Muse digipack analysis

Here is the Muse greatest hits digipak: and as you can see the design of the digipak is based around a cartoon abstract design with a variety of lines and circles and although this design does not seem like it suits the genre of music, the colours that are used do fit in with the genre of music as they are all dark and there are then bursts of colours that are dotted around the cover. The images that are on the digipak cover are: a woman that is white with some elements of red and pink, white lines, a red picture of palm trees and then there is the band’s name and logo dotted around and this is in white.

As you can see it the picture above there are some parts of the inside of the digipak showing and the design of the inside looks like it follows the design on the exterior of the digipak and this is shown by the lines continuing from where they end on the exterior of the digipak. The CD that is in the digipak is also following the colours and some aspects of the design as the CD is black with the band name on and there are red and white circles on the disk near the middle.

Here is a list of all of the conventions that the digipak follows: the name of the band is shown on the front cover, list of the songs and other extras are listed on the back of the digipak, there is a brief and basic description of the band inside the digipak, there are reviews of that album inside the digipak, the design suits the genre of music, the colour scheme suites both the band’s name and the genre of music, the font of the text suites the rock genre, the company that has made the digipak have their logo and name on the digipak and the digipak has a simple design.

After looking at this digipak I have decided that it would be best if I take some of what I think are the best ideas for making a digipak from the this pre-existing digipak and then use some of the elements for when I and making our Digipak draft and final version.

MCR digipack analysis

Here is the My Chemical Romance greatest hits digipak: and as you can see the design of this digipak is erupting with conventions and features of a rock genre of music, the design of this digipak is a shot of all five of the performers that are in the band and then it looks like the image has been Photoshopped. This cover has a black and white / greyscale shot of the band and then there is splatters of blood behind the name and logo of the band, the band’s name and logo is a dull gold so it stands out and this is the same for all of the text, the stance and positioning of the band is also typical of a rock genre as the lead singer is at the front and then all of the musicians are standing behind and this shows the power that the lead singer has.

As you can see in the picture below there is a shot of the inside of the digipak and the design is followed throughout the digipak and it is even on the disk. In the digipak there are: other shots of the band in the same location and the editing to the pictures are the same, there are blood splatters on the CD, the text is the same colour as the band’s name and logo the colours that are used are all dark and very dull and this is typical of the genre of music that they perform. The colour palette that this digipak has is very simple as there are four colours that are used, also the artists are dressed in clothing that is also typical to a rock genre of music as they are in black Gothic clothing.

Here is a list of all of the conventions that the digipak follows: the name of the band is shown on the front cover, list of the songs and other extras are listed on the back of the digipak, there is a brief and basic description of the band inside the digipak, there are reviews of that album inside the digipak, the design suits the genre of music, the colour scheme suites both the band’s name and the genre of music, the font of the text suites the rock genre, the company that has made the digipak have their logo and name on the digipak and the digipak has a simple design, the artists in the portraits of them look like they are rock stars and there are pictures of previous CD album covers.

After looking at this digipak I have decided that it would be best if I take some of what I think are the best ideas for making a digipak from the this pre-existing digipak and then use some of the elements for when I and making our Digipak draft and final version.

location of where the logo will be placed

I have came up with the idea of placing the band logo on the drum kit as this is most common in rock bands, I have chosen to place the logo on the centre bass drum as this is a place where the logo will be seen with ease and here is a shot of the logo on the on the drum kit:

logo colour designs

here are a few experiments with the different colours and designs of our band logo:

final decision on the band logo

I have been looking into all nine of the different colour designs that the logo that I have created can have and after looking at all of the different designs I thought that the best design to use would be the one that is in black and white as it is simple and plain colours... he reason I chose this colour scheme was because it would then fit perfectly into who genre of music our band will be performing.... here is a shot of the final logo:

now that we have a band logo you will now see shots of this somewhere in our video although we have not decided where to place it... I will be posting where we will be placing the band logo later on...

final logo decision for our band

after thinking about what one of the five designs would be best for our band and also discussing it with Nick and Damon, I have concluded that we use the 3rd logo design as this looks more professional that the other four and it also looks the best as it is a simple design but it is really effective as it has the band initials, but they are not very clear so it also looks like a grenade and here is a screen shot of the logo:

logo design ideas