Analysis of "The Beach" DVD Interface
“The Beach” DVD menu interface is so far one of the better flowing menu interfaces that I have viewed. Once inside the main menu there are several things to look at. The background is the map that is used in the movie to get to the secret beach. On either side are the two main characters, one being Leonardo DiCaprio. In the center is the title, “The Beach” in what appears to be handwriting with an arrow pointing to the beach on the island. After a few seconds, the title fades and movie clips start playing in its place and they are over-laid the map with a slight translucency so the map is still visible underneath. It appears that the movie clips playing in the center are masked because there are hard edges that follow the two main characters along with a heavily feathered border s o it blends right into the background. The overall masked shape appears to be an oval.
When making the main selections the all caps serif font highlights in a light blue with the original color being white. Along with the text being highlighted, the individual islands on the map are also highlighted in a light ocean green color. After making a selection, the whole entire screen seems to scroll either to the left or right. There are however, at least three different layers that scroll at different rates to make it seemed layered. Two of the layers consist of characters through out the movie along with a background layer containing the menus and background images. When making a selection the text will change to a goldenrod color and everything will start scrolling. If the menu is further to past the different selected items, it will slow down at the other menus, then continue to your desired menu. It seems to be one really wide image with different menus that slide into place. The other layers that move at a different rate containing the other characters really tie it in and make the scrolling side-to-side work.
The color palette is mostly bright earth colors, consisting of browns, blues, greens, and yellows. There is a soft, semi-upbeat music being played in the background that I believe is the theme song to the movie.
When making the main selections the all caps serif font highlights in a light blue with the original color being white. Along with the text being highlighted, the individual islands on the map are also highlighted in a light ocean green color. After making a selection, the whole entire screen seems to scroll either to the left or right. There are however, at least three different layers that scroll at different rates to make it seemed layered. Two of the layers consist of characters through out the movie along with a background layer containing the menus and background images. When making a selection the text will change to a goldenrod color and everything will start scrolling. If the menu is further to past the different selected items, it will slow down at the other menus, then continue to your desired menu. It seems to be one really wide image with different menus that slide into place. The other layers that move at a different rate containing the other characters really tie it in and make the scrolling side-to-side work.
The color palette is mostly bright earth colors, consisting of browns, blues, greens, and yellows. There is a soft, semi-upbeat music being played in the background that I believe is the theme song to the movie.
posted by Tim A. at 9:51 PM
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