FINAL DIGI PACK

This is my final Digi Pack

Top Right ( CD PANEL) - This is my CD panel , as you can see I used an idea of using objects for my CD. I wanted to be unique and diferent , a theme in which the band is like and a theme i am trying to express in this digi pack. I took an image of the ashtray for my CD use and edited it in Photoshop. The image got very goo positive feedback. Also I ensured that the background image underneath linked in with the CD. Therefore , under the ashtray is an image of a table with Rogues Gallery etched in. This allows the audited to feel like they are putting the ashtray onto the table. I made the whole image black and white as that creates an indie feel but also is a link throughout the music video , poster and digi pack.

Middle Top (BONUS DVD)

This is my bonus DVD , where the fans can see interviews , the music video t club foot , behind scenes footage. I applied the same idea as the CD by choosing a method in which is unique and is a product. I chose to use the bottle top as the CD as that expresses the bands lifestyle and that is a link to the meaning behind the DVD as you get to see the bands lifestyle in that. In addition as you take the bottle top off the background is an image of the beer frothing , applying an interaction between the DVD and background making it unique and enjoyable for the audience. I made the image black and white for link purposes mentioned above and also applied the red theme on top due to red being a colour that is used through out my digi pack due what  Red symbolised . It shows  bands passion and love for music and also their rebellious /anger attitudes in the drinking and smoking.

Top left ( Inside Panel)

This is just an image of a guitar , the reson why i chose to have this is because firstly i didn't want the inside to consist of images of the band as i feel like that is what a pop genre band does they sell their image rather indie rock bands collaborate their image with their skill in their performance and talent. I wanted to be unique and create an idea which makes the digi pack a collectors item. This panel will release in different photo , 1 of the guitar , bass , drums and microphone. This is a method for the super fans to go out and interact and find these different digi pack , this method has been used by indie bands such as nirvana and kasbain where they bring out different versions for super fans to collect.

Bottom Left  ( Inside Panel)

This image is again representing the bands lifestyle. The image contains drink and smoking which represent the band image and the bands name. Their are 4 bottles , one for each to represent the members of the band. This image is just to show the lifestyle and image of the band and represent the genre , to establish them-self as indie rock bands , the parka in background establish this too. The smoke effect makes the image look unique and exciting brings life to the image , which is something the boys are trying to do with their music , bring life through their music. In addition , i added a social networking links to this image as i felt this was a vial thing to have due to the target audience being between 16-25 , this means that they can find out more about the band and follow us gaining the bands recognition.

Bottom Middle ( Back Cover)

This is the track listing for my digi pack. The image consist of the band looking out to tower bridge. Tower bridge represents london , showing where the boys are from and with the band looking out in the distance shows they are achieving their dreams trying to reach their goals with this being their first digi pack. In addition  , you can see the clothing so that establishes a bit about the genre of the band. In addition i ensured i had record label and bar-code for professional purposes.

Front Cover:

The front cover consist of images of the band in images that contain and represent all about themselves. With this being the first digi pack , they need to interact and show themselves and instead of one image , i liked the idea of having a montage of them. I wanted to be different and i feel like this really works.

Final Draft Box

This is my final draft of my Box , i wanted to be unique and create a box for my digi pack to be sorted in. I got the idea from other indie / rock bands like kaiser chiefs and nirvana. The box is a purpose to make the digi pack unique and personal to the fans that buy them . I waned my fans to get the same feeling so i created a box for the digi pack to be stored in. Similar to the digi pack front cover i felt it needed to be like the same so it fits/links together and doesn't look random. I took all the images that helped collaborate this progress/journey of the band and merge them all together , this is as you can say images that document the creation of the bands first packaging , making these images have a strong and powerful meaning to them , which i felt is a cool aspect just like the meaning behind the liberteens. 

Bonus DVD

This is my bonus DVD. I have used the image of the bottle as my background and got my CD as a bottle top lid. There is a video to show how the DVD panel works.

How I done it?

Firstly from my collection of photos of the drink I took a the best photo and opened it up in photoshop. To keep the black and white theme throughout my digi pack i applied the image effect of black and white and played around with the brightness and contrast to make it slightly more dark to give it more of a rough feel to the image.

Bottle cap

This is the difficult part. I took an image of a Budweiser bottle cap and added it into photoshop , here I cut round the image and then added the bottle cap logo which I created and showed in one of my previous posts. Next I merged both of them together  to make it my background.

CD

With the CD I created previously I just applied that onto the panel photo and put it in the location it is want to be.

Overall

I am happy with this vs panel and I feel it follows my digi pack theme and style throughout with applying the colour red on the bottle cap. The idea of the bottle being the background and taking the bottle cap of as the CD works well and world well with the Other CD panel being the cigarettes. I feel this idea is a unique idea , being different. And that is something my band follows and the drink is a symbolisation of the theme and style of my bad. However the positioning of the photo is wrong as the DVD is too small so it need some work. I think I need to retake the photo again.

Back Panel 3 Final

This is my final back cover design I have created.

Firstly , from the feedback given in class from my peers. They brought up the focus of the image I used on my back panel. This image was taken not in focus , although i thought it gave off a more vintage and indie feel to the back panel , the research proved it didn't work as when printed off it wouldn't look right at all. However , the layout and design of the track listing was good which meant I can keep that design idea. This means all i have to do is change the image.

I choose this image of the band looking out London Bridge. I really like this image as again on the back panel I wanted the back to have an image of the bands backs looking or going somewhere. As with this being their first band album/digi pack. This is them walking / thinking towards their dreams. This image with london in the background establishes the bands background with them being a london band brought up in a familiar area. The costume are noticeable with the parkas and jeans establishes the inide image we are trying to get across. I made the image black and white so it goes along with the rest of the digi pack and music video , giving a vintage and indie feel to my digi pack. I carried the rest of the design over from the feedback given mentioning the digi pack is fine just the photo needs changing.

Overall , I am happy with this outcome as with the image being more clear and in focus , grabs the audience attention and makes the digi pack look much more professional.

BONUS DVD

This is my new and improved bonus DVD. The reason for the improvement again is because i have got the right idea , i am just not using it right. Like mentioned in my last digi pack , the image behind the bottle cap is not working due to the size measurement not adding up with the size of the DVD. This means that i needed to change the photo behind the bottle cap which i did so. As you cant see the image , the image is shown bellow but change to black and white. The reason i chose this image is it links in with the fact that when you take the bottle cap off , your drink froths up causing it to spill and in my opinion i feel like this suits my digi pack as its expressing the lifestyle of the band , and follows that theme throughout. I want my digi pack to be unique and difference something that the audince enjoy and get engage with , and i feel like this panel works in doing so.

Inside Panel

This is only a slight change but I added the social networking sights . After looking at my digi pack and then looking at real life ones , i felt something was missing. And i noticed i haven't got no fan interaction links for them to check out. With my target audience being young , i felt it would be a great idea to put the bands social networking sight in their. This allows the fans to check out the social network pages and either like or follow them to interact and gain the band more recognition and also a chance for the public to find out more.I also got the images/logo to be red so it goes along with my red theme. 

Second draft of digi pack

front cover of special edition box

This is my front cover so far for my box. The reason I am making a box is for the digi pack to be stored in. I want my digi pack to be special to my fans just like other indie bands have done such as kasier chiefs and nirvana. I wanted to do the same and make it feel that special. In addition , just like the liberteens , i wanted to take the idea of having a strong meaning of the image of the cover and have a strong image here of these photos are documenting the progress of creating and putting together the music video and digi pack . Creating a bond between the audience and digi pak , making it feel like a collators item and special to the individual.

inside panel 3rd draft

This is my 2nd draft of my panel. 

I improved my second one by adding colour to the image. Again I am carrying that red theme through out and adding that to my digi pack. I decided to cut out the color version of the bottles and then apply them onto of the black and white photo. 

Overall I am happy with this panel and prefer it to the black and white design . The black and white design was to boring and I knew my digi pack needed some colour to it so I applied the red through out my digi pack.  The red bottles make this image more exciting And actually brings it too life. But I feel like there is something still missing so I am going to add on our twitter and Facebook pages onto the bottom to make it that little bit more professional and engaging for the audience.

Poster Idea 1

This is my first idea of my album poster which i created on Photoshop.
 I used the image taken in the photo shoot on the day out up London with the band. The reason why I choose this photo is because it has a strong meaning of the boys looking out in achieving their dreams , also the bridge represent london in where they are from . They are shown together as they are a band and also playing around with the effect i added a blur to make it look unique and indie. In addition , i added the whole track listing and made the debut album stand out as that is the main attraction.

INSIDE PANEL

This is my inside panel design. 

I decided to change my inside panel due to from my feedback , I had to change it as it was a basic design. I chose to make my digi pack more unique and added a element which gives the audience a choice. This panel can me mixed from an image of a the bass guitar , drums , microphone or guitar. They each represent a different person. This idea plays on the strings of my digi pack being more of a collectors item for the super fans. Something in which we learnt at the beginning that a digi pack is for collectors purpose. I feel that this is a good idea that involves the super fans to chase them down. In addition . the angle of the shot makes the image more engaging and exciting and unique due to it going up the guitar strings. Furthermore the red carry on that red theme throughout my digi pack giving it consistency.

CD panel ( CD)

This is the CD I created. I wanted to be unique and different and wanted to make a CD that wasn't like the others of other people. I wanted the CD to show the image of the band and how they create their music. So i came up with the idea of using a ashtray. 

The use of the ashtray was a way to show the image of the band that some of the member smoke and their rebellious lifestyle. In addition the ashtray and amount of cigerrettes sybsllises the creation of their music , they make the music when they are together chilling out.  The ashtray is a symbolic image of the friendship of the band and how they created this digipack through hanging bout together like a 'gathering' drinking and smoking. Just like Ossis album ..... They had their front cover of them chilling out smoking ect.

How I done this was I collected cigerrettes from the Christmas period and put them in one ashtray and took a high angle photo.

Overall i am pleased with this outcome as like mentioned above this has a lot of hidden meaning About the band , genre and the music snd also is a unique idea. The black and white suits the digi pack color theme and I hope the feedback is positive.

Bonus DVD (DVD)

This is the DVD I used for my DVD Panel.

I wanted to be unique like my other CD panel and instead of having a boring disk I wanted to be unique and different , a theme In which I am trying to show in my digi pack do I decided to use a

Bottle cps as my disk. Firstly I took a image of a range of bottle caps shown bellow. And chose one that looked vintage and rustic so it gave off a rough effect. I then created the logo on photoshop through using circles to create the red outline and then the white outline in the middle and then put A red straight line across. I done that because there will be a whole in the DVD so a white background wouldn't look that clear and I feel the red line works well and breaks up the 'rouges' and 'gallery' making the disk less boring a simple. I then chose the colour red for the sybsllises reasoning of my digi pack.

And then I just merge the logo

On top of the bottle cap.

Overall I am happy with my digi pack and feel like it works well and is unique and different. It also links in with the CD panel. But CD doesn't link in with the pocket so from my feedback i will see what I should do. But I am pleased with it so far , and hopefully from the feedback and can make it 'perfect' 

CD Panel Second: (Pocket)

This is the draft of my Bonus DVD panel.

I wanted to unique and decided to make a pocket for the DVD to be slotted into.

For this DVD I wanted to use an image which links into the theme of what the DVD is about , with a band performance image of the band back stage as that is what the DVD is about, showing the band back stage ect. I then edited the photo and made it black and

White so it follows the theme of my digi pack and also ensured that the red guitar stands out as the colour red is a symbolic colour through out my digi pack.

Overall i am happy with this pocket as I feel the image links in with what the DVD is about and is a better image that the one used before. However I feel like with my DVD being a bottle cap their is no link there and with this image of the band it could be too many images of the band and start to look abit to appearcne focused than what the real theme is , is to show the band lifestyle and type of music and band they are in their digi pack. I am going to present this to my class and get feedback.

CD panel: ( Background)

This is the panel background of my CD panel. I created through using a old coffe table and I etch into the table 'rogues gallery' this is because this links into my CD being a ash tray of cigerrettes. I have a video below in two parts showing me etching the rogues gallery into the table using my door key. The roghness of the rogues gallery shows the type of appearance the band is , they have a rough and messy appearcne and about them and I applied this through the style of font I etched in. The block letting makes the band look masculine too.

I really like this idea and with the CD on top I feel like it will work perfectly and really sybsllises the lifestyle and appearance of the band.

inside panel 2nd draft

This is an image I used for one of my panels.

For my digi pack And the research I conducted i wanted to ensure my bad is seen as a indie band not a pop band. Pop band sell their image , where as with indie it's about the whole package, their lifestyle music And a bit about their image so I need to show this in my digi pack . By doing this I don't want my digi pack to be covered in images fof the band , I want to use images that sybsllises the band and the music. So I choose to use alcohol and smoking.

The collection of these photo are shown in a previous post but I choose these photo because of the smoke coming from the roll up. This made the image more exciting and stands out , making it look more cooll and professional.

I put all the object on the table and then I took a photo of them with out the smoke , I then thought of the idea of adding smoke , so I light the rizler and then took a number of photos.

In photoshop made this image black

And white as that is the theme of my digi pack.

Overall I happy with this image as I feel it symbolise the image/life style of the band , something which is vital for indie bands and the smoke gives the image a more Exciting feel to the image. 

Howeverr with the image being black and white it makes it look boring so I feel like I need to add more color to

Bring the image to life. So I will

. 

Bonus DVD

This is my first draft of my Bonus DVD which I created. The bonus DVD is a bonus for the 'super fans' as its a chance to see the life of the band behind their music videos. The DVD has interviews with the band , their story of how they got signed, clips of live performance and the band producing/ creating their music.  The reason why I chose to have the image of the band in the studio is because the image has a direct link to the content in the DVD. The image is a natural shot of the band producing one of their songs , listening and playing about with it in the studio. This behind the scene image , links in with the content in the DVD as the purpose of the DVD is to show the behind the scenes of the band in how they create their music ect.
I put the image into photoshop and edit it by changing the colour to black and white and then playing around with the contrast , bringing out certain aspects such as the guitar ect.

The only way I felt to have a image and a CD together would be to have a pocket slot for the DVD and I feel like this can be see as a unique idea , something different which is a theme the band like to have. They like to be unique. In addition , the way i created the pocket was simple. I simply got a image of a white CD from google images and then added that on top of the plain grey background. To create the pocket I simply added the image on top of the CD and then brought the width inwards so you can see the CD poking out from the pocket behind the image layer.
To bring out the pocket and DVD more , i added a dark bold black edge around the DVD and image to make it stand out.

Finally , I had to have some sort of text to indicate that this is the Bonus DVD. I tried a number of locations and this looked the best in my opinion.

Overall , I am very pleased in how my Bonus DVD panel turn t out. I feel the pocket idea work well and the  image works perfectly with the purpose of the DVD. However , some minor changes I feel could be added. Firstly I need to change the word 'CD' to 'DVD' as this is a DVD. Secondly , I feel the font could be made better in somehow , perhaps use a better font or location which i well play around with and add to my second draft.

Second Draft CD panel

This is my second and improved draft of my CD panel.

I haven't done much to change from my first draft but improvement wise I changed from colour to black and white. The reason why I done this is due to my digi pack has a black and white theme through out , all the images are black and white and it looked random to have 1 image in colour. I feel like the black and white image works more better and sharper , and adds to that indie feel towards my digi pack which is perfect as that is the type of band we are going for.

However , I do feel I need to add colour to my digi pack so I need to re think about my ideas in how i can add in some sort of colour. 

First Draft CD Panel

This is my first draft of a  CD panel for my CD. 

I used a image from the first photo shoot taken outside a brick wall in school. This image as you can see is a natural photo of the band against the wall. The positioning of the band members is key as I didn't want the band looking like they know the image is being taken. I want natural photos , so as you can see , the band is leant against the wall , looking in other directions and smoking. Clothing wise , I got the band to dress indie and with everyone wearing something different but similar , so skinny jeans and shoes with white t shirts/shirts. In addition , I added some use of props to make it look more realistic and natural such as a fake sleeve (far left) and packet of fags. 

Once the image was taken , I uploaded it to Photoshop and played around the image , bringing the brightness up and contrast down to make the image look more sharp.  I then cut around the image and placed it onto the CD. and then took a photo of the wall as my background. This is because the plan is once the CD is taken out behind the image is going to bee the wall where they was standing but with beer cans ect scattered around to show the lifestyle of the band. This is yet to be done but will be uploaded shortly.

I then added text stating 'Rouges Gallery' to show the name of the band and that they are the band members.

What to do next?

 Well my digi pack as a black and white theme though it so i going to change the colour to black and white as i feel the image looks out of place being in colour as the other panels are in black and white. And i need to take the image of the bottles scattered around. But overall i am happy and pleased with my idea.

Front Cover Design - Attempt 2

Front Cover Improvements:

The front cover layout is a design i was inspired by from the Kooks album shown to the right.

With our band genre, I want to be unique and be different as that is something that i believe our genre have to do. Instead of using 1 image , i wanted to use multiple images. We took the photos up london , and i used them all for my Digi Pack front cover. The images give a insight into the band lifestyle , as the images show a day out in their home town london , and show where the band is from/based. In addition , i added 4 close ups of the band members to give a indication of the band members as you buy the Digi Pack.

I used Photoshop to edit this photos and create the layout. For the layout , I got this transformation lines as shown on the right , to ensure that the positioning of the images are straight and equal. From my first draft , the images were not lined up and rushed. But now you can notice the difference and makes the front cover look more professional and sharp. The main colouring theme of my Digi Pack is black and white , so i added that effect tool onto all the images which i will do a separate post to show  the progress of how i edited the front cover images , and how they looked before and after. In addition , i played around with the contrast and brightness to bring out the images more and make them stand out , so the images are more noticeable and clear.

Overall , I am pleased with my front cover so far , and i will get feedback shortly from my audience to see what they think if i can make any changes. I need to play around with the font i believe as it could be more inline with each other as i think the fonts are slightly different sizes.

What could be improved?

I need to create a sticker to show the bonus features of this Digi Cover , such as the bonus DVD.