Digipak Codes And Conventions Summary

Front Cover:
The first and most obvious convention of the digipak's I have looked at is the title of the album and the artists name on the front pannel. There will normally be an image on the front of the digpak dipicting the artist or a concept image which relates to the centre. We normally see a specific colour scheme all the way through the design of the digipak relating to the front cover. An example of this is in the Daft Punk's album 'Human after all'. The front cover will often use bright or contrasting colour in order to make the digipak stand out. In 'Buscare' bright reds and yellows contrast against a black and white image of the artist. On some digipaks we also see a sticker which will give information about hit singles within the album or bonus features such as a dvd or live footage.

Back:
On the spine of the digipak we once again see the artist name and the album name, however sometimes just the album name. We will also often see logos for record labels contributing to the album as well as a CD identification number. On the back of the digipak there will be an image which almost always relates to the front of the digipak or the ongoing theme throughout. A track listing will be displayed on the back sometime with the lenght of the tracks and track number. On the bottom of the back pannel we will see information in copyright often smaller and in a different font to the rest of the album. We are also likley to see a bar code as well as the contributing record companies at bottom right or left hand corner. We may also see information such as the bands website or the artisrs social networking sites.

Inside:
On the inside pannels we are likley to see more background images relating to the theme throughout. There will often be details such as song lyrics however due to our chosen genres minimalistic lyrics this is normally not the case for the genre specific deconstructions. We are likley to see the people who played the intruments during each song and anybody who contributed to the song such as the producer. There maybe behind the scenes pictures from tours of the band and in some cases all we see on the inside of the digipak. There are also details on the CD including the recording companys, the name of the album and the CD number.