Josie and The Pussycats

Josie and The Pussycats is a fun, comedy filled DVD meant for both children and adults. The movie itself is about a group of three girls who dream about going big and becoming a famous rock band and all the trials and tribulations they go through to accomplish their dream. Josie and The bond of friendship and the integrity of the music business will be tested.

As for the DVD interface, the movie begins with a typical copy-write page warning against illegal copying of the DVD. There are no transitions into the main menu area, no motion graphics or anything else. When the main menu is displayed, I notice first the music that is playing. The music is a song from the movie and sound track as well. It represents a song from Josie and The Pussycats; the band. The music cycles every 51 seconds, but it isn't easily noticeable because it seems like the same verse is playing over each time and works well.

The second thing about the main menu I notice is that the menu itself is just a brightly colored still image. The background is all purple with three patterns separated by light purple horizontal lines. The top section is a chetah pattern, the middle is a dotted patter with a picture of the three band members laid over it. In this section, the band members are in color, but all you see is from their upper chest to top of the head region.

Lastly, the third sections is of a white tiger pattern and this is where the title of the movie and buttons are "housed." The movie title is the second largest of all images, second only to the large image of the band members. Directly under the movie title are the buttons. They choices are scenes, bonus materials, languages, and then play. The user knows the selection they are about to choose by a yellow underline that appear when the button is moused over or the remote is currently on it. This yellow underline is a good idea, it is a contrasting color to the all purple (and shades of purple) background and can easily be recognized. This same yellow underline is the only noticeable indicator that the DVD is cycling through the music, it blinks for a brief second when the reload occurs.

The last component to the Josie and the Pussycats DVD are the seven "stars" randomly spread throughout the menu. They don't do anything, no blinking or motion, but they seem to be a good fit since the movie is about making it big in the music industry and what better to symbolize show-business then stars.

That is it for the Josie and The Pussycats DVD menu, there isn't much to it, the movie is was made in 2001 and doesn't appear to have a very low budget, but most likely isn't very complex since it is originally geared towards young teenagers.