Breaking the Glass Ceiling

The Brief

'Charlie More 4' is a local band from Cambridge. I was asked to design a dvd cover and poster promoting a feature documentary made following 'CM4' and their dream of 'making it' within the music industry. The The documentary was produced by a group of falmouth broadcasting students. The visual language should reflect the title of the documentary ''Breaking the glass ceiling" and also the subject and 'tone of voice' of the film. They also want the designs to be cheap to print and must include the 'CM4' logo, the title of the documentary and various copy.

Solution

Below is the dvd cover, I have used the same image for the front of the dvd as featured on the promotional poster shown here to the right. I decided to do the design in black and white as this would cut down the printing costs as well as link in with the documentary "black on white" truth. The fonts used for both the poster and the dvd cover where chosen by the client, with the opinion that it reflected the attitude of the music shown in the film. The main image was created in 'Photoshop' and illustrates the title of the documentary and by using a 'fender strat' as the object of destruction the image is suggesting that the dvd is a music documentary.