Examples Of existing digipaks

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Arctic Monkeys- Favourite Worst nightmare

• The front cover shows a small terraced house, supposedly in a fairly normal street in a normal town, treated in a neutral, boring, black and white filter. But on the inside of the house is a colourful, abstract graffiti mural, perhaps suggesting that things aren’t what they first appear, and the band might look like a normal indie band, but actually under the surface they’re a lot more than just a normal band. This is seen as an important trait in the music industry and especially the Indie scene. The terraced house may be a throwback to their hometown- they come from Rotherham which is a working class city- this again is an important trait in the Indie scene.

• The back cover is very plain and neutral, with a simple colour scheme of black and green, with the track names located at the bottom and the band name and album name on the side.

• The actual CD has a very abstract image on it- possibly a drawing done by a member of the band. It continues the very simple colour scheme of the whole album. The idea that the it was done by one of the band members personalises it and endears them to the audience, and reinforces their creativity.

• The booklet has more abstract images in it- I’m not sure what the significance of this is, but it is a definite departure from there first album as on their first album they had meaningful pictures which related to the songs on the album.

• The inside of the digipak shows us more of the abstract mural in the house.

The change in font and cover artwork suggests maturity and a development in sound

Jehst- Dragon Of An Ordinary Family

• This digipak is very simple, the front cover consists of a amateurish, playful photo of a child in an old-school superman costume- provoking a sense of nostalgia, which reflects the general theme of the album which is about domestic life in Britain and looking back on past experiences. The photo is set on a plain background, with no titles and no artist name on the front.

• Picture 2 is the front and back cover, and the simplicity from the front is carried onto the back cover, with the photo being continued. Here we see the artist name and album title, and a simple tracklist which appears to be handwritten.

• On the inside cover [picture 3] we see a collection of old family photos and pictures of toys, set out in quite a random way- possibly signifying childhood or a childish mindset, and this reflects the artists own mindset as he is known for being quite playful in his lyrics and wordplay.

• Pictures 4, 5 & 6 are Jehst’s past 3 releases these all have a simple cover, a theme that runs though all of his album artworks.

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JAMIE T – KINGS & QUEENS• The front cover of this digipak consists of a photo taken through a fish-eye lens, looking up at 2 young men

who are mid-jump. The photo obviously has some post production editing in it, may be hinting that the album has quite abstract subject matter- quite a departure from his last album which was full of songs that everyone could relate to.

• Picture 2 is the back cover of the album and shows the theme from the front being carried onto the back.• Picture 7 is Jamie T’s first album cover and there is a common idea of a chaotic lifestyle, however in the

first one he seems very humble and shrewd- as most artists are when their first album comes out- whereas in the second one he seems a lot more in control.

• Pictures 3, 4, 5 & 6 are all single releases from the album, and its quite clear that there isn’t really a theme- apart from photo 3 where the circular, fish-eye photo is on the cover, and the same font being used on all of the covers.

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