has good film scenes to
cartoon cuts, visual effects and great
typography.

14. Italian Job (2003)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i
nK3uDNZ7ZY
In the Italian Job menu they have
great animations, great visual
effects and good typography.

15. Transformers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t
P0g8KNM1ww
Transformers DVD menu has fantastic visual
effects, animation and film scene cuts.