Assignment 3 – Researching Digipaks

By Michael Dreelan

Conventions of Digipaks• Large picture of the artist• Name of the artist and album• List of songs on the album• Record Label

The Weeknd

The three diamonds signify the three different mixtapes that are in it: Thursday, echoes of silence and house of balloons. This is why the album is called trilogy. Everything is black and white which gives

it a basic and simple feel, this could be a contrast to what’s inside as most of the songs have a very deep meaning and context.

The front cover of the album is a picture of him with a girl behind him who has his hands all over him, this is a representation of the songs in the album as most of them are about previous experiences with girls and also drugs. This also applies to the back cover as his face is very blurred, this could represent his experience with drugs.

The CD stays consistent with the rest of the album cover as it doesn’t have much writing on it and is very simple.

The name of the artist and the name of the album are contrasting colours to the rest of the album cover, this makes it stand out and attracts the reader

Record label

The 1975All very basic with black as the main colour with a white glowing neon light. This draws attention to the main title of the artist as the colours are contrasting.

Title of their name is very big and bold, this draws attention to it and makes it the main focus of the album cover.List of all the songs in the

album.

Rhianna

Strong colour of red on her lips and hair represents love and relates to the sexual desire and male gaze that is associated with Rhianna.

Seductive look attracts male gaze but also relates to her genre of music which is often romantic and sexual.

Name of the artists album.

Large image of the artist to draw attention to the album as she is very well known and people will recognise her from far away.

Ed SheeranImage of the artists face very big and up close to bring attention to him. No writing means that all the focus is on him, this could suggest that he is famous enough to be recognised purely from his image.

Name/ logo of the album in large bold writing on the top of the CD, this makes it stand out.

List of songs on the back in the middle of the cover, this makes them stand out and easier to read.

The artists name in large writing.

The whole digipak is a bright orange colour which makes it stand out amongst other albums and allows it to catch the eye of anyone walking past.

ScriptImage of all the people in the band in order of hierarchy, the main singer is at the front to show his important.

The bands name in black writing and in a specific font that the audience can associate the band.