Specific Cover Research

After general research we have found that the style of digipack cover which we want to use for our album is a close up shot of the models face with a plain background, allowing the audience to focus on the artist without being distracted.

After deciding this I have looked at digtipacks of album covers which use this style of shot on their front cover to research into further detail what they include on the rest of the pack.

Black and white with the artists name in pink writing to burst colour onto the front cover. The pink writing is the same pink as the on the disk with the black cross on the disk linking to the black on the front cover. However the back cover to this CD case is dark which makes it difficult to read the writing of the album track-list. 

This focuses the front cover on the artists face which is the way we want to portray the artist in our front cover of the digi-pack. However the writing is a bit difficult to read because the carved in and glitter effect does not make it stand out and easy to read. The back cover of the digi-pack has similar writing and i think this makes the CD cover look messy and difficult to read. 

I can tell this is lot harsher with the make up very dark which does not suit the look we are going for but the close up shot of the face is effective in capturing the artists mood within the music. The plain white background makes the writing clear so it is easy to read the title of the song. However, the plain white of the background is boring to look at and would not attract people.

We all agree that we really like the way the face is shown up close on the front cover and the back of the head on the back cover. The CD is consistent with the same text displayed on the front cover displayed on the disc. The way the titles of the song are displayed on the artists white background is clear and makes it easier to read.