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Digipak, final development

This is the four panels of our final Digipak, we have themes running through all of the panels, so that you can tell they are all linked, just like a magazine, we have a house style. Then below is the two 3D viewings of the Digipak.

Individual Responsibilies

This post is all about the individual responsibilities of me and my group. In terms of Research and Planning, the majority of the work was done as a group, we always discussed our plans as a group whether it was in an official meeting or outside of lessons, we always conversed with each other whether it were through phones, internets or in person. When it came to the filming, we shared the time on camera between me, Jack and Sam. The Majority of the shots were down to me and due to the fact Jack would be involved on screen. However as we moved through our video, there was less of Jack on screen and more of him behind the camera. While one person was filming the rest of the group would be in charge of lighting. When it came to editing the Video, I took the reigns due to my previous knowledge of the software, however all three members of the group helped out on editing certain sections of the song. Sam was in charge of the website while Louisa and Jack focused on the digipak, but once again we swapped and switched between each task to make it and even workload. Here are the main titles of each member:

Jordan (me)- Video Editor, Cameraman, Digipak Editor, Website Editor
Jack Osman- Digipak Editor, Cameraman, Actor, Video Editor
Louisa Herbert- Lighting, Digipak Editor, Video Editor
Sam Avery- Website Editor, Video Editor, Digipak Editor, Cameraman

Digipak Development- New Front Cover idea.

For a new digipak idea we took inspiration from The Horrors- Primary Colours album artwork, we liked the blurred image and the gold/yellow hue that covered this image

We did a photo shoot with a mock band for our new digipak. The design came from inspiration on the shoot. We saw an old TV and it reminded of us of our previous idea with a TV screen, that we planned to use for our video. We however developed the band shoot into the TV creating a collage of band image, vintage television and band name. We really liked this development, the glow was added to give it a more electronic feel like the glow from our previous digipak. Here is the finished product, with the original pictures we used below it.








Furthermore here is the revised back cover and inside cover. To fit into the motif of our album artwork. The grainy image that is actually the band with the animal masks on, these masks run through our music video and therefore we thought it was fitting for the album artwork. The back panel is a close up of the band, I believe that the close up gives the viewer some confusion in what the image is. This theme also runs throughout our digipak and our video.











The final image below is the inside cover where the CD will sit, this is influenced from the front of our Digipak, we took the idea of white noise from a TV.

Album Artwork- Draft 2

here is another draft of our back panel.



this is the side panel above, and then here are all the panels together.

Album Artwork Development

The next stage of development for the digipak, was to look at the different panels. Next we looked at the back, sticking with the theme of simplicity, and the colour themes of black with a strong outer glow, highlighting the text this is what the back of our digipak looks like.



Above, is the simple white text on black and then below is the back with the outer glow. With the outer glow we also added a touch of noise to give that sort of shy grainy effect.

Band Logo

This is a copy of the logo that we designed to go on the website and the digipak, it looks nice and simple but has a technological feel to it, as if to suggest its futuristic, fitting in with the genre of the band and its music. Here are some other options for our main logo/house text.

Album Artwork 1st Draft

This is the first draft of our album artwork for the digipak. The idea came from Jack, who remembered making spirographs when he was younger, he felt it was a good image to use, because it is quite futuristic looking, fitting in with the theme of the band. We placed an outer glow around the Spirograph. It is very simple, just white on black, however the complexity of the actual Spirograph gives it a 3D feel. Furthermore the logo is placed in the middle of the Spirograph, so it can be easily seen against the spirograph. However we kept it small, so it is subtle and less in your face. At the moment the album name 'Acolyte' is not present, this may remain to be the case, and just include it on the side of the digipack because as a group we feel it is important to keep the album quite simplistic.

Hard at Work

Possible Album Artwork ideas

This idea is taken from the music video, it is the two main characters facing each other, to represent the themes of homosexuality, it is a simple prototype of early ideas.