Digi Pack Draft

This is a rough draft for my digi pack and what the layout may look like. When I get the images uploaded the layout may changed according to how the image is set up but for the time being this is my rough guide.

Problems

As I am having problems with my video footage I have chosen to focus on my digi pack and hopefully get it finished and then move on to editing my video. The problems with my footage will hopefully be solved within a week so this is my rough deadline that I have given myself to finish my digi pack. I am now going to start drafting.

Digi Pack Photos

This is the green food colouring and the straw I used to create the desired effect.

These are the first few attempts which went well although the background needed changing.

If the photo wasn't taken quick enough the ink sank and wasn't as bold. 

This is with the white background which looked better although I am going to edit out the lines with photoshop.

 I tried to incorprate the ring that I used in my video into the shot although I don't think it's as effective as without.

Digi Pack Photos

I have just had a succesful photo shoot for the front cover photo for my digi pack. I chose to drop green food colouring into a glass bowl of water and some of the photos turned out really well. I did have to attempt the photos more than a few times and re-fill the bowl with fresh water if the colouring was too much. I tried to use blackcurrant as i deep red colouring as I couldn't acces any red food colouring but the blackcurrent wasn't thick enough and flow in the water as well. I also tried tomato ketchup which just sank, and coffee which made the water look dirty. So overall the green food colouring worked the best. Photos will be uploaded asap.

Digipack Evaluation

Artist & Album - MGMT
Genre - Indie pop

The exterior of MGMTs digi pack is colourful, tribal and exotic. It shows them on a beach most probably an exotic one. Their clothes and make up are focused around tribes, reflecting that they have an animalistic, fun, risky, tribal side.

The vibrant front cover is very contrasting when put next to the interior cover as it is set in black and white. The image shows MGMT topless with scratches on them, burning money. This enhances the views and opinions made from the front cover; that they are risky, rebellious, and fun.

Digipack Evaluation

Artist & Album - Damien Rice, O
Genre - Soft folk/easy listening

Looking at the front and back of the "O" digi pack the simplicity really stands our for me. The (what looks like) children's drawings stand out as raw and simple yet striking. Almost like its not just reflecting the simplicity and beauty of Damiens music but also the simplicity of a childs mind. I think the size of the drawings show how we are all just little fish in a huge pond.

The interior of the digi pack creates more of an impact than the front and back in my opinion. It just looks so raw, bare and stripped back, again showing the rawness of Damiens music.

After looking at the simplicity of this digi pack I feel as though the simplicity really is beautiful and striking. So I am going to take note of how the simplicity has an effect for when I create my digi pack.

Things to Do

Research how things are put across through images and text in digi packs

Same as above but my genre of music