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We do professional DVD box sheets, labels, and booklets. Much like a CD for a musician, your DVD cover is your calling card to the video industry and to the consumer... how well you have it designed and the other graphics for your release could well determine your success or failure as a director, producer, etc..  There are guidelines to help you realize the importance of the graphic design stage in preparing your video for the marketplace. A well designed and attractive cover, along with other detailed information you have included in the packaging, may well determine if the gatekeepers in the video business ever bother to watch the production contained on the media, and if a video consumer is turned off or on by the cover graphics. It is the best advertisement for your video production. Sexton Design works hard to provide the highest quality possible, while keeping these things in mind. We understand and respect that you have spent a long time writing, rehearsing, directing, and producing your video. But we can only design what you, the client, provides us with. Please take some time to consciously consider all the issues listed here...

Front Cover
The name of the production needs to be clearly visible and written, with a unique logo design, in the top third of the cover.

Back Cover
What specific type of information is included on the back cover? Label name, catalog number, barcode, production synopsis, contact info, (website URL, email address, MySpace address, Facebook page address, Twitter address, ShoutLife address... and same for any social networking site), production credits,  actor/ actress names, more, etc. Any graphic images, text and colors used need to be clear and readable.

Label On Disc
What specific information is on the disc itself? The name and release title of the video production, as well as graphics present on the cover, need to be present on the DVD lable to give the "matching set" feel to your package.

Bonus Booklet
Describe the type of booklet used in your packaging. What specific images, and text information need to be included? Some ideas; more credits, thank you’s, more detailed production synopsis, still scenes, etc. The artwork and design needs to be consistent with the rest of the artwork and design of the front and back covers.

DVD Spine
What specific information is on the spine of the DVD?  Well, you have the label name/logo, catalog number,  and production release name.

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NOTE: Sexton Design will note be responsible for dvd covers and lables that are used for illegal means after production or completion. We reserve the right to refuse anyone, for any purpose, based on credability and content. Sexton Design will not work on projects of mature or adult content, vulgarities that resemble harm or dismemberment to humans or animals, and so forth.

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