Draft of Digipak

After looking at the current digpak I noticed that the camera style on the cover was quite old and needed to be updated.


I have decided to ask people which colour they think would be best for the new cover and digipak.


People decided that the best colour to have on the album would be red. I agreed with this and decided to make the new cover red.


This is the CD digipak that intend to have. The back will have legal requirements and a bar code along with a track list. On the cover there will be a CCTV camera and it will be more modren than the previous cover. This may be subject to change if I can find an optical illusion that suits the cover and album. Whilst this cover looks very similar to the previous one I think that it could be really effective. However I think that there is more here that I can do so that the cover is better than the original.

Music Mood Board

This is my Hard-Fi mood board. It shows the band in their formally and relaxed state which is reflected by their album and single covers. The covers use simple clean lines with minimal colours to show a relaxed, at ease attitude.

WALL.E

This is one of the most amazing digipaks I have ever seen.

It is completely Eco-Freindly and is made from card.

This digipak conveys the message of the film WALL.E as does the DVD release of the film also with a card case. One of the films main messages is that we cannot keep dumping rubbish anywhere.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UUa87u9j6Q

Hard Fi - Stars Of CCTV Digipak Deconstruction

This is the Hard Fi Stars of CCTV album digipak deconstruction.

The album was first released in 2005 and was the band's debut album. The plain yellow front cover with the rather retro style CCTV camera is easy for the audience to recognise and it clearly signifies a camera. Today's cameras are more hiddedn and come incased in metal for their own protection and they might not be as recognisable on the cover.

The yellow colour follows on into the second album and has become one of the bands main signifiers in an album.

The insert is very plain and has no lyrics to the songs unlike the typical album insert. The pictures included are in black and white and they are of the band members.

Hard Fi - Once Upon A Time In The West Digipak Deconstruction

This is my favourite album in the world and there is a good chance that it always will be. It is the first real album that I listened to over and over and over again. It was a gift from my friend and it is the best present she ever got me. The album was released on September 3rd 2007. It wasn't just the music that appealed to me though, it was the sheer brilliance of it. The cover was just yellow with no art work just the words NO COVER ART and I thought that was above all genius!

The insert for the CD was a fold out and the this again was fantastic. One side was just yellow. The other side said the truth of what is actually in every digipak and in large bold letters were the words "INSIGNIFICANT PHOTOSHOOT" Brilliant!

There is no reference to looking.

There is no reference to the bands life or their performance.

The CD is just yellow.

The only text other than the titles in the digipak is legal dribble.

I also find the three colours great as the effect achieved by using these three simple colours is amazing.

The Feeling - Twelve Stops And Home Digipak Deconstruction

This is The Feelings debut album Twelve Stops and Home which was released on the 5th of June 2006. The band is English and from London. this album had twelve songs on it to correspond with the title.

The cover here relates to the title in a way. The title uses the word 'home' and the front cover, insert and case are comprised of mainly things that you would associate with home. There is a key, a pen, playing cards and what appears to be a glasses case, these are things that you could find in a bag that you would take with you when you leave your house. It could represent taking a part of your house with you. The link between the title and the visuals displays Goodwin's first theory.

The cover is very attention grabbing with the use of bright colours and fits in with the genre characteristics. Most pop-rock bands have pop out covers that stand out in the stands. This also fits into Goodwin's theory under the genre characteristics rule.

There is no real notion of looking on any of the covers that I have looked at. I think bands want to appeal more to a unisex audience so that they can sell more albums. However this may not be the case the record label is probably the one saying that there can't be a half nude woman on the front of an album as they will be accused of being sexist.

Voyeurism could be the key here as all of the things on the cover and in the fold out are about life and the daily life of people.

The Kaiser Chiefs - Yours Truly, Angry Mob Digipak Deconstruction

The Kaiser Chiefs released their album Yours Truly, The Angry Mob in 2007. The cover and contents of the digipak are very simple. They are a perfect example of what you should expect to find in any digipak.

The cover of this album is very simple. There is no special graphics or extreme photography. It's simple get pictures of the band members individually (we know this from the depth and distance from one another) and put them in a line at the bottom of a blank sepia tone canvas. Add in a fancy title with the same font as the band name.

The digipak insert is one of the most standard typical booklets you could find in a CD. The are a few photos of the band doing strange things and the lyrics of the songs are on the panels opposite them. It was once said (and I will refer to this in a later post) 'insignificant photo shoot' was the only term to describe the photo's in the insert. I find this to be completely true. I mean what relevance does eating beans have to do with anything in this CD?

The yellow like colour of the cover allows for the audience to feel relaxed with the CD and the music. If it was fluorescent yellow or bright yellow it may provoke a different reaction.

This digipak fits in perfectly with it's genre characteristics. The digipak itself is again held together with staples.