Rose Newbury

Digi-Pack analysis Research

Muse Cover

This is the cover of the muse album ‘Resistance’ and I have

chosen this cover to analyse and base my cover around

because I thought it was a new and interesting that looks

bright an attractive enough to attract customers to buy it. Also

the name of this album ‘The Resistance’ is a similar concept

to the song that I have chosen for my video which is ‘Rise up’

and both words have the same connotations which means

that it could give me inspiration for my digi-pack cover.

Design

For my digi-pack inspiration I have chosen to base it

around the artist Pablo Picasso and the angled

shapes shown on this cover are similar to some of

the styles hat Picasso uses in his paintings like the

painting below called ‘The Weeping Woman’ and as

you can see in this painting like the muse colour the

bright colours and straight angled shapes. These

straight angled shapes also make up the outline the

shape of a stereo speaker which connotations lead

to music in general or loud music which in this case

could relate to the bands genre and due to the

various bright colours it could show tht the band

have alternative music genre like alternative rock

because rock bands stereotypically included edgy

and dark images to portray that genre.

To enable me to create my digi-pack, which will be a

6 panelled case, I am going to look at other digi-packs

and CD cases that will give me a good idea of the

layout and the type of artwork that will look

appropriate for my own digi-pack.

Rose Newbury

The Earth

Also on this cover it shows the earth placed in the centre which

could relate to the name of the album ‘resistance’ and its

concepts, so by looking at this cover it shows that the man in the

middle is that same size as the earth and therefore could be

portrayed as more overpowering or as ‘standing up’ to the earth.

Also the road that is shown leading to the earth on the cover

could be a reference to the ‘yellow brick road’ from the Wizard of

OZ story which lead in the story to the wizard ruler of the OZ

which in this case is the earth, it also adds bright colour to the

cover which will make it eye-catching and attractive for the

viewer. The earth revolves around music could also be another

connotation from this cover because the speaker outlined from

the brightly coloured shapes is placed just around the edges with

the earth in the centre which again makes the whole cover look

like a speaker from a stereo.

For this cover having all of these connotations and images it

means that the cover will be interesting and different from any

other cover that will be placed on the shelf which therefore

means that it will again be more eye-catching for a possibly buyer

and will also create an image for the band because when people

see this image they will instantly know it’s from Muse.

Text

The text on this cover is different from most covers

because on other covers the bands has their name

and the album name large and bold so that it stands

out more than anything on the rest of the cover.

Rose Newbury