DIGIPAK RESEARCH

Ebony Anderson

FLEET FOXES

In comparison to the outside panels the inside ones have a more modern feel with the use of warm colours and a repeated pattern across both panel but also the disc, doing this again ties all of the digipak in together. Also the image that has been repeated looks like a feather that would have been party of a formal dress in olden times, by doing this it illustrates a clear theme throughout the whole digipak.

The use of an abstract image as the main panel for the digipak cover, illustrates the genre of music that the band belong to which is indie/folk. By using this image they are able to portray that they are of alternative style, as stereotypical album covers include an image of the artist. Furthermore with the image depicting an old fashioned street scene it is in keeping with the theme of the music on the album, this is most evident with the track 'peasant song'.

By having the main image overlap across all 3 of the back panels, it puts emphasis on the songs and the artwork linking in together. In addition to this the font choice and layout again gives the impression of a medieval theme.

What I like about this digipak is that the band are able to portray themselves and their style of music without the use of an image of them to sell it. By doing this I feel that it represents how they are thought to be seen as an 'organic' band as they are able to use album artwork that represents the music on the album.

BOMBAY BICYCLE CLUB The theme of this digipak appears to

be dream like, this is as the colours used are all soft pastel colours, but also the use of the silhouettes as the focal image of the digipak with the incorporation of what looks like flowers to imitate the image of a 'brain'. This also gives the image a science feel to it which is continued on the inside on the left panel with an image that looks like a neuron. With the name of the band being central on the cover it shows the importance of it but im comparison the the album title its relatively small. This has been done to show that the music us the selling point of the album, by doing this it reflects the band is to be seen as 'organic'.

Similar to the Fleet Foxes digipak I like the way in which the image used reflects the theme of the songs on the album, rather than a image of the band to sell the album.