DVD menu Complete and Burned

I have finished my DVD menu and have reached the final stages of my project.

I have now moved onto my Evaluation and completed. This essay like document explains everything I have learnt about myself throughout the project, all the new skills I have learnt and finally. It is important to evaluate yourself very hard. 

After this I moved onto burning my DVD and i encountered a problem with my menu's and had to reload them all and it Built and Burnt.

I used 4.7GB, 16x DVD-R but only used 800 Megabites but my menu did not have a movie on it.

Then i played it with PowerDVD and it didnt have one of my menu's linked to the main menu instead it went to the start. So i had to relink it and then burn a final with one of my Dads discs.

Overall i had alot of difficulties but i am happy with my final product.

DVD Menu - Sound in Sony Vegas

I used Sony Vegas to edit all my sound this is very good program for this, becuase originally was only used for sound.  I used this program to combine my sound track and fade down and fade on. I found this program very useful in what i needed to do.

DVD Menu - Building

Combining all my Pre production, production also Post production such as flowcharts, storyboards, Sketches, animations, videos and menus I've designed and created etc. All these materials have been combined into a DVD Menu. This is a long process with their being about 70 different interactive links.

I started by Creating a new project and setting  up a new project using Pal DVD settings, now i have a blank project. As my first auto play i have the Unincluded Productions title sequence timeline by setting it to first play.
From then i have my first language menu then on to my three trailers Skyline, Watchmen and Cowboys vs aliens which are also sci-fi trailers.

After it starts up my Main menu with i created with a video and sound file also with a few layers and text which leads to Scene Selection, Setup and Bonus Features. Then i went though the long put satisfiing job of linking everything back with each other so that theres a path that the audience can use.

The final step is extensive testing, making sure all you links work and in your set sequence with no glitches. This is a time consuimg but vital exercise and decreases the margin of error. At the time of writing I am only having 1 Audio issue on an animation but the rest seems to be working. Soon I will have to start testing on Third Parties.

Responding to Feedback

I had a feedback session with Harry Dhami and we esablished that i was a bit behind and i needed to step up. My action points were to Update my Blog i solved this because I'm writing about this now.
To Create my DVD menu by the set date but i could not do that due to the snow day. So I'm going to hand it in the next week.
I have to Refer to the production guidelines, i have read the production guidelines thoroughly and i am aiming for a distinction but i don't think i will be able to write enough in the time given.

Finally i will refer to the assignment in my evaluation and blog thoroughly. I only have left to complete my evaluation and write my final conclusion in my production scedule.

DVD Menu Play Piracy video

When the you press play on the DVD it comes up with a piracy warning ad video. I will be putting this on because i want to add more realism Moreover professionalism to the Menu. 

I downloaded this Video .Mpg file off of YouTube using my YouTube Downloader HD.

DVD Menu created Title Unincluded Productions

This is my company name that i use on all my videos and i recently created a Opticle Flares HD version. This is going to be my initial Starting Video to show who this is made by. Some people ask "i have never seen a title sequence that long?". There is one check out the Dolby Digital one.

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.