Functionality of Digipak

In order to see the final result of my product, I decided to use photoshop to place my digipak designs on a pre-existing 3D image of a digipak. Doing this allowed me to properly be able to visualise what the final product would look like and I am very happy with the final result.

Digipak- Final

Pictured below is the final draft of my digipak:

Whilst developing the ideas for my digipak, I decided that I wanted to demonstrate the two different sides that are included in my video. The outer cover of the album symbolises the relationship between mine and Josh's characters and the inside shows the relationship between my character and Jade's. I really like the effect that doing this had on the look of my digipak. The outside of the case follows a beach theme, creating a sleek overall look. The inside focuses on the multicoloured lights, allowing the inside to be just as eye catching as the outer packaging.

I really like the positioning of the front cover of my album. I positioned the main image of the shot directly in the centre of the cover, allowing it to become the main focus of the album cover as a whole. I decided to choose this image as the light colouring of the image allowed for me to include text over the top of it without it getting lost in the image behind. I decided to use this colour scheme across the whole outer packaging of my piece as it allowed for me to create smooth and sleek overall look.

I chose to change the typography featured on the front cover of my digipak. On the first draft of my digipak, I did not include the actual title of the album. I want to do this as I wanted to keep it simple however, I decided to feature it on the final draft of my digipak as I decided that it would make the album more recognisable for fans and for its consumers. When I placed the additional text on the image, I realised that it didn't have the effect that I wanted it to. I decided that I wanted to make it bolder to allow the text to stand out from the image more. I decided to place two solid black lines above and below the text and doing this gave the text the look that I was after. It allowed for the text to become more bold and to stand out, allowing it to stand out more whilst on the shelf amongst others.

I decided to keep the images the same as featured on the first draft of my digipak. I really like the way that the outer packaging of the digipak entirely contrasts with the inner design as it provides an aspect of variety to my digipak as a whole. It also serves to follow the ongoing theme displayed throughout my music video, linking the two pieces of media together.

Existing A level digipaks

In order to seek inspiration for my own digipak, I chose to research some existing A level digipaks that were completed by students at the same level as myself.

 I really like the overall design of this digipak. They have followed the same theme throughout all of the images featured, creating a slick design. It is quite simplistic but effective due to the colour scheme used. I really like the design of the front cover of the album as it is unique and creative. This design however is only a 4 panel digipak. The digipak I am going to create will be a 6 panel design.

I really like the design of this digipak as it is very similar to what I wish for mine to look like. The images and styling of all of the seperate panels all link together, creating an overall theme and look for the digipak. I wish to do this when creating my digipak as I believe that it will make the overall product more attractive to potential customers.

I really like the design of this digipak however, there is not very much continuity in its design. The font of the title changes and the colour schemes are quite different on each panel. When creating my digipak, i will put a lot of focus into the continuity of my design in order to make it as attractive and professional looking as possible.