Ancillary text: DVD cover research

In order to produce a successful and effective DVD cover for the distribution of my music video I have been looking into some existing products. This will help me pick elements from each that I like and feel have worked best for the product to enable me to produce my own to the best of my ability.

I chose the Lady GaGa cover because I feel like there is some similarity with the artist I am using as they are both individual female artists. I chose The Beatles cover because I wanted to demonstrate that although the two artists are from different eras and have very different styles, the covers are actually quite similar; showing the artists on the cover, having a dark background and having the contents on the back. What I like about these two designs is the dark background and the contrast it creates with the photos as well as the text. The dark background also allows the front of the cover to connect with the back cover which makes it flow better. However one thing that I don't like about the Lady GaGa cover is the variation of font and colours on the back of the case.

What I like about these two covers is the way the pictures are of the artist in motion, playing their music rather than just a photo shoot of their profile. I feel that using these pictures make for a more dynamic cover as well as presenting the artist as a performer rather than just a stylised figure. Compared to the DVD covers shown above (Lady GaGa) this album artwork is more timeless as it doesn't represent a specific fashion or current style.

The next 3 media products aren't all DVD music covers but they are DVD covers. at first when I saw the 'Roxy Music' Cover it lead to me think about the 'Dirty Dancing' and 'Pretty Woman' cover. Both of which have their own soundtracks tailing off from the films so as well as being video/DVD covers they are also used as soundtrack covers. Like the darker backgrounds I feel that the white background also emphasises the texts and images. the simplicity makes it easy to focus on the important parts, the artist, the title and the contents of the DVD/ track list. these three covers 

After looking at the different styles of DVD covers and talking about which elements I like and which I don't. It's clear to me that I would like to incorporate the theme of either a dark background or light to contrast with the text and images as well as keeping the design timeless and try not to make it a certain style that it specific to this time.