A draft of my own digipak design

Design Activity

Anaysis of Digipak

This digipak doesn't have a bold enough font, the writing on the cover isnt even visible and doesnt feature the artists name or album name. There is no evidence as to who this is or what genre it belongs to.
There is a wide range of colours, which make the digipak look nice but so much of a variety in colours that it makes it look like a theme hadnt been chosen.
There is a connection with the hearts, that maybe hint to an element of romance or heart ache as the heart seems to be bleeding. Other than that there are no synergy links in the digipak or anything that shows any connection to the artist for genre.
The layout of the digipak is nice. Its very well centred on the front of the digipak, the colours are very bold and bright but very simple.
As I previously stated the image is suggestive of heart brake of love but the bright bold variety of colours contradict that making it harder for the viewer to get a grasp on the theme or aim of this digipak.

This digipak I think is the complete opposite of the first. Instead of being very small and basic like the first this digipak is packed with content. To start the font is much larger and visible so we can actually see who the artist is. The font goes with the theme, its large enough to emphasise on the artist without detracting from the nice subtle theme of the digipak.
The range of colours in this digipak are much better selected; yellow, brown and blue are again nice bright yet subtle colours that suggest the theme of the album. The brown and yellow work really nicely together on the front of the digipak and also go well on the blue background of the CD.
The logo of the band name is featured throughout the digipak as well as the colour scheme. and pattern of flowers.
The layout of the front cover is nice but theres a bit too much going on, so much that someone could walk by and not notice the artist name because of the pattern of flowers claiming a lot of the attention.
This digipak goes to the opposite extreme to the last, going from being too plain and simple to notice anything to too much detail and content to notice anything.

This digipak is strange because it focuses more on the image than the artists name and album name. The font is small and barely visble but is in a sort of computerised font. I think this has been done to not overlap the main image which is the focus of the album cover. 

The range of colours are very basic but stick to one style, the faded greenish colour is used throughout 

video success

The music video is now on youtube and currently at 15 views after one day.
Posting the video on Youtube raises awareness for our band and gives audiences an oportunity to hear and interact with the band for free.
It's a good free way to promote a band, especially independent ones that cant afford big fancy marketing.

Final version of music video

A2 Music Video: Oli from 283goswell on Vimeo.

Final editing

Today the music video has been completed and the editing has all been done.

After thinking about using a title I have decided to remove it from the video. Although I wanted something to introduce the artist, I saw that it didn't really fit with the genre. The artists performance in the video is enough to introduce them in a rock video seeing as they usually feature the whole way through. Titles usually belong to pop videos to highlight the singer and maybe the featuring artists. 

In my video the badger needs no introduction to be a hit. 

The opening shot was also a bit shaky, and for an establishing shot it should be steady. So I added the steady cam video filter and now it pans across very nicely.