This document provides a summary and analysis of the packaging and imagery for a musical album titled "Desert Rose" by the artist Ruby James. The album packaging features images that convey the artist leaving her past in Mexico and entering America seeking more opportunities, while maintaining her cultural roots. Religious imagery on the first panel signifies that the artist's music will have positive, inspirational lyrics. The lone CD features a heart outline in dark red, suggesting the music may explore themes of love, heartbreak, and relationships. The album title references loneliness from losing love. The third panel shows the artist and a man not interacting, implying a disagreement between them. Details of their appearances provide clues about the sad

1. Ruby James

2. Target Audience
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Cardboard Sleeve
Age: 25-40
Gender: Both
Ethnicity: White
Interests: Culture, history, politics, art, religion
Location: America & Mexico
Cardboard sleeve/main image/album title: A long shot of the artist in the main image is included where she
is holding a traditional Mexican hat whilst looking to her left as she is standing in the middle of a deserted
road just past the desert. In the background there appears to be multiple explosions. All of these elements
together in the mise-en-scene connote that the artist has just passed the Mexican border into America. This
is because she is almost looking over her shoulder at the explosions in the desert as she is now walking on
solid American ground. Connoting she is leaving her past life behind in Mexico in hope of achieving more in
America, whilst sticking to her cultural routes as we see her still dressed traditionally as a Mexican female.
The album title typography is very fierce, sharp and bold, this connotes a sense of destruction as it is eyecatching and you cant miss it. This also connotes that the music will have an edge to it and that the genre is
perhaps rock/indie.
Fold 1: The colour scheme throughout the whole digipak consists of red, orange, yellow, black and white. In
fold 1 a religious image is created through the colour scheme, framing of the shot and the costume. The
yellow, orange, red and black colour scheme connotes the imagery of hell, therefore this signifies that the
artist believes in an after life of either heaven or hell. The framing of the shot puts the artist in the centre of the
screen to make the focal point the artist to draw the audience’s attention to her body language. The artist is
holding her hands together in a prayer-like position connoting that she is praying to God for the forgiveness of
her sins to prevent the likelihood of spending eternity in hell after death. Her costume also adds to this
religious image as she has covered her head with some material, connoting a sense of cleansing and purity.
This signifies that the artists music will be very clean in terms of the language used and the lyrics will be
positive, inspirational and maybe Godly.

3. CD :
Target Audience
Age: 25-40
Gender: Both
Ethnicity: White
Interests: Culture, history, politics, art, religion
Location: America & Mexico
There is only one CD in the digipak but this is due to the artist being independent. The CD itself is very dark
and has a red outline of a heart. The combination of these two elements connotes how the music may be
about the tragic events of being in love for instance cheating and heartbreak. This appeals to the audience
as they may have gone through similar issues highlighted in the music therefore they can personally relate
to the content on the album as they understand how it feels to go through those difficult situations. So, they
connect with the artist. Moreover, the album name "Desert Rose" is on the CD. The rose is a symbol of love
while the desert represents loneliness, therefore taking this into account the album title connotes how when
you lose love it's like being stranded in the desert, lost and alone. On the other hand, the desert rose is a
rare follower found in the desert and symbolizes strength, clarity of the mind and peace. This connotes the
artists brand and what her personality is like, therefore her music could be a spiritually and physically
soothing remedy - a medicine to all your problems.

4. Fold 3 :
Target Audience
Age: 25-40
Gender: Both
Ethnicity: White
Interests: Culture, history, politics, art, religion
Location: America & Mexico
This image is located on the third panel within the digipak. The main artist sits on a bench in a slouched
position looking to her left, while the man next to her sits back comfortably looking to his right. The two
shot used connotes that they are not on good terms as there is no physical contact between the pair and
they are not giving each other any attention - possibly they are not talking to each other due to a
disagreement. The artist wears the same costume as in the main image - a traditional Mexican costume.
The costume is dark and dull which maybe connotes the music style and the content being sad. Her red
hair is fiery signifying she has a dangerous and romantic side to her character. Furthermore, her hair
colour fits in with the warm natural tones of the setting , the colour palette is earthy and rustic which are
conventional colors of indie/rock music. This invites the audience in as it is such a humble and welcoming
colour that makes you feel at home. Furthermore, the man sits with one leg over the other as if he doesn't
care. His arm is propped up on the bench in a casual and manly manner connoting how cool and
collected he is. His clothing is not traditional like the main artist but instead a suite but not a sharp snazzy
suite. It's quite scruffy, the tie has been loosened up which connotes how he is care free. This could
suggest that the music is mellow and peaceful to listen to. This is further connoted through his facial
expression, he looks far away into the distant, day dreaming and lost in his own world. This would appeal
to the target audience as they too would want to get lost within the music and just sit back and relax.