DVD Covers*

I have researched a variety of different DVD album covers (from a mixture of the music genres in society) to gain a concept of what conventions I would have to exceed whilst developing my own Muse album DVD front cover for my ancillary task.  Here are a few examples:

It is amazing how diferent each one is, in terms of style, layout and colour, which also conveys the similarities of the covers and their appliances of the typical conventions. 

My particular favourite of these covers is 'The Pretty Reckless' one:

The reasons why I favour this cover are:

• I love the simplistic format that this cover has developed; the main front image is simple, central and effective; the titles/headers are clearly found in the appropriate places and the distributor's information is clearly identified at the bottom on the back cover - in some DVD covers, these conventions are hard to find by the "chaotic" cram of information and distracting background design; covers that convey this are the 'Rihanna, Good Girl Gone Bad Live', 'Britney Spears, Femme Fatale' and the 'Evanescence' DVD album cover.  
• I also love the representation of Taylor Momsen's "rock-chic" image by the use of colour and the "teenage girl" qualities of the design (the heart sketches, the pink font etc)  This targets a younger audience in this rock genre, both female and male: female - by the typical "teenage girl" approach in deisgn, colour and whole concept of the cover, and male - the provocative use of "gaze theory" of Taylor Momsen's pose in her stylised and revealing trade-mark attire (the Doc Martins, the black laungerie with blonde extensions and heavy black eye make-up). 

This is the cover I will base my DVD cover on!

Here are a couple examples of Muse's previous album DVD covers:

The general similarities in the two covers are uses of dark colours; the "sci-fi" theme of the main images and the main appeal to adolescent boys in society by the design approach.  They also signify Muse's "electryfying" and "static" image as a band.