conventions of a digipak
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Conventions of a Digipak
Jesse Hammond
What is a digipak?A digipak is a patented style of a CD
packaging. The front and back panels are the main ‘promoters’ of the CD and are very
much used to attract and captivate the customers; the front of Digipaks tend to have a large eye-catching picture on them.
Inside the pack itself there is more information and possibly more artwork to do with the disc. Extra information provided within the packaging would include song lyrics, artist information and personal
messages.
The artist and the name of his album
Barcode
Track List
Artist, focus point on the front
cover
Record label and extra information
The front and back panels are the main ‘promoters’ of the CD and are very much used to draw in the customers. The front of Digipaks tend to have a large eye-catching picture on them
Gatefold
The inside of the DigiPak is used more for information and extra bits to do with the artist/song/album. The theme of the
inside packaging normally is more subtle compared to the outside packaging. The cardboard/paper folds around the
plastic case which secures the disc in place. The inside of the DigiPak is used more for information and extra bits to do with the artist/song/album. The theme of the inside packaging normally is more subtle compared to the outside packaging. The cardboard/paper folds around the plastic case which secures
the disc in place.
You can also find inside the pack itself more information and possibly more artwork to do with the disc. Extra information
provided within the packaging would include song lyrics, artist information and personal messages. In this case, the digipak
includes a lyric book with each page having a different photo in the same style with the lyrics printed on top in the same font
as the front and back cover
CD keeps within the same colour theme as front cover, using the bold yellowness. At the bottom of the CD, there is the record label’s logo – Lewis Watson is signed by one of the three biggest music labels even though he isn’t as famous as
someone like Ed Sheeran.