WHAT I HAVE DONE SO FAR

This is what I have done so far on my DVD sleeve. What I did was I made a template of a DVD sleeve, I then put on the title of my DVD sleeve I did this by getting my poster and opening it on Photoshop I then re-sized it and placed it on the spine of y DVD cover.

I then picked out of my two storyline ideas and decided to go with idea 2. I chosen this because I thought my first Idea gave a lot of the plot away and instead of wanting the buyer to buy the DVD I basically told the story to my DVD.

STORY PLOT IDEAS FOR MY DVD SLEEVE

IDEA 1

SOME PEOPLE LIVE AN UNUSUAL LIFE SOME MORE THAN OTHERS. JOHN (MYLES HARRIS) IS A 27 YEAR OLD WHO LEADS AN ORDINARY LIFE OR SO IT MAY SEEM; WORKING, PARTYING, AND MEETING FRIENDS, BUT WHEN JOHN IS AT HOME AND THE DOORS ARE CLOSED, AN DEVILISH SIDE OF JOHN COMES TO PLAY. AND THINGS START TO HAPPEN THAT PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAN’T FIGURE OUT. WELL NO- ONE IS GOING TO SUSPECT A CARING, KIND, GENEROUS MAN. BUT WHEN THE DOORS ARE CLOSED THERE IS NO TURNING BACK.

IDEA 2

JOHN (MYLES HARRIS) IS A 27 YEAR OLD MAN WHO WORKS THOUGH THE DAY AND GOES PARTYING AND MEETING NEW PEOPLE AT NIGHT, BUT NO- ONE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS  BEHIND CLOSE DOORS. ONE NIGHT HE MEETS A GIRL AT A  PARTY, CALLED SARAH(KATE HUDSON) ONE THING LEADS TO ANOTHER AND THEY GO BACK TO JOHNS HOUSE. BUT WHEN  THE DOOR CLOSES AND ANOTHER PERSONALITY COMES OUT OF  JOHN, SARAH DECIDES IT MIGHT NOT OF BEEN A GOOD IDEA
AND DECIDES TO LEAVE. BUT WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOSED, ITS CLOSED AND THERE IS NO TURNING BACK. TORTURED AND RAPED AND PUT IN THE BASEMENT, HOW MANY MORE VICTIMS WILL BE KILLED UNTIL SOMEONE FINDS THE TRUTH.

DVD case analyse 3 for Dawn Of The Dead

The front cover of the DVD sleeve is really simple it has a title which is one of the first things you see and then your eyes look to the left a little and you see an un human face, which is really effective and cleavely done. What they have also done on this front cover is they have put the tag line under the title so you read it after. There isnt much on the front cover it's very simple it doesn't have the DVD logo or any actors names on it to grab the attention of buyers. It doesn't even have a certificate rating on the DVD which I thought it might of.

On the spine of the DVD sleeve it has the title which you normally see on the spine, the writing stands out from everything else on the spine. What it does have though is the company logo's and the DVD and HD one as well which is probally one of the things that sells the movie.

On the back cover of the DVD sleeve there is lots going on. They have the logo's again on the back but this time with a quote that says the best picture sound and interactivity which shows they are trying to get people to buy it. They have snap shots from the film so that you know what the film is sort of about, and they also have quiet a lot of special features as well which is quiet interesting because normally it's just exta time or behind the scenes. What they have also done which I like is that they have said what types of language you can watch the film in so it gets a wider range of people. It has a blurb of what the film is about and they have a title block of the cast and crew and the producers which I think is quite nice.

DVD sleeve analyse 2 - for The Skeleton Key

The front of the DVD sleeve is like a mystery so you are wondering whats happening in the film. If you have already watched the film then you will be able to understand the picture on the front. The front is very simple it doesn't have a certificate rating on the front of it. What it does have though is the actors name, so it makes you want to watch it purely on the actor. This is a good selling point on the movie if the have a good actor. The title on the front really stands out and it makes you wounder whats going to happen in the movie.

The spine has the title on it, the spine is really simple and doesn't give much away. It doesn't have a image of the actor or something from the film. all that the spine has is some co- production companies like universal. What it does have though is it says it can be in HD which some films don't have. it also has the DVD logo on the spine as well, but apart from that the spine is just simple and get the attention from the title.

On the back cover they have pictures from the movie which I have noticed more and more on other DVD sleeves. On this particular on though I have noticed that the pictures are more transparent were the text is at the top. This is how I want my back cover to look similar like because I think it looks really effective.  What they also have on the back cover, is a blurb telling you what the film is about this is one of the most crucial things on the back cover because this is what the person reads, its got to want them to buy it. On this DVD sleeve it doesn't have any special effects or a bar code or a certificate rating which is really unusual for a DVD sleeve not to have. I t does have a title block though.

DVD case analyse 1- saw

I really like this DVD sleeve of Saw because it shows exactly what is in the film. This is how I want to make my like with the dark setting so that it makes it look mysterious.

On the front cover of the DVD sleeve you can see that it's something sinister. and something groomsmen. immediately you can see it's a horror from the amount of black and red on the front cover. There is light shining on the chair with the red haired women looking like she is getting tortured. The light indicates its somewhere deserted because the picture is very simple but effective. Also on the front cover which you don't normally see is the date of release, this might be because the DVD might of been advertised before it came out. They also have the title block at the front of the DVD which is very unusual because it is normally on the back.  The DVD front cover is very different from the poster, the DVD gives more detail like you have already watched the film , whereas the poster of saw is more towards the fact that you have already seen it or heard about it and want to watch it. The more gruesome the front cover looks the more likely someone is going to buy it. Because Saw is a sequel then they don't need to put stars on the front cover, because people would buy the DVD anyway because they  might or have already got the other sequels to the other Saw's. But what it does have is the famous Saw title and a tagline at the top.

The spine on the DVD sleeve doesn't have the title SAW but it has  a quote from the film which is said in the other films,  saying you want to play a game. When the buyer read its they will instantly no that it's Saw. Also on the spine it has  the DVD logo and production company logo as well, it also has a small picture of the puppet from what jigsaw uses in the film.

The back cover has the title Saw, which makes it quite unique because they don't normally put the title on the back as well. What I like about this front cover is that it doesn't give you any special effects which is quite unusual considering that is what most DVD covers do to try and get the buyer to buy it. On the back it has a bar code and other technical information on it as well. What it doesn't have on at all is the BBFC and the parental guidance certificate. What it does have though is picture or snap shots of the film on the back what I do like is how they have done it, buy putting them in like an actual picture like it has happened.

Start of my magazine

This is the beginning of my magazine cover, What I have done is I have done the title, which I have named  total command, I have tried to make it similar to total films magazine, because I like the style of how they have presented it. 

What I have also done is I have done a title of my film and put something that would catch the eye of people, so I have put the best film of the year 2012. I have done the title in red to make it stand out, I have done the 3 colour scheme, red, white and black. 

I have put the bar code and at the side because when I have looked into film magazines I have noticed that it's always sideways.  

MY DVD SLEEVE PROPOSAL

MY DVD SLEEVE PROPOSAL

WORKING TITLE

My title of my DVD sleeve is going to be called shattered, and it’s going to be the extra to my poster that I have created. The basic storyline is going to be about a schizophrenic person who has two sides to him. The first side of him is really nice and goes out to nightclubs and pubs and get girls to come back to his house for a couple of more drinks. Then when the time is right the other personality come out and he is dark and uses different weapons to kill the victims. On the front cover of my DVD sleeve its going to be a man who is tied up and in a abandoned house which is his, I then am going to on the back put some pictures up from the movie so that the audience know what the film is about. This is going to capture the eye of the audience because you will have to really look at the pictures to understand what’s happening because they will be in black and white.

MEDIUM I USED

With my film I’m going to use Photoshop and a video camera and a SLR. I am using these to create my film I want to use Photoshop because I want to get the best out of my images. I am going to use Photoshop for all my work on my DVD because I find it an easier to use. I’m using the SLR camera so that I get the best quality picture I can for my DVD sleeve instead of using a compact camera that doesn’t give the best quality of the picture.

INTENDED AUDIENCE

My intended audience is people who like horror/ thriller films, there is a lot of horror films on the market so I’m going to have a small affect that will want people to buy my DVD.  My audience is going to be over 15 years old because that the certificate rating so it can’t be any younger than that. But from my research some younger people under 15 probably will buy my DVD because they can get other people to buy it for them.

MY INDICATED STYLE

My style for my DVD sleeve is going to be black wash on the back cover, so that they will be able to see the text and pictures. My style of colour is going to be 3 colour red, black and white, the reason why I choosen these colours is because they are the colours that are normally associated with horror films.  My title is going to be a deep red, I want it this colour because I don’t want the title to stand out my the bright red, I want the buyer to properly see the movie inside out so that they get the idea of the film.

SUMMARY OF CONTRAST

Basically it’s a man who has two personalities one really friendly and the other one is evil and goes on a killing spree. The man goes and gets girls not knowing that the dominant one comes out and kills whomever he is with. Everyone in the neighborhood knows him as a nice person they don’t know the real him. In the film it’s going to be natural lighting when it in the day and when the other personality comes out it starts to get darker lighting and some dark background music. Then when they are contrasting going in and out of different personalities you start to see the power of the darker personality getting more dominate.

LENGTH OF SIZE OF PRODUCT

The length of the size of my DVD sleeve is going to be 27.5cm by 18.5cm the whole width of the DVD the size of the spine is 1.5cm and the front and back of the cover is going to be 13cm.