1. Salford City College
Eccles Centre
Creative Media Production
Motion Graphics and Video Compositing Unit 64
Use of text: Interactive DVD Menu(Watchmen)
(Title, Credits, animated captions, stings,
indents, interactive menus, web banner)
Brief description: The entire image within the DVD menu are coloured
What do you see? with a yellow tint which fits with the theme of the film.
The menu begins with the black and yellow title of the
film. There are then various transitions within the menu
that introduces the different characters using images
and video clips. There is also a DVD menu at the bottom
of the screen. The yellow banner of the logo guides the
audience to the different characters.
Techniques used: There are sometimes smoke effects within the menu and the picture is very dark. This reflects
Animation, Visual Effects, Colour Rendering, the film as the film is also very dark and grimy. There are a lot of yellows, blacks and greys used
Graphics, Movement in the menu. The movement is very quick similar to an action film.
Advanced techniques: There are a lot of quick rotations which bring the characters onto the screen. Within the
Blur, Sharpen, Distortion, Rotation, Opacity movement there is a lot of blur and distortion. The DVD menu distorts to white when the DVD
menu sequence finishes. The sequence then repeats.
Technical comments:
Video Format, Screen Ratio, Resolution,
Frame rate, Compression
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