DVD Cover Research

Another part of the post production that needed to be completed was to make a DVD cover for our music video. We decided that looking at the bands influences again would also give us an idea of what the band wanted from the DVD as well as looking at other bands from the same genre.

Greenday released a DVD of a live performance and from their DVD cover we can see that they have based it on two main colours, black and red. The band name is in their logo style that its presented in for most of their CD's, and the white contrasts against the background. The front cover (the right) shows a low angle of the main singer showing he is more the leader of the band and also shows the crowd beneath him. On the back cover we can see a small group picture, so that the audience establishes the band if they've not known them before. There is also the list of songs the band performed as well as screen captures from the concert itself which I would like to incorporate into ours. The images and colours of the cover really portray the rock genre the band fit into, so its important to bear in mind some of the colours and styles for our own portrayal.

Mcfly are more the pop genre, which our band are also classed under, so we decided to look at their DVD concert cover. They used the base colour of black with white writing to contrast with this. The images shown on both the front and back cover are all in black and white which could suggest the band want to be portrayed in more of a rock genre way. The songlist is also listed, as well as some of the cast and crew that took part. Finally the Mcfly logo is shown in purple to really stand out from the whole DVD cover as it's the only thing that is seen in colour which really promotes the band.

The DVD cover of Avril Lavigne's live concert was one when she was seen as a rock artist rather than her current pop status. The front cover immediately introduces the artist in black and white to show the rock genre and the name 'Avril Lavigne' is seen in red which stands out from the background. These colours are the used in the same way as Greenday's. The backcover shows what the DVD features and a bit of information about Avril as an artist. There are some screen shots of her performing live as well which are seen in colour and show the audience what to expect. Theres also a significant difference between this DVD and the others i've looked at, and thats that this DVD is classified as a 15, showing that it contains explicit content. This is something to bare in mind whilst making our DVD, to see if we need a classification. The spine is also a vital part of the DVD as it is what you're most likely to see on the shelf. Here they have the name of the artist and the DVD as well as a small picture at the bottom which is good for promotion, however with our DVD being a band this might be more difficult to do.

The final DVD I looked at was All Time Low's which is slightly similar sound to our own band. The name of the band is centred, so that it's the first thing seen to publicise the band. The front cover is then made up of 5 pictures, the centre one showing a crowd and stage shot of the live performance and the other 4 featuring all the members of the band whilst in live performance. I'd like to include some of the pictures from our band performance that we went to see so that people get an idea of what a Starfish gig is like. The back of the DVD then features more images of the live performance on the DVD, a mini biography of the band and the songs featured on the DVD. The cover is very different to the others as the background is featured mainly from images, but there is a use of a grey colour however this doesn't contrast with the background as much as other covers had.