DIGIPAK & POSTER ANALYSIS

Aaron Cork

The colour scheme is a mix between faded grey and white, they are very soft colours that also are subtle enough to make the album cover look very professional and slick.

The text included is very traditional for this band so I think it is used so the fans recognise who they are

The text is very clean and simple with a slight boldness making it very easy to read. This may have potentially been so the album is easy to read at a distance such as on a shelf.

I think the grey colour scheme connotes that the album is calm and relaxing with nothing to outrageous to expect.

The pose of the band also reflects this as they are sat down leaning against a wall ‘chilling’

Strengths One huge strength for me is that although the colour scheme is quite dark and plain they have manages to show the shadows of the figures which is hard to create because naturally they will want to blend in with the background coloursMain image – On the cover the band members are centred and cover the most space this helps credit them for having created/produced the album.Their body shapes are collaged with random and glowing images to contrast the background and make them stand out.

An improvement I would make would be to leave the faces of the artists uncovered, this is because generally music videos of Drum & Bass songs don’t show the artists so I think they would gain more publicity if they showed their faces.

RECOGNISE album cover

The colour scheme of the front is continued around to the back making is a consistent colour. I definitely dislike the back cover more however because I think it’s a bit to plain.

The font is just the names of the songs on the album and any producer/copyright text

I dislike the font used here because I think it is unaffected and doesn’t stand out enough compared to the background and I think it would look better the darker the font colour is.Here is a very tiny unnoticeable image of the bands logo, I think it should be emphasised a lot more and could be made bigger to cover some of the empty space on the back cover

Overall apart from the font I really like the back cover, I think the colours reflect empty space we can use to think, it reflects mindfulness and peace

A barcode is compulsory in all CD covers however where it is placed is effective because it kind of underlines everything above keeping within the theme of clean.

Hospital Records Logo

This is a poster advertising the ‘RECOGNISE’ album by Fred v & Grafix

The theme is identical to the album cover because they want it to be recognised and associated with the album

WeaknessThe poster doesn’t say when the album is out meaning fans cant plan to buy it in advance.