This document outlines the planning and design process for creating a two-disc digipak. It includes templates, examples of what elements are liked and disliked from other digipaks, and practice designs created in PowerPoint. The draft designs show an image split across panels that combines to show a full picture when opened, drawing inspiration from Rihanna's use of this technique in her own digipak design.

1. Planning and process.

2. Template
This template shows my two disc,
six page digipak. The reason I
have decided to use this template
is because there are clear
established outlines that are easy
to follow, professional looking and
allows me enough room to fit two
discs on.
I got this template from;
http://www.discwizards.com/cd-dvdartwork-templates.htm.

3. Examples:
What I like and dislike in these digipaks?
Like
Dislike
I like how the bottom image of the hands not
only continues across the bottom of the
digipak but also goes onto the CD, this
creates great continuity and pulls all the
pieces together.
I’m not a fan of the left and right sections
(pink curtains) as I do think this is quite
boring however I do understand that this is
to re-enforce the idea that the whole digipak
is meant to be one stage.

4. Examples:
What I like and dislike in these digipaks?
Like
Again the continuity throughout all of the
inside pictures draw the whole album
together and create a clearer image. I also
like how the artist is featured on the covers
but not on the CD.
Dislike
I don’t think the album cover is particularly
exciting as it is just a close up of the artists
face and nothing else. However the colours
used do continue into all of the images
showing continuity.

5. Examples:
What I like and dislike in these digipaks?
Like
I really like how Katy Perry has linked her
digipak directly to her music video this
introduces continuity in a completely new
way. I really like how interesting the disk
designs are.
Dislike
I think the image attached (above case)
stands out as it is completely different,
therefore I will not include this feature in my
music video.

6. Back Cover

7. Images That I like…
Why?
What ideas will I take from this?

8. Some Digipak back cover ideas for images…

9. Practice Designs
(created on PowerPoint)

10. The 1975
The 1975
The City
M.O.N.E.Y
Chocolate
Talk!
An Encounter
Heart Out
Settle Down
Robbers
Girls
12
She Way Out

11. The 1975
1. The 1975
2. The City
3. M.O.N.E.Y
4. Chocolate
5. Talk!
6. An Encounter
7. Heart Out
8. Settle Down
9. Robbers
10.Girls
11.12
12.She Way Out

12. The 1975
1. The 1975
2. The City
3. M.O.N.E.Y
4. Chocolate
5. Talk!
6. An Encounter
7. Heart Out
8. Settle Down
9. Robbers
10.Girls
11.12
12.She Way Out

13. The 1975
1. The 1975
2. The City
3. M.O.N.E.Y
4. Chocolate
5. Talk!
6. An Encounter
7. Heart Out
8. Settle Down
9. Robbers
10.Girls
11.12
12.She Way Out

14. The 1975
1. The 1975
2. The City
3. M.O.N.E.Y
4. Chocolate
5. Talk!
6. An Encounter
7. Heart Out
8. Settle Down
9. Robbers
10.Girls
11.12
12.She Way Out

15. The 1975
1. The 1975
2. The City
3. M.O.N.E.Y
4. Chocolate
5. Talk!
6. An Encounter
7. Heart Out
8. Settle Down
9. Robbers
10.Girls
11.12
12.She Way Out

16. To create my digipak, I had to use all original
images, but after realising that this image…
…would be too hard to re-create I have decided
to change my plan. (see next image…)

17. This is my idea…
This is my trial for the image I will create
with Ellie. The soft lighting and the cute
lollypop is exactly the look I will use.
The extreme close up will contrast with
the middle ‘split image’ of a long shot.
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18. This is the new plan…

19. Inside Left

21. The Split Image Design…
As you can see I have used a continued image
for two of my sections so that when it is folded
out you see just Betty Grable's face and when it
is joined you see the whole body. This is not a
technique I have created, in fact it is quite
common for common digipaks. The example
below is of Rhianna's digipak and how the
image continues from one section to another.