Textual Analysis: Digipak

Morgan Redman

Digipak

Digipak

Digipak

Digipak

Digipak

Colour Scheme• Blue, black, white, sepia, red.• Blue to connote sorrow and sadness, themes of songs in

the compilation such as “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now”.

• Black and white to imply the darker themes of society and belief systems.

• Sepia to convey the nostalgia of youth.• Red and pink colourisation to imply danger, romanticism

and being free.

Colour SchemeSepia

colourisation to evoke nostalgia, blue connotations

Red, pink warm colourisation links to the

romantic style of the music

Layout• Non-standard capitalisation, rule of thirds composition,

large format images, diptych CD case inside, plastic inside casing, repeated cover image on booklet.

• The band name is placed in a significant position over the album title due to font size and the capitalisation of “THE SMITHS”.

• Large images take precedence in the booklet as there are too many song lyrics for a small leaflet with 45 songs.

• Dual CD is good for this number of songs but for a single only one would be needed and thus the layout is less significant.

• Repeated use of cover image on leaflet for impact.

Layout

Diptych disc layout with continuous

background to link the layout together seamlessly

Rule of Thirds• Band name and compilation title in the centre third of

the rule of thirds compositional grid. • Band name in top central third due to the layout of the

photograph as the cover image but also as the centre is the main focus of the eye of the receiver.

Rule of Thirds

All band members framed in

grid squares

except for lead singer

Composition of title in

central column

Image, Text and Font• Various images: black and white, sepia, colour, blue

hue, red colourisation etc.• Adobe style typography in varied font colour: non

capitalised in white and capitalised in blue. • The colours evoke sorrow, nostalgia and romanticism to

match ideas and themes of the lyrics of the songs in the compilation.

• The typeface and font colours link to the romantic style of the lyrics.

Image, Text and Font

Colourisation of fonts to

match the rest of cover art

Design Construction• Complicated diptych dual two disc CD layout with

singular pocket.• Back 1• Front 1• Secondary fold out back 1• Secondary fold out front 2• Disc compartment 1• Disc compartment 2• Singular pocket

Design Construction

Application to Individual Project

The ideas that can be taken from this for the individual project include:• Post-production colourisation editing• Various fonts throughout• Print on booklet matching the cover• No logo used• Unorthodox genre conventions with no lyrics in the

booklet