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Digipack Final
This is the final look for our groups digipack,. This would be the CD of our artist; Faith Franklin's, new album Dark Fantasy, which would be released in November. The album reflects the genre of Faith's first released single from the album, Heartbeat: which is the song that myself, Karina (playing the role of the artist) and Frankie (the conceptual actress) have created a video for as a part of our A2 coursework.
The genre of the song would come under the category of electro-pop due to its funky, electric and rocking beat that consists of both upbeat and downbeat tones and moods. This is why the tones of the colours that we have selected for our digipack are also funky and electrifying in order for the overall theme and genre of our artist and her music as a whole can run parallel with each other. We have selected specific colours throughout our project in order to be left with a specific house style: for example we have continuously used the colour of purple, even throughout the design of our website. I feel that purple is a dark and deep colour that reflects our overall genre.
Front
We chose this because we love how we have effectively edited it so that you can see the artists face four times. This relates to how there are many different points of view and thoughts on a situation and also how nothing is ever simple. We also wanted to create the idea that fantasies have no limits: this is why we see the artist's face several times to show how there is no structure to a fantasy. It also impacts the audience and makes our artist more memorable. The facial expression of the artist is very serious and this is relatable to the songs that would be on the album. Although they would vary from happy to sad tones, the majority of the album is negative: this is implied through the use of 'dark' in the title of the album. We have used the rule of thirds in this still image by having the artist's name not in the centre of the cover. It is positioned towards the left of the photograph. The effects on the image give the connotations of fantasies and dreams due to the way that the swirls glide across the image of Faith's face. She appears to be almost star struck from this. The colours are very earthy showing how this is a down to earth album from a very real person. This real personality relates to the edginess of the artist.
Left inside picture
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Middle
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This is representative of how the album is filled with a variety of emotions: portraying the idea of confusion. It also relates back to the front cover of album and how nothing is ever simple. Secondly, the effect on the image adds to the impact on the audience. The 'cracked glass' look links in with our overall theme and this is why we had selected to use it.
Back
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Left inside
Compared to the left inside page of our digipack, the right inside is more for the fans of Faith who would idolize her for her aesthetic image and her fashion. From research we knew that many popular and new stars within the music industry are very fashionable and are often seen in the latest fashion magazines. This is why we did a photo shoot for our artist, in order to portray her as a fashion icon for many of her fans. In the four scattered photo's, our artist is wearing clothes that relate to the latest trends. We chose to have the pictures scattered in order to portray a sense of trendiness that our artist would have. If the pictures were to be laid out in a sensible manner then the overall image would not be exciting. The distorted layout makes the particular section of the digipack interesting to look at. The pictures are edited with an earthy background colour as this matches the overall house style of the digipack. It also reflects our artists down to earth personality and implies to the audience that she is a real person who is easy to relate to. We are hoping that this would give our artist the 'likable' factor. We used long-shots for our images in order to provide for variety. The majority of the shots for the rest of the digipack are close-ups or mid-shots as they provide for clear emotions to be connotative to the audience. Long-shots also allow for the artists entire body to be within focus of the shot meaning that the audience are exposed to her outfit: this is what we wanted. Again, keeping the house style consistent, the background for this section of the digipack is a purple image of space. The shining stars in the background relate to how our artist is a new and emerging pop-star. We chose to use the colour purple because, again, it is a colour that we feel represents our genre of electro-pop.
Right outside
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