Progress Review - Photoshop Tutorial

Before starting my DVD template design I decided to do 1 photoshop tutorial of a image because this allowed me to gain extra skills by following step by step instructions so when I do create my dvd cover I can transfer those valuable skills across to my final piece of work. The tutorial that I completed was a Colourful Light Burst Text Effect in Photoshop. This tutorial showed me how to create layers, adding blur to the text effect, lighten the text to auto tone to bright the text, changing the colours using gradient effects. The reason why I chose this tutorial is because I will be using text for the title of the dvd cover as an effect to stand out in the middle of the dvd cover and I will be needing the skills to produce it.

 

Below is the link where I used this photoshop tutorial.

 

http://www.photoshopessentials.com/photoshop-text/text-effects/colorful-light-burst-cs6/

Legal Issues in Digital Imaging Software

Types of Intellectual Property

 

There are 4 types of IP which include Patents, Trademarks, Designs and Copyright. Patents protects the features and processes that make things work. So once it's patented no one can then copy, make, sell without your permission. Examples include Ipods, Widgets etc. Trademark is a sign which distinguish your goods or services from your competitors. It is like a brand and examples include Signs, Web Addresses, Logos etc. Designs is a legal right that protects the overall visual appearance of a product. A registered design will help you stop others from creating designs which is too similiar to yours. Finally Copyright protects many types of work, from music and lyrics to photographs. Copyright is an automatic right which means you don't have to apply. Examples include literacy works, Recording works, Software, Texts, Films etc.

 

Copyright and Creative Commons Licences

 

To create my DVD cover I will have to get around with copyright material such as images from the web and using them in my dvd cover. To get around them I will be havard referencing them and sourcing the image whether I use an image, texture, fonts for my cover. Creative Commons allow creators to share their work with others by providing free copyright licences and tools to share the work. Creative Commons licences is not an alternative to Copyright license but they can work alongside it to suit your needs when sharing materials.  

DVD Amaray Style Case

An Amaray Style paper sleeve case has measurements of 129.5mm * 183mm which is the width and height of the front and back dvd cover. The dvd spine has a width of 14mm or less. Therefore the maximum dimensions would be 273mm * 183mm. Below is a link to show the DVD inlay specifications. 

Reference- Amaray DVD Safe [Online] Available at: http://www.alom.com/resources/pdf/amaraydvd.pdf [Accessed 17th February]

Reference - Amaray Case [Online] Available at: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Amaray-case.jpg [Accessed 17th February]

Key Visual Themes

Now I am at the stage where I have to identify  the Key Visual Themes for my DVD case wrap. I will be using quite dark intense colours to illustrate the background since this movie will contain monsters. I want to create an effect so that it appeals to the target auidence and stands out.

The Colour Scheme for the dvd cover that I will be using: Black, Orange, Yellow, Brown. The reason why I chose these colour scheme is to create an effect of a dark, lonely location where the film will take place. Once I have the colour scheme ready I can go online and get multiple images which have these colour schemes to get an idea on how the dvd colour scheme will look like.

Colour Scheme Images

Reference: Rainy City Flatten, [Image online], Available at: http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-blog/create-an-apocalyptic-dark-meteorite-fall-scene-in-photoshop/  [Accessed 13th February 2014]

 

 

Reference: Portal, [Image Online], Available at: http://www.photoshoproadmap.com/Photoshop-blog/how-to-create-an-epic-portal-scene-in-photoshop-photoshop-tutorials/
[Accessed 13th February 2014]

Brainstorming Ideas

Film Ideas

For the Assessment I will create a DVD package for a film. This film will be called Monsters at the Caribbean. The genre of this film will be Action and Horror  and it will have a 12 rating for viewers. This film will have monsters in the jungle. I will be merging in monsters from multiple films. The reason why I chose Monsters at the Caribbean is because it's an original DVD film that I came up with and therefore it is not a sequel to the original pirates of the caribbean films. The target audience for the film would be teenagers all they way to adults who have an interest in action and horror films.

Cast for the film - Johnny Depp, Penelope Cruz, Monsters

Similiar film Designs - Pirates of the Caribbean : The Curse of the Black Pearl

Reference - Pirates of the caribbean the curse of the black pearl [Image online]

Available at http://www.dvd-covers.org/d/271533-2/Pirates_of_the_Caribbean_The_Curse_of_the_Black_Pearl1_001.jpg

[Accessed 07 February 2014]