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DIGIPACK COVER
Research and
planning process
WHAT TO INCLUDE? Minimum of 4 sides
Special features to include- e.g. pull out lyrics, poster, freebies- perhaps it
could include a diary saying ‘give a voice to your thoughts’. This matches
with the message of my music video that everyone has a voice, which needs
an outlet.
Track list at the back if its an album
For realism of an authentic cover use Bar code, music company logo and
information, and copyright information all at the back of the album
Themes of the music video to be represented on the album cover, incorporating
the sense of a lack of voice and isolation from society, which is conveyed in
my music video. After researching several digipack covers, I discovered that they
represented the mood and tone within the songs in that album.
T H E T Y P E O F D I G I P A C K I W A N T
5 sides
2 inside flaps
The CD disk containing phrases of the song,
reading like a diary entry.
Front cover
Back cover
1st 2nd Close flaps away from you.
Outside Inside
A N A L Y S I N G A L B U M C O V E R S
Rihanna has a reoccurring colour scheme running
throughout her album cover, which is red which makes
her album eye catching and reinforces the theme of
love and passion which is present in her songs. I also
aim to make my digipack cover to represent the
themes present in the music video.
ANALYSING ALBUM COVERSImmediately the audience is drawn to the artist on the front cover, for there is a shadow depth of field, meaning that the background is blurred and she is in focus. The background colours resemble that of a desert featuring warm tones like brown and yellow, which reflects the album title ‘Desert Rose’. On my album cover I would also have to represent the singles title ‘Silence’ by representing the artist as isolated. The women’s black clothing is a contrast to the soft colours in the background, making her more visually striking, establishing her as the artist.
CONTINUATIONAdditionally, the women is holding a sombrero, which has
cultural implications, that she is from Mexico or America as
its typically worn in those countries.
On one of the inside covers there is a man and a women
sitting down, looking away from each other, perhaps
suggesting their unhappiness. This potentially reveals that the
album is about relationship issues.
The warm colours are reoccurring throughout the
digipack, which adds to the western idea as it very much
resembles colours associated with a desert.
HOW I CAN APPLY TH IS TO MY D IG IPACK
After observing several album covers, I feel like I need to represent the
themes and storyline of my music video through the images and colours I
select.
Like the digipacks I analysed, I need to capture the songs genre on my
digipack. Rihanna’s album cover represented the pop genre due to the very
sensual images, showing the main focus was on the stars image. In contrast,
the album ‘Desert Rose’ a country feel was established through the rural
background.
I need to make my artist my main focus.
Need to find a suitable colour scheme. For example, black may be the
predominant colour of my digipack to represent depression.
SOME SHOTS FROM MY VIDEO
PL ANNING OUT IDEAS FRONT COVER?
Because my main theme is about a lack of voice in society, maybe using a
mouth cover with the singles title ‘Silence’ reinforces this idea.
Or put a cross over her mouth ‘X’
The fact that we don’t see the artists face also enhances her isolation
and irrelevance in society.
•Additionally, the fact that we cant SILENCE
FRONT COVER IDEAS
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PL ANNING OUT IDEAS BACK COVER This could potentially work for
the back cover because of the
sheer sadness and isolated
tone created in this image.
The fact that she’s on the side
of the frame further suggests
her segregation from society.
The dark lighting casts a
shadow over her face,
representing her depression.
1.Silence 2.Hit Me Down Sonny 3. Hang it up 4.Give it back5. Soul killing
BACK COVERS 2
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2.H
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3. S
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4.D
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Track list
The shot represents the artist as being in isolation as she is walking alone across the beach. Additionally, I would add a blue tinge to the image to add to the lonely feel.
INSIDE COVERS
For my inside covers, I was planning on having a
spread of black colour, which would spread across
the three inside covers to represent the key theme of
depression.
Hold, hold your tongue now and let them all listen to your silence Hold, hold your tongue now
and let them all listen to your silence. Hold, hold your tongue now and letthem all listen to your silence. Hold, hold your tongue now and let them all listen to your silence. Hold, hold your tongue now and let them all listen to your silence
The CD disk could include the lyrics of the song. These lyrics are repeated throughout the song and its sounds almost like a girls diary entry. Therefore, I used a handwriting style font.
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