DIGIPAK

Today we have finally finished our digipak.

To start, we downloaded a plain 6-panel template from the below website :

http://ultradisc.com/templates/.


We then opened up the template onto Adobe Photoshop, where we began to brainstorm ideas of what we needed to include in our digipak. By taking previous research made earlier on in the A2 course on actual band digipaks, we have come to the conclusion that we needed to include the following:



- Band name

- Band album title

- Eye - catching, relevant panel covers

- Bar code

- Album price

- Song listings

- Band website



For the front, back and outside fold panel; we decided that a relevant image would be our location shots of the church. For the inside left and right panels; we decided to use the mirror-swap images that were used as the basis for our magazine advert. To have these images used on both, it helps recognise the link with the band and their song 'Paranoia'.
For the back outside panel, we used a still-frame of our actual music video of the empty, moving swing. Again, these overlapping images help link all of the promotional material with the band and the song.

The song listings were taken from the actual song titles of the band we are creating these promotional products for.

Here are pictures of our printed digipak (due to printing issues, we could not get the correct constraints to work, so above are scaled down versions).













Panel 1 -


Here, we used two screen shots of from scenes filmed for our music video. To create this effect, we split the two screen shots into two pieces.
For this panel image, we used Ryan in the mirror and me looking into the mirror.
It was difficult to try and match up the images. First there was the brightness of the image to match, and then there was the contrast of image to amend.





Panel 2 -

Since this would be the first panel the consumers would see when opening up the digipak product, we wanted to make sure that the design flowed and followed the theme of all products. With the secondary tag line 'Do You Dare To Go Further...?', we hoped this would enhance the thriller theme portrayed in our video and poster. The blood red font colour and 'Chiller' font type further exaggerates our theme.




Panel 3 -

This is the panel where the CD will be held. The white circle (the constraints have have changed since changing the format to a JPEG file), demonstrates where the CD holder will be. In the background, we have used a location shot of the front view from the church we had filmed outside. The picture of the church still follows through with the continuous theme held in all of our products.





Panel 4 -

This is the back panel to our digipak. Again, we have used our music video to our advantage, and included a screen dump of the empty swing.
Other factors included in this panel are a track-listing of songs on the album; these are actual song titles from the band 'My Future Lies' themselves. We decided to involve the song titles which all link in some way to our on-going theme. Also, we added the usual bar code necessity and price, alongside a further promotion of the band through their actual website for further information.

Panel 5 -

This is just switch on the image used for panel 1. The difference here is that I am in the mirror reflection, and Ryan is the one looking into the mirror. We thought this would be a good idea to show how both are searching for the other but can never seem to find each other.
It was extremely challenging to keep in line the objects (shower) on both sides of the two images.

Panel 6 -

Here is the front cover of the digipak. Like panel 2, we used the same slanted image of the church. The 'Chiller' font reflects the thriller aspect, alongside the blood-red tag line "Try Not To Lose Yourself..."