Digipack (CD) Comments

For the digipack which I created, I felt it should have an original but expressive design. Many other covers usually focus on the performers, so I decided to go with this. After considering the 1st draft of the digipack I done I considered on what I should do. I felt that the panels should be based around a spectrum of light which is used throughout the music video, I chose this as I thought I could use the colours in an original way. For the front panel of the digipack, I used a digital camera to take a long shot of a few street at night in different positions, I felt that that this would look quite simple but effective. The use of the different colours allowed me to use the white coloured text on the artists' in the video & different colours on 'All Of The Lights' which stood out quite a lot from the numerous colours in the background. On the inside on the left side the almost ghosty/vanishing effect makes the background stand out, especially the lights.

The use of having the performer there is so the audience gets to know who he is & what he looks like. On the inside on the right side it's similar as also has a street as a background, it's multicoloured but it has different types of lights embedded into each corner. The different lights stand out & makes the audience think about what the song could be about & how the pictures could relate. On the back, it also has a street background that is multicoloured but we have all the performers on this side. The multicoloured background makes use of the contrast makes the text really stand out from the rest of the panel. On this panel we have all the performers, this is to show the audience that although Kanye is the main artist & the one who is being promoted, there are other artists who have a part in the song. The artists look like they are being interspersed into the background, I thought this would be a good thing to to do as I think it relates to the restraining order that's on Kanye. Also the use of the bar code & small print make the digipack look more realistic.

I'm extremely happy with how the digipack CD designs has come out, considering that that haven't really had any previuos experience using photoshop until recently doing the coursework. I think the continuity between each of the panels is portrayed through the use of colours & streets used throughout.