6. DIGIPACK
When I first began making my digipack I noted down each
measurement of each piece of artwork that I need to make for
my digipack. This meant that I didn’t have to keep going back
to the template for reference.
I kept a template of the digipack open in photoshop however
and each time I completed a part of the digipack artwork I
added it onto the template so that I could see the process of
my digipack.
To begin with I had a general theme of black and white that I
was aiming to accomplish, but I began to run to of ideas
according to the images I had taken, as they were all very
similar. This was purposely as I intended to use many images
together on one piece of artwork in order to achieve the
opacity affect I have previously used on practise images.
7. DIGIPACK;
In order to get each piece of artwork at the correct size, I used a custom size of my own,
using the template sizes that are stated on the digipack template I have used for my
digipack. I have done this for eight different sections of my digipack – Front cover, back
cover, left inside, spine, cd one and cd two.
8. Front Cover;
For the front cover I used the opacity affect which I have previously used on some practise
images I have taken. I used these images as I wanted to give the idea that people seem to put
on loads of different personalities and fronts just to please people, but in the end you can
only be one person and that person will shine through as you can’t pretend to be somebody
forever as you won’t be able to keep it up and at some point the front will fall and true
colours will show. One of the main conventions
of an album front cover I found when dong
research into ancillary texts is the use of the
artists name and the album title, this is why I
have added this information on my front
cover so it conforms to the codes and
conventions. I used the font I chose to use
on Dafont.com which I chose to use in my
planning process. In my next draft I think it is
very important to spend a lot more time
cropping out the background of these
individual images in order for the hair to look
more natural making the white parts around
the individual images disappear.
10. Back Cover;
For the back cover I found conventions included, licence information, record label logos, artist
social media information and a track list of the tracks which are included on the CD. This is
why I have included such information on my back cover of the CD. I have recently found that
the idea of the six panel, two disk template is to have one CD featuring the album and the
other CD featuring as a DVD with the music video that I am in the process of making. For my
next draft I think it is important that I add information of the DVD onto my album back cover
this is a convention of many album back
covers which feature movies on them. I have
added logos of record labels which are
currently running, these are not my work
and belong to Sony and Columbia records. I
have also used the track list of the album
which the chosen song I have created my
music video is from Emile Sande – Our
Version of event. Also I found that a
convention was to have a barcode on it. To
begin with I did not plan to have an image on
this part of my digipack however I believed
that without an image it looked very
minimalistic which is why I chose to add
another image of my artist.
12. Left Inside;
On the left inside I decided to use my original idea for my front cover as I believe that it
carries all of the messages which I wanted it to. In the image I believe that the first thing the
audience are drawn to is the eyes, this clearly shows natural beauty. The message I have
encoded with this image is that no matter how much make up you plaster on your face you
will always be naturally beautiful. The make up is the same as it was in the shoot for my back
cover, this shows continuity across the digipak. This image I believe relates directly to my
music video as it shows the contrast between
two personalities within one being. Showing
that due to the models age she isn’t yet sure of
exactly who she is. I think the model looks
around the age of seventeen, the age where
people begin to understand who they really are
due to getting their own independence
through college or work. Also people get more
friends in wider society who may have an
affect on shaping the individual. Due to the
media and the wide range of media institutions
pressuring females this shows that the model is
confused and doesn’t actually know who she is
or who she wants to be.
14. CD’s & Spine;
For the CD’s I did plan to have the idea of melted colours coming from the inside of the CD,
melting towards the outside however after I have completed the first CD photoshop crashed
on me, and deleted all of my work on the CD’s, meaning I had to start again, due to the fact
that I had a deadline I had to use a plan B and come up with a plain idea of a CD. Out of the
whole digipack I beleve this lets my digpack down by a substantial amount. In the near future
I am gong to do some extra research into CD’s
within a digipack as the CD that I made clearly
doesn’t look professional. I also looked back
at my research for a second idea after my
work deleted and found that I did no research
into CD’s.
The spine is obviously another item I need to
research into more detail to find conventions
as it looks unprofessional and very
minimalistic.
16. In Conclusion
The first thing I am going to make the effort to
put more work into is the CD’s and spine on my
digipack. I am then going to put the effort into
looking at the positionings of images and the
continuity of my digipack. This means I may
change the idea of the front cover, or try to
make it look more professional.
