The summary describes an interactive menu from the Finding Nemo DVD. The menu starts underwater at Nemo's house and slowly moves down further underwater through the Great Barrier Reef. Everything in the background, including anemones and coral, moves realistically. Bright colors like purple, orange, and blue are used to catch the eye and represent the underwater setting, showing it is aimed at children. Advanced techniques like blur, sharpen, distortion, and opacity help make the movement of objects like anemones appear realistic. The aspect ratio is 1.85:1.
1. Salford City College
Eccles Centre
Creative Media Production
1
Motion Graphics and Video Compositing Unit 64
Use of text:
(Title, Credits, animated captions, stings,
indents, interactive menus, web banner)
Interactive Menu (Finding Nemo)
Brief description:
What do you see?
The Finding Nemo DVD menu starts of in the ocean you see the water moving, and then it goes
under waters and keeps going down till it stops at nemo’s house. Everything in the background
moves around. The colours are all bright and stand out and catches your eye, the colours are
mainly purples and oranges and blues which you would see in the ocean. It also has audio in
the background. It doesn’t have any of the characters in the menu, just the underwater Great
Barrier Reef. Also the bright colours show it’s a film for children.
Techniques used:
Animation, Visual Effects, Colour Rendering,
Graphics, Movement
The ocean is CGI and the anemoneslowly moves like it would in the ocean. The colours are
bright and stand out. It also has glares of light shining in the water which catches your eye.
Advanced techniques:
Blur, Sharpen, Distortion, Rotation, Opacity
The movement of the anemone is realistic.
Technical comments:
Video Format, Screen Ratio, Resolution,
Frame rate, Compression
The aspect ratio is 1.85:1.