Cd Digipak Designs

As part of our coursework we needed to design a digipak for our band.  This could be done using 4 panels or 6 panels.  We chose to use 6 panels, as not only did this give us more of an opportunity to promote the band and their music successfully but it was also generic to the indie genre. 

 


First Draft - When designing the cover for our first draft, from our research alot of the albums withing the indie genre, didn't seem to actually involve an image of the band on the front cover, so because of this we decided to use one of the main props used in the band, which was the guitar.  We also involved all the other instruments on the back with mid shot images of the band inside.  This wasn't my favourite idea, as although this was generic to the indie genre, our band aren't well known and so by not having their image on show to audience meant that their popularity wouldn't be increasing. 

Second draft - Our second draft involved alot more images than our original draft, as we think that the image and appearance of the band is important in not only promoting their music, but also their popularity.  There is a long shot of all the band shown on the front and back cover and mid shots of the band inside, which allows the audience to see this 'new' band from different angles. 

Third draft - This one turned out to be the draft we decided to design.  There is a mid shot of the band on the front cover, with them standing in a diagonal line, with the lead signer dominating at the front, which we found our research was generic to the indie rock genre.  We have used 3 mid shots of the band to be used inside the album.  We did this as they're a fairly new band and their image is important in promoting them as a collective. On the back cover, we decided to try something a bit different, where there is a midshot of the band and the holding up a black board with the song titles on.  We did this as from our research we noticed that the indie genre tend to like to do things differently and are a bit more unique than other genres.