Analysis of Digipacks

Analysis of digipacks 

The Script

FRONT COVER
An abstract use of images; mismatched images such as the chimneys and the forearm are included. As well as the dancing couple on top of the arm‘s palm. The bright lights coming from the man’s could be connotations of brightness above the darkness of the town or city, or perhaps even the industrial revolution. It gives you the feeling of raising above the rest, of having your own little world away from it all. The way in which the ‘the’ is underlined could be a show of importance, as though to show that they are The Script not just Script. Very bland really, not much detail apart form the images. Although they have gone to the trouble of adding in a shadow to that the image is almost like an old 2D movie screen background.

BACK COVER
No images. Black and white, easier to understand. Blank really except for useful information, there isn’t anything on there that you wouldn’t be interested in.

MIDDLE INSIDE
Random images again. Legs, chimneys, roofs, perhaps the view from the sky? The font, layout and images used connote a feeling of just being put together and construction as there are images of scaffolding. Not much detail however, the focus of how the titles of the songs are held up is very accurate. This has the feeling of construction as I said before.

BACK INSIDE
Again random, colourful in contrast to the background. The images in this do somewhat relate to the song lyrics, for example, Rusty Halo has what appears to be a copper circle for the ‘o’. Clear layout. The title for the song ‘Fall For Anything’ is set out like the words have just fallen. Which could have been planned to have this effect, if so, it has connotations of falling apart or being put together, much like a work yard where work is going on. Attention to detail over the title of the songs and placement of the images is smart, they look randomly placed but at the same time like the band have thought about what would look good where.

FRONT INSIDE
Image of main singer. A dedication page, it uses a black and white photo and background. Simple font, clear to understand. Clear layout of text and image.

 

Paramore

FRONT COVER
A butterfly is used, but it is spaced out. There is also a line down the length of the page, this seems to be the only detail; as well as three blue circles on the butterfly which seem to have no apparent connection to any of the songs or the band name. Two types of font. Simple colours and layout. The grey background could be used as a contrast to the yellow of the butterfly.

The back is simple, black with no image and green/blue writing like the colour of the front of the CD. 

FRONT INSIDE
The images used for the songs do tie together but differently. There are two porcelain figurines and a mirror. These correlate directly to the song’s lyrics. However the displacement of the figurines connotes a feeling of trepidation or fear in some who might connect this image of one of porcelain dolls which have a history of being creepy or freighting. The lyrics have been placed down the middle of the page, this in itself is odd but added to that that the lyrics go over the top of the image adds to the peculiarity of it.

MIDDLE INSIDE
A black and white flower. The use of black and white as apposed to a colour format for the photos as well as the text is different from the other images and pages. This could be to reflect the purpose of the lyrics or it could be just to break up the rhythm of the digipack.

BACK INSIDE X2
The first back inside has the image of feet and an open locket. The way that these photos have been taken could be considered to have a vintage feel. They give off the connotations such as niche, antiquated, period dated almost. This feel or look is much associated with niche music like country, alternative and folk. The first page places the majority of it’s text on the left hand side but the title of the song is to the right or in the case of ‘Turn It Off’, below the lyrics. The title of the song is written in a different size to the lyrics, as would be expected, however they use the same type of text as well.

The second page has the images of a map with placement pins and a black and white pathway into a forest. The picture of the map is in colour which shows us the different colours of the pins in the map. The picture of the path is simple yet effective as the song it is linked to is about wandering path and getting lost. The next page uses the same format of separating the title from the lyrics.