1) Arctic Monkeys - Favourite Worst Nightmare
This is a fold out case album with only 1 CD inside it, but it could easily have had another in and created the effect of a digipak. I chose to analyse this as it is of a similiar genre of music as my song. The whole case has a theme through it which uses a dark grey colour majorly and has some bright area of artwork lit up within the dark scene. Even these bright areas which are the main focus have a restricted colour scheme of mainly using khaki green, pink, blue, white and black; this adds to the theme of the CD and lets you know the case is all connected. The whole case follows the idea of having plain windows and being able to see through windows, and these sections being the main focus. The front cover has only three small segments of colour however through the inside of the case the coloured areas are larger and more dominant.
Only the side the CD is on and the back panel are plain without this imagery on, the CD side is a plain black cd holder. The CD design is dominantly khaki green and shows a 'tattoo-esque' style face design in black and white; this is in sync with the theme within the windows.
The back panel is plain black and shows only the song titles shows as a list along the bottom in the khaki green colour with is also seen on the front cover as the font colour for the artist name and album title. Along the very bottom of the back panel is a barcode and label logo alongside adresses and websites for both the band and 'Domino'records.
Both the inside panels at either side of the cd feature buildings with large areas of colour inside them, this shows graffiti style areas alongside traditional features such as a bathroom, chairs and tables. This is quite 'edgey' and relates back to the youth who listen to the Arctic Monkeys. I'd like to create a quite 'young' styled digipak of my own and this has inspired me on how you can use the areas inside a digipak to a good effect and make sure no space goes to waste.
2) Bon Iver - Bon Iver
This is also a CD album, with only one CD in, however the CD is contained within a cardboard sleeve in this case, which is an idea I could emmulate with my own and have a cardboard sleeve at each side inside the case to hold the CD and DVD.
The front cover features just a large piece of artwork and no artist name or album name which isn't really conventional of Cd covers. The artwork fills the majority of the front panel, with just a slightly cream 'off-white' background. The spine is in red with the artist name and album title in white writing in the same font as all other writing on the case. This red is very dominant and there is some of the same colour in the artwork on the front showing a link between the two.
The back panel of this CD case shows the artist name and album title with the track names below in two columns; all of this is in the same black font. Next to the spine is the barcode vertically, out of the way of the main text. At the very bottom centre there is record company details and websites, this is a convention found on most CD cases.
The inside, fold out panel also features a piece of artwork from the same set as the one on the front, this creates a theme to the piece and is quite a 'fine-art' piece. These artwork features relate to the type of music being quite elegant and fine.
The inside three panels are quite plain and feature no imagery, which I don't really like about this album case, I suppose in a way this is to let the music do the talking more. The first panel is cream and shows credits and who performed the tracks. The centre panel is plain red, the same colour as the spine. Then the third panel is cream again with some information about the CD and making of it on.
I like the simplicity of this album cover however I'd like to create a more interesting, visually intriguing one myself.
3) Metronomy - Nights Out
This CD cover is my favourite of the three as it has a lot going on although it is not too 'busy'. The two out-facing panels feature full cover artwork; whilst the four inside panels are plain black with only text/band logos on. The layout for this has inspired my own, as I would like full cover design across possibly the front, back and inside front panels, whilst having more plain inside panels.
The front cover of this features a large artwork piece showing the main singer of the band. Along the top left is the album title in faint white writing, barely visible. The main focus of this cover is the artwork as oppose to any text. This could be because Metronomy have a very niche audience so the audience will purposely go out to buy their album as oppose to browsing around in a store for what to buy.
The inside cover panels are plain black with text over the top of it, this is all following the band logo type theme, with the same text and colours. I like the idea of the inside being more plain but having a lot going on in the outside panels which are the ones which are first seen.
This is a fold out case album with only 1 CD inside it, but it could easily have had another in and created the effect of a digipak. I chose to analyse this as it is of a similiar genre of music as my song. The whole case has a theme through it which uses a dark grey colour majorly and has some bright area of artwork lit up within the dark scene. Even these bright areas which are the main focus have a restricted colour scheme of mainly using khaki green, pink, blue, white and black; this adds to the theme of the CD and lets you know the case is all connected. The whole case follows the idea of having plain windows and being able to see through windows, and these sections being the main focus. The front cover has only three small segments of colour however through the inside of the case the coloured areas are larger and more dominant.
Only the side the CD is on and the back panel are plain without this imagery on, the CD side is a plain black cd holder. The CD design is dominantly khaki green and shows a 'tattoo-esque' style face design in black and white; this is in sync with the theme within the windows.
The back panel is plain black and shows only the song titles shows as a list along the bottom in the khaki green colour with is also seen on the front cover as the font colour for the artist name and album title. Along the very bottom of the back panel is a barcode and label logo alongside adresses and websites for both the band and 'Domino'records.
Both the inside panels at either side of the cd feature buildings with large areas of colour inside them, this shows graffiti style areas alongside traditional features such as a bathroom, chairs and tables. This is quite 'edgey' and relates back to the youth who listen to the Arctic Monkeys. I'd like to create a quite 'young' styled digipak of my own and this has inspired me on how you can use the areas inside a digipak to a good effect and make sure no space goes to waste.
2) Bon Iver - Bon Iver
This is also a CD album, with only one CD in, however the CD is contained within a cardboard sleeve in this case, which is an idea I could emmulate with my own and have a cardboard sleeve at each side inside the case to hold the CD and DVD.
The front cover features just a large piece of artwork and no artist name or album name which isn't really conventional of Cd covers. The artwork fills the majority of the front panel, with just a slightly cream 'off-white' background. The spine is in red with the artist name and album title in white writing in the same font as all other writing on the case. This red is very dominant and there is some of the same colour in the artwork on the front showing a link between the two.
The back panel of this CD case shows the artist name and album title with the track names below in two columns; all of this is in the same black font. Next to the spine is the barcode vertically, out of the way of the main text. At the very bottom centre there is record company details and websites, this is a convention found on most CD cases.
The inside, fold out panel also features a piece of artwork from the same set as the one on the front, this creates a theme to the piece and is quite a 'fine-art' piece. These artwork features relate to the type of music being quite elegant and fine.
The inside three panels are quite plain and feature no imagery, which I don't really like about this album case, I suppose in a way this is to let the music do the talking more. The first panel is cream and shows credits and who performed the tracks. The centre panel is plain red, the same colour as the spine. Then the third panel is cream again with some information about the CD and making of it on.
I like the simplicity of this album cover however I'd like to create a more interesting, visually intriguing one myself.
3) Metronomy - Nights Out
This CD cover is my favourite of the three as it has a lot going on although it is not too 'busy'. The two out-facing panels feature full cover artwork; whilst the four inside panels are plain black with only text/band logos on. The layout for this has inspired my own, as I would like full cover design across possibly the front, back and inside front panels, whilst having more plain inside panels.
The front cover of this features a large artwork piece showing the main singer of the band. Along the top left is the album title in faint white writing, barely visible. The main focus of this cover is the artwork as oppose to any text. This could be because Metronomy have a very niche audience so the audience will purposely go out to buy their album as oppose to browsing around in a store for what to buy.
The inside cover panels are plain black with text over the top of it, this is all following the band logo type theme, with the same text and colours. I like the idea of the inside being more plain but having a lot going on in the outside panels which are the ones which are first seen.
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