Digipak stuff

1. Digipak Analysis
Lynley Sykes

2. CD/Inner Panel
Here I have a selection of digipak CDs
the objective of this slide is to
determine what kind of image to use
on the CD itself as well as the panel
right next to the CD. There are a
variety of ways that this could be
done. In image one a panoramic shot
is used for the CD and the panel to
the left of the CD I find this effective
and a good way to make this part of
the digipak look appealing to the
public. Also this type of shot might
be effective because of the nature of
out video. As we intend to use
various nature shots because of the
location of our video. This might be
the way to for this section of our
digipak. Image two uses a panoramic
shot for the left side of the album
cover as well as behind the CD I think
that this might be the best layout so
far as our artist has a logo which
might look the better on the CD
itself. Image 3 has a very simple
background with writing on the left
side of the cover. The CD and the
front
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3. Spine of Digipak
This image shows a wide
variety of spines for an
album/digipak. Most of
these spines have the
name of the band and the
name of the album some
of these spines have
product number/key on
them. Not all of them
have the names of the
record company name or
logo. The colours of the
spine vary some are plain
white while others are
black or multi-coloured for
out digipak we will be
careful to use colours that
are complimentary to the
colours of the images this
should create synergy for
the products.

4. Front Cover
These are a selection of front covers
of albums and digipaks I have found
in the indie rock genre of music. All
these images are simple and are not
focused on people. They are of
landscapes or have a person in the
background. Because of this we
have decided that using a simple
image for our front cover. All these
front covers have the name of the
artist on them in most cases it is
central to the image and quite
noticeable. Some of them like the
foals has the bands name in the top
left corner this might be to be to
break conventions slightly or to
draw more attention to the image.
The Missions has a smaller band
name on the cover however it is
central but not in the middle of the
image this might show that the
artist is trying to draw more
attention to the image rather than
the artist.

5. Back
The back of the
albums/digipaks are simple
having a few lines on them and
information of the record label
company as well as copy right
information and a barcode. We
would like to use a layout
similar to the Adele back as we
would like to use an image on
the right side of the back and
have writing on the other side.
All these backs use simple
images with minimal writing.
We think that this will be an
effective way to go about
designing our digipak and we
would like to use a similar type
effect.

6. Full Digipak
This digipak works well the image
have a good synergy and suit the
setting and feel of the album. All
the pictures link well and fit in
with the dark gloomy appearance
that seems to be the theme. There
is only one image with the whole
hand on it while the rest either are
land scape shots or show obscure
images of a person like the front
image. This is a good example of a
six panel digipak and gives us
something we can gain inspiration
from and got a basic idea of what a
six panel digipak should have on
each panel.