3. Coldplay
Viva La Vida
This is an example of a digipack from Coldplay, and their album ‘Viva La Vida’. It is
a digipack which has stuck to the codes and conventions in every manner. The
front page features an image, which I believe to be linked to the name of the
album.
The first inside panel features pictures of the band members all playing their
instruments with a sepia toned filter.
The next panel is a bit different. It is a jet black background with just the name of
the band on the first line, the name of the album on the next, and then a strange
phrase underneath that. The phrase is “Death and all his friends”. At first I had
absolutely no idea what this meant, but after a bit of research, it turns out the
name of the album is actually ‘Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends’. Both
Viva La Vida and Death And All His Freinds are seperate songs within the album.
The final panel returns to the conventions, and again is what you’d expect. It
features the song titles, record label information and a barcode; all what you
would expect! Again (following digipack conventions) it has continued the same
font and the same colour as the text on the previous panel.
Something noticeable about this digipack is the fact that the text is very
different on the front page, to what is is throughout the rest of the digipack.
4.
5. Lady Gaga
The Fame Monster
This is the digipack from Lady Gaga’s ‘The Fame Monster’.
It, like the Coldplay digipack, follows all the codes and conventions of
modern digipacks. It has stuck to one style of font throughout the
digipack, and one sequence of colouring – Black and White. The title on
the front has been done in a gold colour, to exaggerate the ‘Fame’ idea.
The front cover shows a picture of Lady Gaga, one heavily associated
with this album. This shows that the image has created
recognition, which is what is aspired for from a front cover. It also has the
name of the artist and the album name, very much a convention of album
covers.
The second panel is another picture of Gaga, which is made to look like its
somewhat behind the scenes.
This particular album consists of two dics, therefore has two disc tray
panels. These two panels are completely identical, except from one says
one, and the other says two; obviously in the same font, size and colour.
The back page is another picture of Gaga, this tme, a ‘proffesional shot’.
The text states the exact same as the front cover, keeping the same font
and same styling, but this time, in white.
6. My Digipack
• I intend on doing a digipack to coincide with my
music video. Coldplay are a more suiting
example for me to base my digipack
on, because the genre in which they produce, is
similar to the song that I have done – an
alternative genre. I don’t intend on having a
‘deeper meaning’ on the front cover, like
Coldplay’s however. I will keep it simple and
follow the codes and conventions religiously.
Also, I don’t think I will be using a blank page
with a few words on it, because that won’t get
me many marks at all!
