IDD 300 Calendar Girls

Over the weekend, I watched Calendar Girls with my roommates. The opening starts out with the last scene from the movie. The women are on top of a mountain doing Tai Chi. The camera then pans skyward and into the clouds where there are loose leaf calendar pages falling from the sky. The camera is then panned down again to the main menu page.

The main menu page consists of a monotone colored background that looks like flowered wallpaper. The title, as well as the menu options of Play, Bonus Material, Scene Selection, Sneak Peaks are in the lower middle part of the screen. They are written in a brown serif font while the title is larger and white. There is also a large sunflower to the right of the titles. There is a repetitive instrumental piece in the background of the main menu.

When I clicked the Bonus Material button I noticed that the transition was something I have never seen on a DVD (at least I think), the sunflower faded to a solid yellowish and then blurred and then showed up a bit to the left before it faded completely with the background before it went to the menu page with was a stack of calendar pages with the top picture continuously changing. This page also has a “hidden” information page. There is a small red flower to the lower right of the menu when it is clicked it has information about the United Kingdom’s Leukemia Research since the movie is about raising money for this organization.

The other submenu options do not have such elaborate transitions; they just change to the submenu with a still picture and more options to chose from. I liked this movie as well as the menu layouts. I though they were effective and easy to use.