By Rebecca Gomes


By Daniel Barrell

Digipak Concepts

We started our digipaks at the design stage, and each sketched out a concept for how each side would look. Choosing the universally accepted size of 6 sides, which set to work on coming up with ideas that suited the theme of the band and of the song. we also included various references to our music video within our digipaks.

For my evaluation of a past student's digipak I chose to analyse 'The Vixens', a fictitious pop band.



The front cover has the basic album information, including the name of the band and the name of the album. The same information is also present on the spine for ease of locating the album within a music collection, a common convention of digipaks. The back cover has a colourful theme which includes pictures of high heeled shoes, thoroughly emphasising the genre of the band. The back also lists the song names, another common convention. A hand drawn piece of abstract art also expresses the genre of the band, adding a hint of indie and abstract to their image. Finally, it also contains a picture of the band all standing together, a very common convention (especially for girl bands).

By Daniel Barrell

Past students digipak

I looked at another example of a digipak, this was from a student from the previous year which I found on the OCR get ahead media website.

digipak analysis
Their digipak only has 4 panels; it is suppose to have between 6- 8.
The band is present which is a common convention of a digipak.
They have included a list of the tracks on the album.
A barcode has also been added on the right hand corner of the digipak.
The digipak lacks a spine, which is where the band name is suppose to be written.
There are no lyrics for any of their songs
There are no reviews
No information about the band/ artist has been included
The name of the band and album has been included on the front cover; the font and colours used represent the genre of the song well.
finally there is no reference to their record label or website.

By Rebecca Gomes

Digipak Analysis

As part of the research into digipaks, I looked at a previous students work from the 'get ahead OCR media' blog. The first convention that can be clearly identified is the name of the band, 'The Ghost Frequency', and the name of the album 'Nightmare'. On the back cover their is a listing of all the tracks and a barcode, which are both typical conventions. There is also a 'parental advisory' logo to give the customer more information. The relevant images and colours that have been used of the graveyard, a burning candle, and a girl in a darkened room, show the ghostly/haunted theme of the digipak, but also promote the band and attract the target market that this digipak is aimed at. However, on this digipak, no information has been included about the band or album. There is no evidence of the record label, the bands website or the album credits; which is therefore not following all of the digipak conventions.

By Louise Welch

Digipak dimensions

We have researched that the dimensions of a digipak are: 139.5mm x 6mmx 125.5mm

This is a template of a 6 panel digipak

Digipak Analysis

Before we could start designing our own digipak we first had to research the conventions of a digipak. I found an example of a digipak on google and chose to do a detailed anlsysis if this digipak.

Firstly the digipak was an 8-panelled single tray digipak. It included a detailed list of all the songs of that particular artist/ band.
This band has decided to use visual imagery, however not of the band/ artist themselves. They have decided to incorporate the use of abstract imagery which may well be the traditional and reoccurring theme fir them as a band.
Strong imagery and colours have been used to convey the genre and it represents the band particularly well.
The name of the band has been written on the pine of the digipak, so that when owner of the CD stores it away it allows them to find the CD quickly with ease.
There seems to be no reviews from magazines or newspapers however this may be displayed on the CD cover it-self.
Where the tracks have been listed, below there is a small bold section where the bonus tracks and scene section for their extra feature DVD is displayed.
The digipak includes information about the band as well as displaying the lyrics to one of their songs.
The record label is also included within the digipak as well as the person, which designed the digipak.
A barcode has been added at the bottom of the digipak.
Finally the website of band is included at the bottom of the digipak, so that the owner can visit their website.

by Rebecca Gomes