Digipak Flat Plans

This is the front cover for my first design.

The colours used on this cover will be mainly greens and brown as the picture will be taken in the woods. The girl on the cover will be in a white dress so there will be splashes of other colours included. The browns and greens will be dark shades as the colour of my font will be white meaning that the artist name and single title are bold and clear.

The artist name and single title are positioned at the top of the cover so that they are clear and noticed first. It is positioned there so that it stands out from the background. The girl in the picture is positioned in the centre of the image so that she is noticed and so that the woods surrounding her are round her. I chose this so that it makes her look lost and confused.

The artist name will be in capitals and in white. I chose capitals so that it is clear who the artist is makes their name bold and stand out. The single title will be directly below it in white but this writing will be in lower cases. It will still be noticeable as it will be directly below the artist name. As we read things from top to bottom, the single title will follow on once we have read the artist name.

The image is of a girl standing in a white dress in the middle of the woods. The image will be in the woods which means that the image will be full and there won't be any blank spaces needing to be filled. The colours also help fill the space as there are a mixture of greens, browns and a bold splash of white.

This is the back cover design for my first idea.

The colours used on this back cover will match the front cover and be browns and greens as the picture is being taken in the woods. The information at the bottom of the cover will also be written in white so that it stands out. It also matches the theme that is on the front cover.

The bar code, logo and information about the making of the single will be written at the bottom of the CD as this is the most common place they are kept. It is also because they are not as important as the rest of the cover but still need to be included on the back cover.

The only font on the back cover will be the information about the making of the single. This font will be in white and will be in the same font as the writing on the front cover so that everything matches.

The image on the back cover will be of the woods and will be taken so that it there are no huge gaps on the in the image but so that the whole back cover is full up. This gives it a more professional look and makes sure that it doesn't look odd.

This is the inner left panel design for my first idea.

There won't be much colour on this page. The background will be of the woods and so there will only be greens and browns in this page. The females hair colour of red will also provide colour for this page. The redness of her hair will draw attention away from the background which isn't important to this image.

I have positioned only half of her face on the inner left panel as her entire face as a close up would dominate the space and there would be too much of her on show. By having some of the background on show, this allows us to see that she is still in the woods and allows us to get a sense of the setting. The reason I have positioned her face on the left hand side of the panel is because when opening the CD, the left hand side of the left panel is the first thing you see rather than the right hand side of the left panel.

The fact that the female in this picture has been taken as a close up shot draws attention away from the background. It also allows us to see her emotions as on the front cover, we cannot see her facial expression which allows us to no how she's feeling. By not showing her whole face, it means we can still see the setting around her and still see the detail in here facial expression.

This is the front cover for my second design.

On this front cover, the cover will have a mixture of different green's and brown's as the image is taken in the woods. The font will be in white which will make it stand out from the background. The white will make the artist name and single title stand out from the background which will draw our attention to them. The white also gives the cover a little bit of colour but not too overwhelming that it dominates the entire cover and distracts the meaning of the image; the face that the woods is empty and alone.

I have positioned the artist name and single title in the centre of the image so we are automatically drawn to them meaning they are the first thing we notice. This allows us to instantly no what we are looking at and if we want to no more. I have positioned the artist name above the single title because we read from top to bottom so the second most important piece of information will directly follow the most important piece of information on the cover.

I have written the artist name is capitals and will be in bold so it is clear and stands out from the rest. The single title will be directly below it and in the same font however it won't be in capitals. This is because otherwise the artist name and the single title will dominate the entire front cover and people won't be able to see the background clearly.

The image is of the woods where the main music video is set. This links the front cover of the single to the music video itself. The woods will also fill the frame of the cover and will make sure there isn't any unwanted space.

This is the back cover design for my second idea.

The colours used on this cover are mainly greens and browns as the picture is taken in the woods. The sky is visible in this image as it's meant to be raining. This will provide greys for the image and will mean that it is clear that the mood is sad. The trees in the image will not provide and green or other colours as they will be bare as it's meant to show the bad and sad side to the song's mood. The front cover shows the happy side to the song and the back cover shows the sad side.

I have positioned the logo, information about the making of the video and CD and the bar code at the bottom of the page as this is where they are mainly found. They are also less important so by positioning them at the bottom, it is clear that they are not important and will be the last thing seen.

The only font on the back cover will be the information of the making of the video and CD. This will be written in the same font as the writing on the front cover and will also be written in white. This is so a theme is shown on both the front and back cover.

The image is of the woods after or during a storm. The trees are bare which is to show the sad mood to the song. There will be more space in this image so that the sky can be seen. This will show that there is no sun in the sky and that the sky is depressing.

For this design, I wish for the inner left panel to be one colour.

This is the front cover design for my third idea.

The colour on this image will have a black and white theme. The background is of their bedroom and their bedroom walls will be white. The bed the two people are sitting on will be black with black covers. The two people sitting on the bed will then be wearing white. This is so that each item helps make other items stand out and get noticed.

I have positioned the artist name and the single title in the centre of the image but raised slightly. This means it can still be seen but is not taking over the whole cover and so that there isn't any room for an image. I have positioned the image just under the writing so that it is seen next after the writing.

The font on this cover will be written in black so that it stands out from the background of white. The artist name will be written in capitals so that it stands and the single title will be written directly below it. The single title however will be in written in lower cases as both in capitals will dominate the cover.

The image is of a couple sitting on a bed. This links the cover to the video as the video contains flashbacks of the couple in a house. This does leave room around the writing and image however this works will as it means that the whole image hasn't been taken over and that the focus is just on these things.

This is the back cover design for my third idea.

The colour will still follow the black and white theme. The background will be white, the girl will be wearing white and the bed and bed covers will be black.

I have positioned the logo, information about the making of the video and CD and the bar code at the bottom of the page as this is where they are mainly found. They are also less important so by positioning them at the bottom, it is clear that they are not important and will be the last thing seen. I have positioned the image in the centre of the back cover so that it is clear it is important and needs to be seen.

The only font on the back cover will be the information of the making of the video and CD. This will be written in the same font as the writing on the front cover and will also be written in black. This is so a theme is shown on both the front and back cover.

The image is of just the female sitting on the bed. This is to show the loneliness that she feels without the male. It is also a large image that takes up the whole of the back cover so that we can see the expression on her face clearly and all the detail. It is also so that we notice that the male is no longer on the page.

This is the inner left panel design for my third idea.

There won't be much colour on this page, only the colour from the female and males hair. The background can be seen in this image however the background will be white so there aren't any distractions or unnecessary details.

I have positioned half of the females face on the left and half of the males face on the right so that both can be seen equally and clearly. I also chose to only include half of their faces so that the image wasn't too overcrowded with both their full faces in the image.

The image is of half of the females face and half of the males face. This is so that we can see their facial expressions clearly whilst at the same time not overcrowding the image and not being able to see the image clearly.