Friday, 29 November 2013

Analysis of Digipaks

In this Digipak there are 4 pages, a front cover and back cover then two on the inside, one on the left and one on the right.
Mostly all Digipaks use pictures on every page if not 3 out of 4, they make sure that they use the same artist on each page to follow consistency and the style of the Digipak, they make sure that the name of the artist or album cover is shown on most pages, each page follows a set colour scheme which all contrast well together, for example in this Digipak they use black and white with different shades including brown and grey. In this Digipak it shows that they have an image behind the CD holder on the first page when you open the Digipak, the second page is kind of a contents page which is displaying what is on the CD, this is a good way to represent a magazine because normally in the second page you have the contents page. The use of wording in this Digipak is good, it displays the title on 3 different pages, this reminds the user who they are and when they see the title they know what it is, also they give the reader a contents area on the second page, it has a reasonable size amount of text, this is good because the user doesn't have to sit there and read loads of text. Since the layout of this Digipak is similar to one of a magazine, this gives the user a sense of knowing that he already understands the product and will have no issue with how to use the product. Depending on the genre of the Digipak will illustrate the different techniques used in order to suit this Digipak.

This is another Digipak, from this image you can see that there is again, 4 pages, front cover, back cover and two pages on the inside, this is the best way to present a Digipak as it helps you to understand the product from the beginning, with the main title and image on the front cover, then information about what is inside the product like a contents page. This is good for the user because you can quickly understand what the product is about and the information that is based inside.
Both Digipaks are similar in the sense of layout, they both use pictures on most pages and have some sort of contents inside to alert the user.
However with this Digipak they have used a smaller font and the user could find it difficult to read but you can learn a lot more from this Digipak compared to the other one.
All images relate to each other and there are always at least 3 images per Digipak of either a band member or something relating to the artist. Each pane has either some information or a picture that is related to the artist or band and this is what I will need to do on my Digipak.

Tuesday, 5 November 2013

Update

Over the half term, I was unsuccessful in terms of gaining any raw footage for my music video. With one of my main actors being on holiday it was impossible to get footage of him. However I managed to pitch my idea and will upload that footage as soon as it's ready and will now make sure that everything is up to date ready to start filming my music video. With the weather being bad lately and the chance of snow in the up-coming months, I will have to record shortly and make sure that it does not impact my project, however it is likely to rain and snow in the up-coming months.