DVD Cover Research.

As mentioned before we found it difficult to find original material from the Motown era and so we had to use secondary sources which were modern day representations or primary sources such as still photos and accounts. When researching an idea for the DVD cover we didn't really find anything too suitable for the mentioned reason so ours is somewhat of an original idea. There are some elements from modern day DVD's that suit a Motown genre like the image of the three girls but our photo is a sort of behind the scenes candid photo with the back-cover having a photo of the 60's styled microphone. We also included a blurb on the back which described what was on the DVD and the special features. For some added professionality we also included a "exempt" from age restriction symbol and a barcode. On both the spine and front cover there is the name of the bands in the font that was designed by the teams designer.

Here is some examples of what i could find that relates to Motown and from the two on the right you can identify similarities that show the band as the main focus of the cover and that both contain the bands names. Below is our DVD cover.