My new idea, is to follow the idea of toy boxes or cardboard boxes which are in my music video, by using a cardboard box theme. This fits in well because in my music video, I have used cardboard boxes as pretty much all of the background where the toys are, so I thought it would be an ideal background. I have also started to make my website and this is going to be the background on there as well.
I am planning my digipak to look like this as my first draft was different - it was more like a proper CD case, which wasn't what was being asked in the brief.
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| Image taken from: http://www.morphius.com/manufacturing/images/digipak_illustration.jpg |
On the front I am going to put the band name - made as a logo - near the bottom, which will be smaller than the album name. I don't want the album to sell the album as the band, I want to sell the album as the album name and the artwork. Obviously my audience would have to know the band to buy it but if they have seen the video they can relate from the video to the album. I will have the album name as 'Jack In The Box' as that is what the music video will be and usually the tracks from the album are named as the album. The album name will be positioned diagonally across the cover like it has been stuck on using masking tape.
On the back I will put a tracklist, I have looked and the majority of albums do have tracklists on them. I will also be putting copyright information on the back - this is also on most CD's but even if it isn't it is in most of the CD booklets. I noticed that they other artists have put their record labels in their copyright section.The band I'm using aren't signed, so I will make them a record label logo called 'KWF Music UK' and say that all the recording and distribution of their material is done by them and that it is all original material (this is all true, as well). I will also have contact information for fans, such as their website (which I am making) and myspace.
For these sections I will put onto various layers, in the editing process, and made them look like they are stuck on to the side of the box either as a sticker or as if they are taped on.
I have to have a barcode on the back of the album, so this will be on it as well. This is a requirement and I wanted to originally have it blend into the colour of the album background, but through research found out that I couldn't do this because it wouldn't work properly otherwise.
Inside A is the back of the front cover. I am just going to keep the background the same but have a very simple idea of the band's head on it. They won't just be a random picture of each band members head because that would look out of place, but going with the idea of the music video title, and the album name title - 'Jack In The Box' - I thought that I could have four boxes with springs coming out of them and then on the springs I could have each individual band members head. This would look effective and also quite fun - it shows that the band don't take themselves too seriously although are still serious about their music.
Inside B will be the simplest of all the sides. I am planning to have nothing on it - just the cardboard-like background - but I might put a 'This way up' stamp on it in green so that it adds a little colour to the album and also makes the style of the album look a little bit more like a box.
Here is a diagram of what I am hoping to achieve:
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