Digipak

Key points

 

Initial ideas

Since the band’s name is 'Sound of the Sirens' my group and Laura thought that it would be a good idea to link the theme of Sirens with the front cover for our digipak.


I draw this picture to create a primary source from an inspiration that we found on the Internet when performing our research on Sirens. By adding different colours and texture to the picture, it gives the audience an idea of good and bad sides to Sirens themselves. But keeping the 'Malevolent Sirens' in black and white give the impression that it isn't as friendly and kind like the one above. Ronnie chose the contrast to emphasize on the duplicity of sirens.

 We decided to spice it up a little by putting a simple and effective effect on it and this enriches the colours in the shot. By doing placing the black shade in the corners of the picture, it enhances the two main elements in the shot, the band members. We thought that it would be effective to do so because we wanted people to focus on the picture and link it to the music which has been produced

This is an idea we had for the back cover for the digipak. This picture was taken when we filmed the narrative in Shillingthorpe Park. The lighting in the shot suggest a happy, bright and perhaps relieved atmosphere which is what we wanted to apply for the audience.
Shannone edited the photo below to make it brighter to show happiness and as it is a path it is like it is saying it is leading you to happiness. I made sure that the colours popped so that it would stand out and be eye catching.

 

Our digipak

 

 This is our final digipak. It is six panels and five of the six are our own pictures which I took myself and edited using Pixlr online. When we were deciding which pictures to use we made sure that they all were similar. We also decided to use the logo of the actual band as we thought that we should incorporate them in it in some way. The front panel is the bottom right picture. We thought that the picture was a simple and beautiful picture which would show happiness because of the bright colours but because it is simple it suits the genre as most digipaks and album covers of the folk genre as very simple. The writing on it is from the website dafont.com. I thought that the writing was simple and fitted the genre but it also looked good and stood out against the bright background. The panel next to it is the back panel. I also took that photo when we were at Shillingthorpe park and I thought that it was so beautiful that it should be used in our project in some way whether our music video or the advert or the digipak. I edited it on Pixlr, using a the black fade effect around the edges as I used on the front panel. It makes the colours of the picture stand out and makes you look at the picture but also the text that is on it. the text on it is the names and numbers of the tracks. The first one is our actual track and the rest are made up as you don't only have one song on a digipak. The panels next to that is the logo of the actual band. we didn't have any other pictures that would link with the others so we came up with the idea to use their logo. Above the logo panel is a picture from when we were doing the performance video. I cut the background out of the picture and stuck them on a olden wooden stage that you would see in folk videos and then washed out the colour to give it an olden photo effect but to make it simple and soft as well. The panel next to it is where the CD will go. Again I took the photo and edited it to make the colours bright and stand out and then put the name of the band underneath as if the band is suddenly being revealed when you take the CD out. The next panel is a picture of Ronnie and Laura as they are the performers they had to be included somewhere on the digipak. It is a simple photo of just the two of them so that you can see them.  

Oasis album cover- definitely maybe Oasis album cover- definitely maybe

It is a photograph of the band, in a flat. Each member of the band has got different position in the house, suggesting an individual position in the band too.

The alcohol and cigarettes represents that they still have the typical rock and rool lifestyle however, the wine and BH cigarettes describe that the band is more safisticated than that.

The globe in the air could imply that they are well tarvelled and thus, impkying good and broad knowledge. The fact that is spinning could emphasize on the fact that they have been to may places.

The flat that they are in looks modern and safisticatred, mirroring the way the band is trying to percieve themselves as.

The painting showing a famous song writer implies that the band is on the same level as him. However, others may suggest that they are mocking this painting,  for that the frame has just been left on the floor, leant against the sofa with a member of the band actually sitting next to him, comfortable on the sofa, with a guitar in his arms.

The props such as the guitar emphasize on the fact that they are a band, slightly suggesting the rocky genre.

The font on this CD cover/digipak is uncoventionally neat as if to represent a different, more relaxed genre rather than rock. This creates a sense of gentleness. Both the logo and the texts are on the very top of the cover, with the intentions of the audience to concentrate on the band and what is going on on the cover, rather than the writing itself. This shows the importance of the band, also that they should be easily recognized.