Analysis of Anchorman

The main menu screen of Anchorman has a dark blue channel 4 news-like wallpaper in the background. In the center of the screen is an old television set with dials. Displayed on the television are all the four team news members jumping up and down making silly looking faces. At the bottom of the screen are yellow bars with the thickest being at the bottom containing the menu items. The text is in white and all caps. Not quite italics, but slanted to the right. The menu items consist of “Play Movie, Scene Index, Setup, and Special Features.” The music in the background the theme music with a slight news like feel and a 70s beat.

The transition to the setup menu has the same yellow bars at the bottom and has two of the main characters slide across the screen. There is no transition going back to the main menu. The transition to the Special Features menu has a video clip of one of the news team members doing a dance and then stopping with the yellow bars sliding in along with the menu. When selecting something there is a little white arrow pointing to it and then the arrows change to black when selected. The audio has a very news-like feel on every scene and it varies. Each menu has the yellow bars slide in. The scene selection uses a white border to highlight each scene.

Overall, this menu works really well and is very easy to read.