Final Digipack

Making of Digipack

this is experimental work that we did with this photo to make it how we wanted it for our inlay. it shows the processes that we went through on photoshop to adjust the settings of the photograph to make it appropriate.

Making of Digipack

The front cover.

this is the photograph that was added onto the front page, it has had its background erased and has been cropped in photoshop.
this is the process of the editing in photoshop.

this is the photograph once it had been edited.

i really like this, it shows how she is miserable on more than one occasion, the wall with graffiti on is perfect to fit in to the theme, we have brightened the wall and made the colour of the graffiti stand out more.

we still need to add the band name and song name to the front cover and i think that we will do this on the wall on top of the graffiti.

These are fonts that we have found and have been experimenting with them and trying to decide which to use for our front cover.

Making of Digipack

These are the original images for our digipack.

this photo is the one that we used to edit into the back ground of our front cover. it was taken in my grandmothers back garden on a old fashioned swing.

this was taken in a little alley way under a brigde. it is dark and gloomy which sets the scene. it will be used for the back cover of our digipack.

This was also taken under the bridge, it is going to be used to make the CD.

this is going to make the first page on the inlay of the digipack, it also was taken under the brigde.
Yet again, taken under the bridge, we wanted to have all our photos in the same place because after doing research we realised this was quite common, also we feel that if they are all simular it will be more memorable for the viewer to think about the CD case. this will be used as our CD front cover.

Ideas for back of CD

Ideas for CD photo

Ideas for Inlay

Ideas for CD Cover

Back of CD cover Research

This is my favourite CD back form what i have found during my research. i think that the colours are perfect and stand out brilliantly, my favourite past is the black rectangle in which the song names are written in, it stands out very well and is easy to read.

I like this Back cover because of the way the list of songs and the photograph are places together. i like the idea of having a photograph on the back cover because it makes it more interesting.

I hate this back cover. it is SO boring and dull. the colour is bright but boring. the song names do not stand out and it generally doesn't draw me towards the CD at all.

CD Inlay Research

this disk is the Arctic Monkeys, it is plain and features AM on it, which obviously stands for their band mane,this makes their name memorable.

This one is by N-Dubz, who are a hip hop/ RnB genre. it features the three people in the group and their name and album name. it is very successful.

Here is one by Oasis. this shows a completely different style as they have chosen to feature the songs on the CD to be listed on the actual CD itself, I like this idea.

Front of CD Research

I have looked at digipacks as a whole, now i am going to focus on the front and back of CD cases.

Being the most important part of the digipack because it is the first thing that a person will see I will do the most research into this.

These are some examples that i have found of front covers on the internet.

This one by The Kooks uses light very effectively. it is simple yet you are drawn to it. the name of the album is written in neon lights a nice effect with a clear purpose.

This one by Beyonce is a different genre of music to most of my research, i think that it uses brighter colours to fit it with the nature of the music, she is shown wearing diamonds and is looking very prerogative, this is a typical style for RnB genre digipacks. Her name and album name is shown discreetly in the corner as the attention is wanted to be drawn to the photograph itself.

Razorlight are a well know band. they have gone for simple black and white, it shows the band members, who are well known faces and may draw people to the CD. the band name is very clear and bold. it is simple. they do not feature the name of the album however which is unusual.

This is one of the Arctic Monkeys albums, the photos are bright on a dull background which allows them to really stand out. the album name and band name is written effectively in a writing style that suits the style and fits in with the photograph, it looks very computerised.

This is another cover by Arctic Monkeys, it is a very famous one of theirs, simple yet effective, it shows the lead singer, he is smoking. he looks relaxed which gives an insight into the nature of the music and the colours are kept very plain also outlining this.

the digipack has no mane featured however the band name stands out with a bright background and a contrasting back for the font and it is used in the style that is specific to the Arctic Monkeys so it makes it memorable.

Digipack

When Digipacks were first introduced when CD's were invented, they were made of cardboard, however today we used plastic to make them so that they are stronger and more professional.

A digipack is the packaging of a CD,.

it includes the front page of the case; the cover.

which will normally have to artists name on and the name of their single or album.

the inside page of the case.

which may have information about the artist on or a photograph of them.

the actual CD and the space behind it.

This normally features the artists logo or again a photograph of them or what/who their song is about. The same photo or logo is usually used for the CD and the space that it covers, but can be seen when the CD is removed.

The back of the CD case.

Most of the time will feature a photograph again but is sometimes left plain, this is were the artist will include a list of their songs and normally the details of their record label and sometimes also their artists website.

the front and back of a CD case are extremely important, they need to be intriguing and eye catching so that the viewer is drawn to the CD if they have not yet had a chance to heat the music. the style of the CD digipack normally depend on the artist and their genre so I am going to research into some different digipacks.

The digipack below is very plain and simple. it sticks to the same colour theme throughtout and alothough it seems quite boring, it is still eye catching to a certain extent because the colour is so bold.
This is a photograph that i found on the internet, it is obvioulsy made to appeal to a yoing age group but it is very good in the way that the colours are bright and fun and therfore the sort of person that it is for would be expected to be drawn to it.

This is a 4 panel digipack, like the one that we will be producing, it has a front back and two pages inside.

This Digipack follows a similar theme to the one that I have described, this is more of the sort of thing that Jessica and I wish to produce.

the photos are eye catching and the colours are bold, yet correspond the the genre of music therefore it attracts the right people without actually listening to the music.

One interesting thing is that the photographs are all of the same thing and seem to be from the same photo shoot, this is something that we will bear in mind as we start to design our own digipack.

This digipack is a 6 panel digipack, which is not actually what we will be making.

This digipack is from an album by Oasis, this is more of the genre of music we are following.

the colour, style and photos are kept simple, but they are effective, the band is very well know and liked so they do not have to make their digipack stand out quite as much because people will be searching for the CD. the digipack follows a similar style to the one that i mentioned, you can see the songs featured on the CD clearly listed on the back page.