This document discusses the importance of DVD menus and how motion graphics and design elements can enhance them. It notes that DVD menus serve as replacements for title sequences since they cannot be skipped. Motion graphics are used to incorporate film clips and animations to give viewers a taste of the movie. Elements like color scheme, typography, and movement must be carefully chosen to set the proper mood and tone for the film and create a cohesive viewing experience.

1. DVD Compositing
By David Mozdzen

2. Criteria
• Colour
• Buttons
• Target audience
• Purpose
• Use of multimedia
• Animations
• Visual effect

3. DVD Menus
• The purpose of DVD menus is essentially to
replace the title sequence, this is because with
a DVD you are able to fast forward and skip
the title sequence; you are not given the
opportunity with a DVD menu, so therefore
the menu has to entice the viewer, it also has
to suspend reality so that the film essentially
becomes the only thing that matters to the
viewer at that particular time.

4. The Importance of DVD Menus
• DVD menus are important because they serve
the purpose of title sequences as they cannot
be avoided and are used to make the viewer
suspend reality and focus in on the film itself.

5. How Are DVD Menus Enhanced By
Motion Graphics
• Motion graphics are used in DVD menus to
enhance the menu, this is because it means that
it is not only a static picture in it but also involves
elements, snippets and cut-scenes from the film
(these are composited together to create the
effect instead of having just a still image as part
of the menu) to give the viewer a taste of what
the film is like.
• Motion graphics may also be used within a DVD
menu in order to help set the pace and mood of
the movie.

6. Design Choices
• It is important to make good design choices
because everything needs to be in sync to the
rest of the film and the pace of it. It is also
important to have appropriate typography in
relation to what the film is about, this is in
order to show the consistency, continuity and
fluency in all aspects of the film.

7. Typography
• The typography used in DVD menus and films as a whole is
key to setting the atmosphere of the film for example if a
the film was originally a comic, then using Comic Sans MS
as a font would be appropriate as it would fit with whole
comic feel of the DVD.
• The size of the font used in a DVD menu has to be
appropriate to the genre of the film as well as consistent
and fluent so that everything is able to flow well.
• The used colours for the typography add a different
dimension to the Menus and Films of today, for example if
a horror film or DVD uses a white font, it adds a feeling of
mystery and fear to the film, therefore implying to the
viewer that the should expect to be freaked out.

8. Colour Schemes
• Potential colour scheme for DVD menus play
an integral part in the effect that is created by
a DVD menu as it help set the tone for what
the film is going to be about for example, if
you have a colour pallet of mainly dark colours
to use for the menu that may give the viewer
the impression that the film is orientated
around a dark theme e.g. The Twilight series.

9. Movements
• Movements are Important in both title sequences
and menus for example in Pink Panther the way
the title sequence is moved by the main
character potentially gives the viewer the idea
that the film is going to be playful and more
directed towards young audiences.
• In DVD menus movements are used to make the
experience more interactive and engaging in
order to get the reader involved in the movie in
more than one way.

10. • In order for a DVD menu to
be successful it needs to have
Overview
an appropriate colour
scheme and motion graphics,
needs to be well
synchronised and have the
correct sound track.
• I think films such as Pink
Panther fit all of these
criteria; This is because it
uses the colour pink which
corresponds with the title of
the movie, the colour of the
main character as well as
giving the audience the
impression that it is going to
be a joyful film directed
towards children . This also
means that the simplicity of
the title sequence and the
film as a whole makes a lot of
sense.