DVD Menu Analysis Part 3

The Internship (2013)

 

The Internship is a heart-warming comedy starring Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson, directed by Shawn Levy. Billy and Nick have just found out the company and employer they work for are going out of business. Whilst searching for employment, Billy then applies for an internship at Google for both himself and Nick; despite lacking relevant knowledge and experience in the new age of technology, they are accepted due to their unorthodox answers during their interview. Thus begins a whole new adventure, working with and competing among tech-savvy geniuses (who are at least half their age) for a shot at employment.

Many critics have said that this film is one big advertisement for the Google, but I disagree and believe it’s much more than that. I consider Google as the backdrop for the film, rather than something of a protagonist. To me, it’s about aspiring for something greater and not settling for what you have if you’re not truly happy with it. It is a story that is not only very relevant in today’s culture, but it also presents ideas that I think everyone can relate to.

It is full of funny and clever scenes and an interesting and diverse cast. It features some great pop culture references and is generally a really nice, feel good film.

Menu Set Up: Play, Scenes, Set Up and Extras (Audio Commentary with director, Shawn Levy and Any Given Monday featurette).

 The DVD main menu set up uses a variation of moving images on a continuous loop; beginning with them arriving at Google, to all of the tasks they undergo with their team (only the members of the winning team will be guaranteed job), otherwise known as “Noogles”. The colours (blue, red etc.) and theme for this menu have been purposely created to give more of an idea as to what the film is about by being relevant to the setting of story. When you select an option, two-pixelated red squares show up either side of the text. Once you chosen an option the squares change from red to blue (this makes sure you aware of which option you’ve selected). Not only is this helpful when navigating the menu, but the colour scheme is also representation of Google, which is primarily the main location in the film (Googleplex, headquarters of Google). Music is also featured; an upbeat, happy track, which coincides beautifully with the sequence used for the menu. Ultimately, it gets you excited for the movie.

This DVD also gives you various audio choices such as: English Dolby Digital 5.1, English Descripted Audio 5.1, Castellano Dolby Digital 5.1, Pyccknñ Dolby Digital 5.1, Ykpaïhcbka Dolby Digital 5.1. It also features subtitles for the deaf or hard of hearing.

Dolby is a popular audio compression system used on many DVDs, Blue-ray discs and games.

DTS (Digital Theatre Systems) is a series of multichannel audio technologies that specialise in digital surround sound formats.

Much like many films the other options (scenes, set up and extras) are relatively basic and designed from only still images (no audio is used either), however the original theme colours and text and continue throughout.

As I live in the UK my copy is Region 2, but if I bought a copy in America it would be encoded region 1. There is such thing as a “free region”, which basically means either the disc has no flag set or it can play in any DVD player between regions 1 and 6 (cannot play in regions 7 and 8).

The format used is PAL (Phase Alternating Line).

What is PAL?

PAL) is a colour encoding conversion standard that is used in much of Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia and the Middle East for television, video and DVD playback.

The film lasts for 114 minutes and the disc format and size is DVD5-R. This format is commonly used, as it is the most compatible with all DVD players, as well as most DVD-ROMS. DVD-5 holds around 4.7GB and is also single sided and single layered. The DVD-R burns quicker than DVD+R.

Writing Speed

Writing speed refers to the rate at which a DVD or CD can be burned. Therefore, burning a disc is the process of writing data to a disc. The amount of Megabytes burned per second depends on the speed of the disc. For example, 1X speed = 11MB of data. Modern DVD’s can have a writing speed of 16X and higher.