DVD Feature Menu research!

Below im taking a look at different styles which are used by designers to communicate to the viewer what type of film they are about to watch. Not only this but the set up on how you can explore extra options on the dvd and how it is made obvious to the viewer etc.

Above: Screen shots from the DVD title menu's on Coach Carter (left) and Lucky number sleven (right). Coach Carter has a distinct style which i feel would look good for my work. It also reminds me of work which I previously made at College so i feel it would be a strong style to follow. Lucky number sleven has a 3D style and very nice soft colours, although i do not feel that would suit my theme of Guy Ritchie films.

Above: Snatch - one of my favorite films which was written and directed by Guy Ritchie. This alone gives me and idea for colours, type faces and style.

Above: Revolver - yet another of Guy Ritchies british gangster films which shows the dark, shadowed colours, type faces, and style. Not only this, but it gives me a better idea of direction and composition. I feel confident heading towards the design stage of this area of the work.

Film Season: Guy Ritchie

So, as a part of my research and give you (my audience) and idea of which films i will be using and making clips for, below are the trailers for each film. In his career he has made 6 feature films, one shortfilm and a film commercial for BMW.

Sherlock Holmes (2009)

Rock'n'Rolla (2008)

Snatch (2000)

Lock, stock and two smoking barrels (1998)

Revolver (2005)

New Brief

Okay, se we have been set a new brief - well been handed two and chose to chose one to be exact. Once again were going to be working with motion graphics using Adobe After Affects but this time we can use type, image and sound. however we are not allowed to use video. (ready made footage) We had the option of producing a 30 - 50 second clip to advertise for a program of a top ten best/worst eg: cars.

However i chose the second option which is called movie season. We have been asked to produce a series (5) clips at 10 seconds each to advertise a movie season of our choice, eg: horror. However i have gone with the British and decided to do my clips on Guy Ritchie films.

Research - Animations

Motion Graphics

Ok granted, this video is a bit young love teenager style with its use of images and illustrations. However the type in the chorus is very clever. The colours work well and the direction and layout is perfect. One of my favorites for definite!

I thought i would throw this one in just because of how well the video flows. the designer of this video is very creative and clever with his use of the type. The backing track that the motion was based upon is a beautiful song, and both the song and video got a lot of good feedback on youtube. Enjoy.

Brilliant, this clip must be played with sound. although our brief asks us too produce our set of motion graphics without using sound, i thought i would use this as an example of how too purely use type and allow the viewer too imagine the scene and characters for themselves.

This motion is amazing. taking into account what Fred had taight us about speed, layout and sound, this video works both with, and without the sound. Without the sound, the viewer could still read at the pace of which the music would be playing at. Fantastic!

Printers

As you may know from my previous blogs - The 'What is Good' brief is based around print and printing techniques etc! So as a part of my research i thought it maybe a good idea too get samples from printers. So i went online and requested around 10 or 12 different sample packs from different printers. Below are some of the ones I requested ...

www.flyerboy.com

www.sensecreative.co.uk

www.motionprinting.co.uk

www.overnightprints.com

gotprint.net

Well i will keep you updated on how many free samples actually get delivered! Even one or two would be so useful for research at this stage, i wonder if they send toilet paper examples ..