Final Digipak & Advertisement poster

DIGIPAK - Final

Digipak marks/Improvements

Mark: 10/10 no Improvements needed.

Mark: 10/10 (If I shrink the text/images at the bottom of the page). 

Digipak Influence

Digipak Influence.docx

Digipak Influences - Examples of Obi-strip (s)

Feedback - Mr Smith

Following this feedback from my teacher (Mr Smith), it is clear that I do not need to add or take anything away from my poster. There is however room for improvement in the shape of 2 marks for my digipak.

Improvements for my digipak;

* a rethink when it comes to my cover
* research regarding cover/style

Digipak and Magazine advert draft - IMPROVEMENTS

After constructing my Digipak and Magazine advert draft (a rushed effort must I add), I have came across a number of improvements that can be made:

• Magazine advert picture can be improved or replaced, the lighting wasn't great when I took the photo's at a church in Lutterworth and also the girl pictured in my photo wasn't wearing make up so does not look as photogenic as she almost always does. So I may need to take a few more photo's with better lighting and make-up. The opportunity to do this may arise on the same day that we film our music video at a professional photography studio with excellent lighting and facilities. Also this picture is used for the front cover of my digipak, so the same issue can be resolved by making similar improvements.
• I need to add Copyright and manufacturing details to the back cover of my digipak, I plan to place these in the bottom right hand corner of the page, which is conventional.
• Also I need to flip the left, back and inside cover the opposing way up, so that when my digipak folds in to it's format the images and patterns are the right way round.
• Finally I may alter the effects I have used on the back cover slightly as it is minutely different to the rest of the digipak.

Once I have made these improvements, my digipak and magazine advert should look good and professional.     

Digipak and Magazine advert - Draft

Digipak for blogger.docx

Digipak plan

Digipak Plan

Digipak Draft - Influences/Explanatory Research

1. Front Cover (1)

I decided to use a simplistic symbol which most would recognise from the volume increase key on apple inc's operating system. I also have seen this symbol being used on a book which I own, written by a personal favourite and inspirational figure in music 'David Byrne'. 

2. Front Cover (2)

The Bible. Yes, I admit this one doesn't take Moriarty to decode. The chosen band name we have used throughout this project is 'Presbyterian Church of Korea'. For this reason I felt nothing other than an obvious church (or a not so obvious North Korean Kim Jong-Un) would suit better than a bible. Another reason for my use of the bible is that a neon counterpart is used upon Arcade Fire's 'Neon Bible', which again is a piece of work which I take influence.

3. 'Cover Inside' Filler 

I decided to fill my inside cover with the band name for a couple of reasons. Firstly I have bought a product in previous years which fills the inside cover with the album name 'Phoenix - Bankrupt!' because the front cover uses NO text, this is similar to my front cover (s). My album is self titled (because it is a debut album and stereotypically a lot of debut records are named after it's contributors). The font I have used on my inside cover reminds me of the lead font used for a film which goes by the name of 'Where The Wild Things Are' produced by a personal hero of mine Spike Jonze. This font appears rather home made which mirrors styles used by bands such as Arcade Fire and Sigur Ros.

4. Folding inside cover which links to make one image. Matching up with another side when folded back and forward. 

I am very keen on the idea that my digipak will intertwine one side/cover with a different side/cover to make one fluent image. I have seen this done in records from home, ... of the top of my head they include; 

Phoenix - Bankrupt! (coins)

LCD Soundsystem - This Is Happening (JM)

5. Back Cover/ Tracklisting

I want my back cover to be as minimal as the front. I feel there have been some noteworthy pieces of work released in the past which show a minimal cover but fail to deliver on the back. Instead they load rear cover with an ugly tracklisting, an even uglier barcode and some more ugly manufacturing/franchise jargon to finish it off.

To dodge this problem I have decided to use a thin sticker barcode (similar to what David Byrne did on his St Vincent collaboration album), have minimal font and a simplistic company logo (DFA). Even the DFA logo has been changed so that it is not an eye soar. (originally the lighting strike was all white, I decided I only wanted the outline). I do still need a tiny piece of legal information adding, however because my record label (DFA) are an independent label and production team they do not have to go through large companies to produce their work. This will cut down on the rubbish which would normally be added to the bottom of a back cover. 

Digipak Draft - (1), (2) & (3)

Digipak Inspiration - Mike Skinner // The Streets