As we develop the star image of the band, Lion The Weak, we are going to create a Digipak for the album 'Nights Out'. There are lots of conventions and styles of a Digipak, which we have been researching in class.
Definition: The CD DigiPak is a modern, stylish alternative to a CD Jewel Case. CD Digipaks are a custom printed card packaging that can hold one or more CDs which are held in place with plastic trays.
What is a CD Digipak? Class discussion...
-They’re a traditional format, which we can buy online
-We can download album artwork when buying the track/s online
-Digipaks
typically consist of a gatefold
(book-style)
-Conventions are a widely recognised way of
doing something
-The spine becomes the index point
-There is
a front cover, back cover, a CD page
and an inside cover
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| A Jewel Case |
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| A Digipak |
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| Layout of a Digipak |
- A maximum of 2 fonts
- An image that represents the album
- Bold, clear and easy to read font for both the album name and artist name.
- Recurring visual style
- A tracklist on the back of the album
- The name of the album on the spine
- Production notes on the bottom of the rear of the album, including copyright issues
- A barcode
Local Natives
The Local Natives are a similar style of band to Lion The Weak. For their album artwork they decided to follow an urban style cover. It is a black and white cover with splashes of colour from their exploding heads. This is a really eye catching and busy album artwork and it also gives the opportunity to introduce the band to their artists. I can tell that this is a very alternative band because of their outfit choices.
Again Alt-J have a similar style but are a lot more famous than Lion the Weak and Local Natives. This is their most famous artwork cover. This is an interesting cover because of the different colours and textures.
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