Project Management for CD DVD and Vinyl manufacture.

Project Management

Briefing Key Production on your project or release from the very beginning will enable us to advise you on the most cost effective way to reach your goal.

We will recommend papers and boards, ways to package the contents - disc, USB, vinyl, merchandise etc. fulfilment and costs. We can also give you options on environmentally friendly products and carbon offsetting.

Whether it is a multi-format project or a collectors item, Key Production will partner you through the process to ensure a successful launch.

See some of our case studies for examples

Case Study

Travis 7" & CD Single (Something Anything), Vinyl & CD Album (Ode to J. Smith)

Project: Multi format release for the band Travis

Customer: Integral/Red Telephone Box

Brief: To supply packaging for four different formats that needed different artwork yet would have a degree of continuity throughout

Packaging: For the 7" and CD single we used a similar shaped sleeve for both, making sure that the weight, colours and finish of the boards corresponded. The vinyl album was done with printed inners and a gatefold sleeve and the CD was a 12 page booklet and inlay into a jewel case. Again it was important to make sure that the colours and finishes corresponded with each other as well as with the single formats.

Case Study

Doctor Who - The Eighth Doctor Collection

Customer: BBC/Big Finish

Project: Nine Disc DVD Audio Adventures set

Brief: To create an indiviually numbered package to hold Nine DVD discs that would be cost effective and rack able in shops.

Packaging: This package had Nine DVDs, but the cost of a bespoke box was too expensive and so we opted for a "Slyder Pack". This pack has standard DVD tray holders, but they slide upwards to reveal each disc. It was fairly new to the market and unusual enough to create a unique package. Along with a booklet, the Slyder pack was housed in an open ended slipcase with a gloss laminate finish. The slipcases were sequentially numbered to add value.

Case Study

The Lyrics Board

Customer: EMI/Like It Love It Production International

Brief: Rigid box to hold components for a board version of a TV game show. The initial issue was to combine the elements of the TV game in to a package that could be sold in to shops allocating a certain shelf size.

Packaging: The solution was a clam style box with enough depth to hold the components - an instruction book and 100 question & answer cards that could slide into a holder. The holder had opening windows to show the answers which was also a feature of the TV show. Music was also a part of the game and the placement of two CDs in either side of the box completed the package. A matt lamination finished the box with a stylish feel and also added strength to ensure a longer life.