DVD Menu Planning

Before making (building) the menu i will have to plan it. The two documents i will create are a Storyboard and a flow chart.

For the storyboard, I had 6 boxes showing the screen size, (PAL Widescreen Square Pixel), also the Duration of the shot or sequence. This will include animations and movie files. This is a technique more regularly attatched to the film making process but it applies and is helpfull here for breaking down the animation and flow of the media.

The flow chart is the main way to organise and think of where to place elements in our DVD.  The Chart shows every item, asset, timeline, menu etc that makes up your full menu. Then, you can draw lines from item to item in the specific order with links and end actions.

It acts like a map for the programmer and saves you having to contantly "Check Project". Using Flow Charts you can know how everything will run when you actually build the menu on Encore and export it.