A trend in webdesign is to start a page with a large image with a text placed over it.
Sliders like the minislider module can help, but sometimes it is not desirable to use a slider. A fixed image that is used to fill the image is then sufficient.
The webdesigner term used for this is a
Hero image.
Using this module makes it easy to place such an image on your homepage (or any other page).
Version 0.2 has the extra option to enable parallax scrolling of the image.
Version 0.3 has the extra option to use animation for the text. (using animate.css)
Verision 0.4 now has even more animations by adding magic.css
Demo using parallax effect and animation