Digi Pack Plan

7/29/2019 Digi Pack Plan

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As a group, Ben and I decided that for the front

cover of our digi pack we would use the primary

source of photography that we took during a film

shoot. For this shot you see me in a field, singing

whilst paying guitar. The words Buffalo Son and

A Healing Song in the sky. We chose the mise en

scene purely because it relates back to the folk

genre with the idea of fields. Also it ties in with the

indie genre by using a remote landscape. The

image itself portrays the Characters sorrow and

gives the audience an insight to the song. With the

effect of a black and white overlay the image then

implies a feeling of bleak desolation. This style also

fits with the U2 Joshuatree album cover with the shot of the band in black and white and also this

idea of a remote landscape. We were influenced by this album because of the way a bleakrepresentation is created. The use of black, grey and white all collaborate together positively and

produce a powerful image. The shot of the tree the U2 use also connotes to the audience this idea of

loneliness and isolation. This would then relate back to my video in the sense that the character is

now alone from losing his brother. Jack Johnson used the idea of someone playing a guitar to signify

the relation in instrument to artist. The shot of me holding and singing with the guitar relates back to

this idea and also links visuals with the lyrics and sound.

This is the middle page that features through the

Digipak. I plan, along with my partner Ben, to place

this section behind the CD. It contains the lyrics for

our song. The reason for the placement is upon

looking at different examples I came across a range

of different digipaks with lyrics included. This

would then engage the passive audience and get

them involved through the CD. The digipak, Yeah

So by Slow Club has this convention featured

through their CD pack. This idea of adding Lyrics

behind the CD help link the words of the song to

the CD itself. When someone takes the CD out then

they will discover the lyrics meaning the audience

will become involved. Another example of using lyrics would be the CD Pack named 9 by Damien

rice. He hasnt used all the lyrics but specific lines feature throughout the digipak that are found in

the song.


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Here, to your left is the final back cover design that

myself and Ben created. The use of low lightingand the low angled close up indicates to the

audience a feeling of loneliness. It also creates a

feeling of darkness and night, adding to the

solitary and sombre tone. By applying the words

A Healing Song to the top left corner it helps to

link the digipak back with the title of the song.

From creating this look it makes the audience

evoke a sad emotion which reflects the overall

meaning to our song. The use of a black and white

overlay also connotes to the audience this sense of

bleak depression. The Oasis back cover Dont

Believe the Truth relates to our back cover by using a black and white overlay which helps to

represent the bleak atmosphere surrounding the CD. As Oasis are seen as an indie band this also aids

in relating to other artists of the same music genre that have a similar look and feel towards it.

This image is placed on the inside of the digipak to

the left. Again, just like the other images it has a

black overlay that helps to link the music with

visuals. Because it is quite depressing the black

and white effect brings out a bleak depression

state of mind. The placement of old, decomposing

shrubbery to the right connotes this idea of

depression and death. Using remote landscapes

such as fields responds to the country genre but

also at the same time relating to indie music as

well. One digipak that uses this idea would be The

Happiest Days of Silly Life by David Galas. This

image consists of an old, what looks to be

abandoned, house. By changing the colour filter and using an isolated area it reflects the CD and the

music that is created.


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This image is located on the inside of the digipak to

the right. The location is a secluded field that has

the bleak feel towards it. The use of black and

white overlaying helps inflict this depression. The

use of a field relates back to the country genre of

music but at the same time having a secluded

location helps to reflect the indie music scene with

both genres reflecting our music video. The Digipak

seclusion by Skies Veiled in Black helps to relate

this idea of depression mixed with seclusion by the

image of an abandoned, rotting woods and again,

using a black and white overlay to represent death.

This is the middle section on the back of the

digipak. As you can see, this image is much darker

than any of the previous imagery. The reason

behind this is that it portrays a bleak and dark feel

towards it. Possibly the idea of death and misery.

This would relate to our music video and the

storyline that progresses into death and

depression. The contrast from a white sky towards

and very dark black towards the ground connotes a

sense of heaven and hell. It signifies to the

audience the contrast of happy and sad and that

perhaps being dead in heaven is better than living

on earth. The digipak breakthrough by The

Gaslamp Killer portrays this idea of good vs. bad/ heaven vs. hell with a contrast in colour, one side

being very dark and the other being bright. The use of a hand changing transforming also representsthis idea of turning good to bad or possibly the portrayal of heaven to hell.

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