Creative ideas for a DVD cover???

Question

I'm making my high schools first DVD yearbook type thing and I need a creative idea for a DVD front, back, and both sides on the inside... HELP!!!

Answer 1

Rules first, design second:



• Business-standard file set-up is a 300 dpi, CMYK color profile



• The standard DVD insert size is 7 1/4'' x 10 3/4'' AFTER it's been cut out, so include a minimum background extension of 1/8'' to 1/4'' to guarantee that you won't make your design too small and have white edges when it's cut (this is known as including bleed).



• The above measurements are intended for designers working in a printer's spread format, meaning that the cover is on the right, the back the left, and a 1/2'' spine separates them at dead center.



• The DVD's spine text should be rotated to 270° (or -90°) so that if the case is placed face-up on a table the spine is readable.



Design:



I'd suggest using a solid color fill, a textured color fill, a gradient fill, or a high-resolution background image.



Your color scheme should reflect the school colors and whatever photos are included on the cover should be examples of the school's best attributes, whether that's the football team or the school band. A picture of the front of the school itself would easily be appropriate.



Avoid using overly-elaborate font styles or difficult to read colors (like red text on a black background). The size of the text should NOT drop below 6 pts. If there's too much text to fit in 9 pts or less... there's just TOO MUCH.



If it were me, I'd use a picture of a panther leaping towards the viewer from the cover of the DVD and either nothing but color fill and/ or text in the back, or the same panther, but with a 50% transparency.



Hope that's helpful!

Answer 2

I like what laughter_6 said; it sounds like the cover she described is for the plastic rental BOX, not the actual CD cover.



The panther thing is kinda obvious, simple being better, I would just have the panther and the Year... well you gotta have the schools name somewhere... maybe a pic of the school including the name as the background.



Wait you're in southern California... the hub of american media creativity, why are you asking us?

Answer 3

I am a Special Ed major and the oldest kids I worked with were 14, but I do have some ideas for you. You can allow the students one extra credit point for every grammar error they see in a publication, like a mass mailing or even their English book. Or, in a similar way, you can collect materials that you know have errors and they can fix them. It helps students become more cognizant of errors in their own writing. Another idea to teach vocabulary is to have them write a story using all their vocabulary words. This tends to be a lot of fun for most students, and it is good practice at using vocabulary words in context.

Answer 4

ok how about for the front, you have a huge panther jumping out at you(not literally). same thing on the back. then on the sides, have the panther laying down and resting.