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The document summarizes research on indie pop/rock CD covers. It notes that indie covers often have a colorful, retro and nostalgic look like The Killers' "Day & Age" album. Indie covers also tend to be artistic like Friendly Fires' "Pala" which features a bird, a common animal featured on indie albums. While The Shins' "Wincing the Night Away" has a plain design, it works well to represent their unique music.
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The document summarizes research on indie pop/rock CD covers that will be used for the designer's own CD cover. It notes that covers like The Killers' "Day & Age" album and Friendly Fires' "Pala" album use colorful, retro, and nostalgic styles common to indie covers. The Shins' "Wincing the Night Away" cover also stands out from typical pop albums with its plain yet effective design that matches the band's unique music.
Digipak analysis
This document discusses and analyzes different types of digipaks. It begins by defining a digipak as an alternative CD or DVD packaging, usually in a gatefold or book-style format made of paperboard or card. Positive aspects of digipaks include being eye-catching to promote sales, being more durable than jewel cases, and allowing creative expression from artists. Negatives include declining popularity with online music and potential lack of success turning buyers away from an album. Examples of digipaks from different genres are shown and analyzed for their use of color, style, focus on the artist, and effectiveness in promotion.
Digipak analyse
A digipak is an alternative CD or DVD packaging to a standard jewel case. Digipaks commonly use a gatefold or book-style design made from paperboard or card to protect the disc inside. Positive aspects of digipaks include being eye-catching to promote sales, being more durable than jewel cases, and allowing for more creative artistic expression. However, digipaks can be more expensive and have declined as people download music online. The document analyzes examples of digipaks from different genres, noting how they use color, images, layout, and design elements to represent the artist and music style.
Dps presentation
This document summarizes an article from a 1970s British music magazine. It discusses the magazine's history covering punk rock music since the 1950s and its typical layout, including sections on new releases and concert reviews. The summary describes the magazine's intended audience of 15-25 year olds and older adults interested in genres like punk rock, indie, pop and heavy rock. It also outlines the layout and stylistic elements used in one article on a new band, including the use of grunge fonts, black and white photos, and a playful tone addressing younger readers.
Conventions of an indie digipak
Indie music digipaks typically feature unconventional designs that match the alternative style of the genre, with pictures, colors and designs rather than photos of the band. The text is often in unusual fonts to stand out, and the packaging emphasizes logos and band identity over traditional information like titles. Examples include Blur albums featuring cartoon depictions of the band and Arctic Monkeys albums only listing the band name.
Directors Pitch A2 Media
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This document discusses the design of three indie rock album covers and how they relate to the design of the author's own album cover. It notes that Grayson Gilmour's album cover features a painted distorted head, using cold colors that create mystery. It also discusses how the author's cover and The Kaiser Chiefs' use bold fonts and primary colors to stand out and attract audiences. Finally, it describes how Foster the People uses a plain white background to make the artwork stand out, a common indie rock convention that helps identify the genre and create a brand identity without showing band members' faces.
Digipak research in the indie genre
Indie music digipaks are designed to stand out from mainstream albums by featuring unusual pictures, colors, and designs rather than photos of the band. The text is often stylized in strange capitalization or repetition to catch the consumer's eye. If the band is featured, it is usually in a cartoon-like style. Some digipaks only include the band name without the album title.
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The document summarizes research on indie pop/rock CD covers that will be used for the designer's own CD cover. It notes that covers like The Killers' "Day & Age" album and Friendly Fires' "Pala" album use colorful, retro, and nostalgic styles common to indie covers. The Shins' "Wincing the Night Away" cover also stands out from typical pop albums with its plain yet effective design that matches the band's unique music.
Digipak analysis
This document discusses and analyzes different types of digipaks. It begins by defining a digipak as an alternative CD or DVD packaging, usually in a gatefold or book-style format made of paperboard or card. Positive aspects of digipaks include being eye-catching to promote sales, being more durable than jewel cases, and allowing creative expression from artists. Negatives include declining popularity with online music and potential lack of success turning buyers away from an album. Examples of digipaks from different genres are shown and analyzed for their use of color, style, focus on the artist, and effectiveness in promotion.
Digipak analyse
A digipak is an alternative CD or DVD packaging to a standard jewel case. Digipaks commonly use a gatefold or book-style design made from paperboard or card to protect the disc inside. Positive aspects of digipaks include being eye-catching to promote sales, being more durable than jewel cases, and allowing for more creative artistic expression. However, digipaks can be more expensive and have declined as people download music online. The document analyzes examples of digipaks from different genres, noting how they use color, images, layout, and design elements to represent the artist and music style.
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This document summarizes an article from a 1970s British music magazine. It discusses the magazine's history covering punk rock music since the 1950s and its typical layout, including sections on new releases and concert reviews. The summary describes the magazine's intended audience of 15-25 year olds and older adults interested in genres like punk rock, indie, pop and heavy rock. It also outlines the layout and stylistic elements used in one article on a new band, including the use of grunge fonts, black and white photos, and a playful tone addressing younger readers.
Conventions of an indie digipak
Indie music digipaks typically feature unconventional designs that match the alternative style of the genre, with pictures, colors and designs rather than photos of the band. The text is often in unusual fonts to stand out, and the packaging emphasizes logos and band identity over traditional information like titles. Examples include Blur albums featuring cartoon depictions of the band and Arctic Monkeys albums only listing the band name.
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This document pitches a music video for the Arctic Monkeys song "Why'd You Only Call Me When You're High?" focusing on conveying the narrative and mood of the song's lyrics through visuals. It will be filmed in both outdoor and indoor locations, feature a lead male actor portraying the singer getting high and trying to contact his girlfriend while surrounded by friends at a party. Costumes and props like checked shirts, denim jackets, cigarettes, alcohol, and a phone will be used to reflect the indie rock genre and support the story.
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2) Easy-to-access additional content like remix discs, documentaries, merchandise vouchers, or signed items to provide unique value to fans.
3) An intuitive layout that places song contents visibly through the back of the album jacket for convenience, while maintaining a standard organization that does not confuse consumers.
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This document summarizes and analyzes the packaging of an indie rock album called "Undertow". It notes that the album cover does not include the band or album name, focusing instead on the mysterious image and music. Additionally, the front cover features an abandoned car in a dark forest. The back cover includes the necessary band and album information. Interior artwork continues the mysterious forest theme. Lyrics are included in the booklet, oriented around the music. A poster for a band gig also features a simple yet mysterious black and white image of a graveyard and car scrapyard, conforming to conventions of the indie genre.
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Digipack deconstruction 1
The document summarizes the packaging of the album "Inside in Inside out" by the band The Kooks. [1] The front cover is in black and white, portraying the band's calm, collective image. [2] The back cover also uses black and white and displays the track list and band images. [3] The red CD cover uses large, bold, black and white text including one letter formed by the CD ring to create a "cool" look.
Digipaks
The document discusses the album artwork and packaging of various indie bands and how they convey themes related to the indie genre such as working class roots, queer theory, and rebelling against social norms. Key aspects highlighted include ambiguous sexuality, unconventional fonts and designs, isolation/outsider themes, and incorporation of black and white with splashes of color.
Dark circles textual analysis
The document analyzes the design conventions used in the packaging of the indie band Dark Circles' album. Some of the key conventions included are: a minimalist black and white aesthetic throughout with the band and album name in a sans serif font in the center of the front cover. Inside panels include the CD with track listing, a booklet with lyrics, and a band photo continuing the nature theme. The back cover lists tracks in a central block of text rather than a vertical list to be visually pleasing. Overall it establishes a strong and consistent house style while challenging some conventions to prioritize artistic design over standard formats.
Digipak analysis - Mumford and Sons
In this presentation i have seperated each part of the digipak and indepndantly analysed what they feature it potentially convey about the album.
Cd cover justin beiber
The front cover of the Justin Bieber CD features the artist wearing an expensive leather jacket holding a golden guitar. This depicts him as wealthy and successful to encourage album sales. The background is plain white with a watercolor effect, following conventions of the R&B genre. The back provides credits and the album name on the guitar case. Inside is a booklet with song details and a poster, intended to further interest and advertise to fans. The target audience is seen as teenagers and young adults based on the youthful image portrayed.
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Cd design
- 1. CD DESIGN Maisie Hall AS Media
- 2. CD Cover Research • I have researched Indie Pop/Rock covers as it will be the genre I will use for my CD cover • The Killers album ‘Day & Age’ is an interesting cover and it shows the attributes of indie cover designs due to its colourful, retro and somewhat nostalgic look. It is also quite an artistic album cover, which is a common trait for indie band album covers. • Again, ‘Pala’ by Friendly Fires is a • A lot of Indie album covers are colourful album cover. It features a odd and The Shins’ album bird which is also a common ‘Wincing the Night Away’ is attribute to indie album covers as different than the common pop many feature animals. album. The cover design is quite plain but it works well because The Shins’ music is different
- 3. Mood Board for Genre (INDIE)
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- 5. Metal Writing CD Design (skills)
- 6. Completed CD DESIGN (front)
- 7. Completed CD DESIGN (back)