Analysis of "The Bourne Supremacy"

When first coming to the menu in the DVD movie “The Bourne Supremacy” it appears to look like a computer interface with computer-like text. There is information or data scrolling to the far left of the screen. In the middle of the screen are clips from the movie with visible interface lines. There are also two smaller clips of equal size playing just to the right of the main clip. They are stacked one on top of the other. The top one is a monochromatic black and white. The bottom one is monochromatic blue of the same thing with a tiny delay from the first one. After it runs through the clips you see Jason Bourne’s bio stats. The menu is at the bottom in a small font, I wonder if it would be too hard to read on a smaller TV. The music is a slight techno, intense, upbeat feeling. There are sound effects going on in the background for some of the scene changes.

The selection of each menu item is a yellow box with a heavy left side of the box around each item. The main menu includes, “Play, Scenes, Bonus Features, and Languages” all in caps and all in white. The title of the movie is not displayed anywhere on the main screen. At the top of the screen it says, “Wanted: Jason Bourne” with a flashing cursor over the last letter of his name. The activation of a menu item is a red box. The transition to the Scenes menu is a sequence which deletes all the text from the menu and then enlarges the main clip playing in the middle and then it splits into four windows with stills from each clip. A yellow border shows which scene is selected. In the middle of the screen is where the user can jump to a different group of four scenes. The background music is fast paced, low toned piece. There is no transition when heading back to the main menu. The background of the scenes menu was dark blue computer image. The text is a very modern, sans serif font.

When switching to the bonus features menu, it uses the same transition as before but then comes to a yellow, green, and black color palate in its background. It has Bourne in a fight with all sorts of effects, colors, and feathers around it. It uses the same text, but the menu is at a negative angle and has an oval around each menu item in gray with a lighter gray border. The border changes to yellow when it is selected. At the bottom of the screen is a “Menu” button and a “More” button with a dark red background. Each background on the bonus features section is different but sticks to the original theme. The music is fast paced and lively, but still feels like the same genre as before. There are no transitions in between each page.

Overall, this a descent interface. I think they should have kept a closer relationship with the backgrounds in each menu to the first. It loses the computer feel for it a little in each sub menu.