Mock up of your Digipak.

My front and back panel of digipak

close up of front panel showing that i want a wide picture that will take up the majority of the cover.

Back panel showing my track list and logo's.

This is my inside panel showing shannon on a DJ mix... i know it looks like a bin but its a DJ mixer. The CD will be black with S.I.P written on it in white writing.

close up of shannon on the DJ mixer

CD housing

The advert will have a picture of shannon on it. The writing will be used in the alexandria font. It will go above his head. then next to him will be things like 'Number 1 album' etc.

Photo's I plan to use.

I plan to use one of the following pictures.

I added this picture in below as a replacement of a picture that I want on my inside panel. I'm going to take pics of shannon in the music tech room to take pictures on the music equipment to make it look like hes producing. I want to get a similar picture to this. So I felt I should upload it even though its not my picture that I took. 

Do's and Dont's!

The Never's-

Never unnecessary effects as this could spoil a digipak and make it too over empowering.
Never over use photos to cover up space on each panel. some space is good space, it makes it clear and presentable.
Never put writing across the artists face, as this ruins the whole point of making a digipak.
Never stretch images, because it ruins the quality of the photo and makes the picture look uneven.
Finally, never use a silly font. why? because it's silly and no one can read it.


The DO's! :)


Always use  a simple font
a perfect picture and font size
Follow genre conventions
Follow the 3 colour rule scheme.
Make sure something is there to link it back to the company logo. The copyright for example.
People will be buying this CD, put a bar code on the thing.
Lastly and simply, Be Creative!

Inspirational ideas - Linked to existing ancillary products.

This digipak was inspirational to me because i wanted to use the same layout of it for my digipak. I like how the picture takes up the space on the digipak well. I can see all the company logo's and bar code and labels that need to be on there. I like how the colour scheme is unusual but still works. You won't see many digipaks which are violet and white. I like the font that is used. I also like the album and artists name. Its very bold and in your face. It does make you look twice at it, which is why i feel this digipak was inspirational. 

Shortlist of fonts, colours, layout and design ideas.

Alexandria regular is the font that i have decided to use. I like it because it has a techno feel and i feel it fits in with my genre of music.

The colour scheme i am going for is black and cream.

My layout will be a 4 panel digipak.

My design ideas for the front cover is a mid shot of shannon crossing his arms. His name 'S.I.P' goes at the bottom of the panel and the parental advisory will go at the top left hand corner. I am still contemplating whether the background behind shannon will be black or cream. I'm going to try out both and see which looks better and play around with it. My back panel will have a track listin cream writing and a black background, or it may be the other way around. Same as before, i'm going to play with the colour scheme. The bar code and the company logo will go on the back. The spine will have 'S.I.P' , written repeatedly on it in small writing.

The CD will be all black and have cream writing. 'S.I.P' will go around the CD multiple times. The inside left panel will be a picture of shannon on the DJ  mixer.

Photoshoot for our digipak

Pitch

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