Media Studies A2 Digipak Analysis

1. Digipak Analysis
Leonie Law

2. The front cover of Ben Haenow’s album,
Something I Need, is simplistic in both layout
and theme. The black and white colours of
the cover goes against the colourful texts and
shirts that he wears in other photo shoots.
There is an overall seriousness that
contradicts his later albums. All of the generic
conventions of a digipak front cover are
present however, I don’t believe they are very
effective, due to their simplicity – For
example, the text is very simple and boring
and not very eye catching. It is unusual to
have a logo on the front cover however, it is a
style choice that X Factor use for most of the
CDs they release.
The back cover of the CD follows the
colour scheme of the front. The ‘Live
Tour information’ is specific to the X
Factor CD’s however, the producers for
each song is listed – something that is
very unappealing for the audience. The
generic conventions of a back cover are
present (such as the producing label,
song list, and record company logo).

3. This is a better example of Ben Haenow’s
aesthetic style for CD covers. This text is used
through out all of the covers, whilst he also
uses this colour of yellow, or a vibrant hue of
red for his text. His quirky pose is
synonymous with Ben as he often poses in
the same ways for every photo shoot. Being
central in his CD covers is also another
stylistic choice that Ben uses often.

4. This EP cover supports the statements that I
made before. The font is the same, the colour
red is used, and he has a ‘quirky’ but central
pose.

5. This Justin Bieber album cover suggests that
the central positioning of the artist is a Pop
artist theme. Compared to Ben’s covers, it is
similar in simplicity however, the contrasting
colours (black, gold, and white) make the
cover eye catching. Justin Bieber also has a
habit of not looking towards the camera for
adverts and Cd covers.

6. Adele is a pop artist who is know for her
maturity. This reflects in her album cover
through the monochrome colour scheme and
clear, simple font. The green colour of ’21’
distinguishes the title from the artist’s name
whilst still being the same size and font
means that there is continuity.