Doc

Today on Turner Classic Movies, 8:30am Pacific:

I'm in the process of creating a dvd cover for the movie now. Below is a comparison between the VHS cover and my work in progress.




Comments are welcome as usual...thanks

Movie Trailer

Silky

Pretty good, Doc.
Looks like the title is too close to the right (personally I don't like the creamy yellow color of the font), and I'd change the color of the actors names, maybe even a different font. Also adding a border around the cover might look nice, but that's optional.

Doc

Patrick,

Thanks for the comments. I adjusted the location/format of the Title and the color (it looked golden on my monitor) and changed the color of the charactor's names too. I wanted to keep the font, a stencil style, to go with the military theme. The top, bottom and right edge of this image will be at the edge of the dvd case so a border may not look quite right.

When I get the back cover and spine complete, I'll post it here for further 'analysis'. \:]

Silky

Hmmm, either my monitor or your monitor is off, because the red looks kinda pink, and the yellow before looked light. I don't know a way to figure out which is right, except to print it out. \:]

Doc

Wow, weird that the colors you see are so different. When I print out my cover labels, the colors match my monitor screen very closely. I'd be curious to know how other members here see the colors.

BTW, I am now re-rendering the movie...and have created a 'Bonus Feature'. It's a slide show of actual photos taken on the 'Hornet' around the time of the beginning of the raid. Here's a low res version to give you an idea what it looks like. The music is "Moonglow" by Artie Shaw. I thought the juxtaposition of that song and the images went well together...comments?

Slide Show

Silky

Great slid show, Doc. I like the music as well.
An Idea: I think it would be cool to inter-mix the slid show with real video footage (if you have any). Just an Idea.

Welles

Hey Doc.

On my monitor I see the orignal title as a light golden color, not nearly as saturated as the gradient just above (Vintage Calssics). The red on your version comes across as a solid red on my screen.

The one big thing I noted was the difference of the faces. It is particularly noticable in the jaw lines. The faces on your remake are wider, due to resiziing I guess.

Your Bonus.wmv is very apropos being, Memorial Day.

Doc

Welles,

Thanks for the 2nd opinion on the text color. I was getting concerned. [saywhat]

I purposely widened the faces as they looked too narrow to my eyes on the VHS cover. Hopefully, without that image right next to mine for comparison, my version won't look too 'fat'.

Here's an update on my cover...still not sure about the blockout on the back for text...and I plan on adding some stills above also.


And, a shot of the completed dvd's menu.

(Kept almost fully B&W to go with the movie)

Finally, for now, here's a link to my annual Memorium to those that have fallen.

HONORS

Welles

Without the two images, side by side, the depth of the faces is not an issue at all.

Doc

Just a quick update. I've now rendered the movie along with the 'Bonus Material' slide show to dvd and have completed the cover label. I'm pretty pleased with how everything turned out...but I already see where I need to make improvements.



I've also updated my menu. I now have a way, using different software, to add a 'first play' video before the menu starts. When the dvd is inserted to the dvd player, it begins with a zoom out of a photograph and then goes right to the menu using the same photo as a background (music starts to play in the background as well). The menu text looks much clearer in the full dvd sized version.

This is a simple rendition of the kind of menu done on such dvd's as 'Harry Potter', 'Chicago', etc. I'll be playing with this idea in future movies I convert to dvd. Here's a sample of how it looks:

Sample Menu

Thanks again to lily for divulging what font she used for her Movie Posters.