Five-A-Day

DVD Cover Design

At the end of the project all your work, resources and research will be saved to a DVD. This will be your e-portfolio structure including all the linked files. This DVD will need an outer cover design.

Use the information and the images you have already gathered from previous tasks to make the cover interesting.

Firstly create your design on paper. You will need to mark off areas and annotate what will be included in that area.

Open Photoshop and size to 27.3cm width and 18.4cm length. Start with a colour for the background and Filter it with a particular pattern. The spine area is in the centre, ensure you leave approx 1.2cm for this.

Insert images and text. Give a heading title and a large image for the front page. Add smaller images and text details to the back page. Highlight all the things the DVD will contain. Turn the cover 90 degrees and add the title to the spine.

Check the DVD cover carefully and make sure that everything that explains the work you have done is displayed to read. Make use of feedback from suitable test users to ensure that the DVD covers will appeal the reader and persuade them to see what it is all about.

A completed DVD cover for a film.
Save the DVD covers for your eportfolio.