Digipak Production

This is my final digipak

The front cover features an image of Ryan from the 1950s section against the backdrop of a brick wall. The album title has been created using the "Plane Crash" font which appears in the 1890 section of the music video, which when combined with the brick wall, gives the digipak a dark, gritty look, conforming to the rock genre. The 50s section is the brightest section of the music video, so this contrasts the dark black and white wall in the background and emphasises the pop genre. The band name has a much more retro font which also helps to emphasise the pop genre.

The back cover uses the same brick background and features a track list, so that people get an idea of what they can expect before purchasing the digipak, as well as a barcode and copyright information.

The extra panel features an image of the protagonists of the four main time periods in a split screen layout with plain white backgrounds. This links to the "walk" section at the end of our music video, in which all four characters walk from left to right across the screen.

Inside the digipak on the left hand side is the lyrics to the main song, "Cops and Robbers"...

... and on the right is all of the band's social media information so that people can follow them and find out when they release new songs.

Finally, in the middle of the digipak is the disc.

Digipak Planning

There are numerous types of Digipak, each with different numbers of panels and different places for discs (including sleeve pockets and disc trays)

4 Panel:
The four panel digipak has two panels on each side (inside and outside). One of the inside panels will contain the disc.

6 Panel:
The six panel digipak has three panels on each side. While the image below has two discs, this style of digipak works well with just one disc positioned in the center. The image below also shows that some digipaks can also have a sleeve.

8 Panel:
The eight panel digipak has four panels on each side. This is better suited to albums with multiple discs as there is no central panel.

10 Panel:
The ten panel digipak has five panels on each side and can be arranged in a cross formation with a central disc.

I will be creating a six panel digipak as I feel as though there is the perfect amount of space for the disc, images, and a track list. Anything bigger than this will have too much free space and anything smaller will not have enough space.