Digipak analysis 1 soen
- 2. The front cover denotes a black and white colour scheme, the white distinctively signifies the foreground and the black being the background. This visually is very eye catching having a bold, defined effect, the consumer focuses more on the abstract work in the design. The colours are opposites but also this makes them work well as a combination. Black and white has a slightly old feel to it and can show darkness and light. This connotes The Black and white approach of thinking in society, The digipak is very divided an the music will therefore be very unpredictable, exciting and ambitious. The header denotes a child like written font spelling out the bands name. it is circled in crisp white. The messy and almost confusing font connotes messy handwriting, possible that of a young child. Its erratic and random which links to the actual image selected for the cover. Its strange but creative and very interesting to the naked eye. Maybe the Child like handwriting links with the Baby pictured in the persons head, creating synergy. The Smoking pipe is shown giving of fumes which are butterflies. This suggest that the pipe is giving off good scents/ and/or objects and not having negative effects. Everything in this cover resembles the opposites of things, Contradicting reality. The cover denotes a mans face made up of cogs, pillars and mechanical works. This connotes a human body but with robot features, its visually concerning, slight spooky. Suggesting more than meets the eye? People can take from this band they are innovative, their music will be interesting in the aspects of strange and new. Front cover
- 3. Digipak inside panels The inside of the Digipak presents us with 2 panels, both using the same conventions the front cover provided in aspect of colour scheme and style. This creates synergy giving the digipak a professional look and preventing an fake/odd appearance. The left panel is split into a collage of tiled segments. They all feature a separate image. They all show a separate part of the body modified and zoomed in on, it creates a intense feeling of interest given its bizarre nature. The tiled design connotes that of a window, its well presented, elegant and defined. This can suggest I am delving into their universe, their window. I have opened the digipak and found the bands world they want to present to its fans. The right panel Denotes a foetus inside a mechanical cog, this is the cover picture for the CD as this panel is where the CD has been placed. This fascinating selection of imagery Connotes maybe this CD will breed a new aspect of music. The foetus shows this and means something is being born, in this case new music for the band Soen. The spinning cog connotes mechanical works or machinery. Therefore I can suggest combined with the cogs and the foetus that This design is trying to show the progression and change of something new. New music that is changing and working its way to its fans. It has very deep meanings that will possibly confuse its fans but also attract people to buy the CD because of its intriguing nature.
- 4. Digipak back cover The back cover denotes a series of Names, credits and company logo’s. The Biggest font text is the band names (par the track list) and the smallest are the rights and reserves. This is because the public will pay less attention to the company details etc and the Bands names are more desirable. The design purposely stands out key text that is more interesting to fans than producers. The Songs are the largest Text, more available to understand in usage of the digipak. The Panel is bordered with a frame in the context of the rest of the digipak style, connoting synergy and the panels are of corresponding nature, being more professional. The spine of the frame denotes a gene strand and what appears to be a eye in the corners. This connotes human like features, the building blocks of a person. Similar to the characteristics the digipak shows throughout presenting various human features in a strange way. The gens can suggest that the artist is experimenting with music, the creation of a new style/type of music in the industry.