Analysis of Student Digipak

It is necessary to review previous students work to see how they have achieved the grades they got. I have looked at two albums that relate to my genre of rap/grime, and one other that i feel we can learn from.

This digipack doesn't really relate to our genre, because it seems to be a pop album. There are many mistakes that the students have made that I hope to learn from in my coursework. An example of this is the bright font. Yellow is not a demure colour, which is what our teachers have told us to use. The reason being is that this is a convention for album covers, however some genre's can use a limited amount of bright colour, if used appropriately.

Both covers are quite basic in composition, and the images have been stretched to cover the panel. to avoid this, our teachers have told us to crop images in photoshop before putting them into a CD cover format 

This digipak is good in representing a genre. It is clearly a rap album. You can tell this with the choice of typography, and also the subtle hint with the 'Parental Advisory' sticker. The small labels on the back cover are also effective in making the CD cover look realistic. 

The choice of image, in my opinion, is poor, as the artists face is not clearly shown. The side angle, and the darkness of the image makes the student not very clear to see. However, the background in the picture, (the city scape) connotes urban music, which is a good example of how genre is represented through image.

This is the best Digi pak as it looks the most realistic. The thing that works the most is the use of the three photographs on the front cover, and two inside panels, that are effective in conveying the artists personality, which is very important for an upcoming artist. The page with the tracklist has everything that a real digi pak would have. This makes the back cover look more realistic.

The subtle use of repetition with the picture on the front and back panel, ensures that there is not too much going on with the digipak, as there are also images on the two inside panels. This also gives the student space to type out the track list. On  the first Digi pak I looked at,  The track list looked squashed because they tried to fir all of the typography around the image. When the image is faded, it does not matter if the image is written on. This also puts the focus onto the songs.