DVD Printing

To improve the overall aesthetic of my finished product, I though it would be a good idea to design my own disk print and then incorporate it onto my final cut via the use of my home printer.

To establish what to include on my design I took a large range of DVD's and studied the text and information that is included upon them. To hopefully find a common occurrence amongst the information.

The DVD's that I examined are as followed.....

•  The Dark Knight 

• The Chronicles Of Riddick
• A Knights Tale
• Pirates Of The Caribbean At World's End
• Lord Of The Rings The Two Towers
• Bad Boys 2
• Fast And The Furious Tokyo Drift 
• Alien vs Predator
• The Matrix
• Spiderman 3

From examining these the most common information is listed below.

• If the DVD is a 2 disc special edition, then it clearly outlines which disk is the feature film and which contains the special features. Done by numbered disks or having it clearly written in text.
  

• The DVD logo is printed onto the disk. 
  

• Either a region 1 or 2 logo. This is depended on where the DVD has been distributed. A region 2 DVD will only work within Europe, where as region 1 is specific to the US.
  

• Copywright protection company logos, such as FACT.
  

• A banner clearly stating that the copy is not for rental. This will obviously be the opposite if the DVD is a rental copy.
  

• A website address, so that the audience is able to access more information which is relevant to the film that they have purchased.
  

• The inclusion of two age certificates. for the UK and for Ireland. In some cases Ireland tends to be higher than the UK rating, as it's run by a different body to the UK.
  

• Of course the title of the film.

• Production and distribution company logos.

• Distinction codes for this particular DVD.

These are all located upon the face of the disc, which are placed on top of an image which relates/links into the narrative of the film.

There is also a fine banner of text around the edge of DVD discs it tends to include...\

• Smaller font which is in white so it can appear more distinguishable.
  
• This text tends to include
• Year of release
• And by which company has the rights reserved.
• Also a run time is included in terms of minutes.