DVD Interface Research.

These are screenshots of the DVD menus of my chosen British Gangster films.

The Long Good Friday:



Evaluation:

• Video playing in background.
• Sound in background.
• San Serif type.
• Full Colour.
• Four options on main menu.
• Text changes from back to orange when courser appears on top.
• Moving image for a few seconds when you move to a new page.
• Seen selection page.
• Extra's menu. 7 options plus a back to main menu.
• Not very aesthetically pleasing pages.
• Very sketchy and gritty.

Get Carter:



Evaluation:

• San serif type.
• Two colour background plus photo.
• Four options on main menu.
• Courser changes to a gun aimer when selecting a page.
• Poorly considered layout.
• Very plain and doesn't have any connection to the movie.
• Scene selection page has a option to start movie/main movie/credits.
• Special features page has 6 options plus a main menu option.
• Also a language page.

Sexy beast:



Evaluation:

• Moving image on background, Video or maybe stop frame ?
• Sound playing in background.
• San serif type.
• Mix between real images and those that have a Saul Bass look to them.
• Full colour.
• Nice appearance. Simple but eye-catching.
• Four option on main menu.
• text doesn't react or change when you click above it. However a pink drop down option appears.
• Scene selection has a main menu option and a next page option.
• Extra features page has six options plus a main menu option.
• Subtitle/audio page has has five options plus a play movie, main menu and resume option.

Layer Cake:



Evaluation:

• Two video's playing in background. Moving around in a circular motion.
• Behind video's is a black background
• Full colour video's.
• Sound.
• San serif type.
• Yellow text. Connection with yellow Range Rover and front cover to DVD.
• Text doesn't change colour when cursor is above it.
• Four options to main menu.
• Moving image when you first select on page. Yellow moving box.
• Four video's on scene selection page.
• Courser interacts with scene selection by moving two yellow box's up and down.
• Audio Option has a dripping paint affect that moves down to reveal a iron.
• Sound of burning iron in background over sound.
• Four options.
• Four subtitle options plus a main menu option. Image of the gang together.
• Works well as a dvd menu. has links to the movie. Well thought out layout. Simple and clean.

Lockstock & Two Smoking Barrels:



Evaluation:

• Video playing in background.
• Five Colour.
• No sound.
• San serif type.
• Five options on main menu.
• When courser appears on top of text the aimer icon appears next to it.
• Subtitles page has 2 options plus main menu.
• Interviews with cast has 3 options plus main menu.
• 7 option on scene selection plus main menu.
• Trailer option.
• Very dated. Not ascetically pleasing.
• Not impressed with the layout.