Brooke Adams

"Made-Up" - main menu

2005-08-24T11:24:24-05:00

This is an export from the main menu of "Made-Up," released by Riverbend Entertainment. The actual menu is a roughly 2-minute video loop. We used some diffusion and selective blurring to set apart the menu text from the images. (The menu selector overlay image is not shown.) All of the menus were optimized for 16:9 display (full screen on 16:9 screens, letterboxed on 4:3 televisions).

Note: The "Made-Up" menus pictured here in this portfolio differ from the menus blogged about earlier. After some testing, it was determined that the sharply contrasting letters, once compressed for DVD, induced too much noise in the image when played back on "normal" CRT televisions. In other words, "legal" NTSC broadcast video is not necessarily DVD-appropriate video. So we reduced the lettering contrast. This also meant that we had to redo the layout on many screens -- especially the chapter selections menus, where the softer lettering was overpowered by the chapter images' borders. In the end, I think we achieved a better overall result.

"Made-Up" - subtitles menu

2005-08-24T11:12:08-05:00

The subtitles menu from "Made-Up," a Riverbend Pictures Release. Director and star Tony Shalhoub and Brooke Adams are pictured.

We were fortunate to have some nicely composed stills to work from. In deciding on the style for these menus, Riverbend president Leonard Feldman agreed with our recommendation to use that production value in the overall approach to the menus' design, rather than create designs from scratch.
Graphics ©2005 Riverbend Entertainment, LLC

"Made-Up" - audio menu

2005-08-24T11:04:42-05:00

This is the final version of the audio menu for "Made-Up," released by Riverbend Entertainment.

Given our approach to the menu style, much of our work focused on getting the text to stand out against the background, without making it too "contrasty" (which can lead to visible "noise" on CRT-type televisions).
Graphics Copyright 2005 Riverbend Entertainment, LLP

"Made-Up" - Closed Captioning Menu

2005-08-24T11:00:26-05:00

This is the final version of the closed captioning "menu" (which really is a message) for "Made-Up," released by Riverbend Entertainment. In the image, co-stars and real-life partners Brooke Adams and Tony Shalhoub share what we cannot hear.