Original Photographs used in Digipak

Here are the original pictures which are to be edited to create our Digipak.


The Front Cover:

The Back Cover:

The Inside Foldout:

The underneath of the front cover:

Artist, Album, and Song Names.

We have considered many possibilities in all of these areas, and have decided upon our Artist, Album and Song titles, attempting to link each as closely with our chosen genre as possible.

Our artist will be called 'Dj Sharp', which is similar to typical Dj Artist titles, using a simple, blunt title as a Dj name immediately draws the reader's attention to the genre of music the artist incorporates, and helps to attract a desired target audience, as fans of this genre will know immediately that this artist will most likely play music similar to that which they enjoy. Our inspiration behind this name, is that the Dj who will be performing in our video is Ben Sharp, and so we have simply taken his last name as the basis for our Artist's title.

The title for our album is going to be 'Escape'. This links very closely to our recurring theme of escapism, and is a very blunt statement which represents how the album will be an escape from reality, linking with the genre of msuic we have chosen, as this implies that there will be electronically produced sounds incorporated into this music, to truly bring the listener out of the 'normality' of everyday life. We also took inspiration from the line in Daydreamer (our chosen song) 'Escape to anotherworld, live for another day'. We may feature this line within our digipak, as it links very strongly with our chosen music style, and themes we have previously used.

Our song titles are: Daydreamer, Visions, Everyday, Cycle, Limitless, Pioneers, Feed the Machine, Pursuit,  Alive and Adrenaline.

We have stuck mostly to the typical characteristics of songs within our genre, which are generally only one word titles, to create an initial impact upon the reciever. Many of our titles link with the theme of escapism for example with 'Visions', and we have also incorporated the idea of recurring everyday life within these titles, for example with 'Cycle', and 'Everyday'. Generally we have tried to stick with the theme of escapism, and typical conventions of our specific genre.

Digipak Front Cover Second Mockup

Here is our second mockup for our front digipak cover. In this idea we have two characters facing each other, one at a desk in work attire, the other at a DJ set. This idea really highlights the contrast between the two personas. There will be a crowd in the background, reflecting the style of music and the scenes in the video. We have also changed the character at the desk to black and white, to create further contrast between the colours of each different scene.

Digipak Front Cover Draft/Mockup

We have created a draft of what our front album cover will look like, using images taken from google images and edited in Photoshop. The basic idea is to have the figure from our office scene in our video sat at a desk, but to have the desk placed unconventially on a stage, so that we can create a huge contrast and juxtaposition within the image, using a bright, lively scene alongside a dull, depressing work setting. We might then place a set of Dj Decks on the desk to create a further contrast, but also to show the idea of two personas of character, that on the one hand we could see the figure as an everyday worker, but when placed in another light takes on an entirely new personality. We also have another idea, of placing two characters opposite each other, both facing towards the center of the image, one on a DJ set, the other at a desk from the office. This will highlight the contrast between the two different personas, and show the different sides of the character used.

Digipak Analysis 3

This is the digipak for the special edition of 'Split the Atom' by Noisia. The front cover contains an image which highly links in with the album title, showing the different stages of what appears to be a transformation, similar to the stages of the splitting of an atom. The title itself could represent the breaking of conventions of the elctronic genre which Noisia have achieved with this album, as it is an extremely unique album, using modern-day technologies such as the pioneered FM8 synthesizer by Native Instruments to create an extremely varied collection of music styles throughout the album. The 'splitting' of the atom then represents the differring path from conventional electronic music which noisia have taken with this album, and the image could reflect the reception this album initially has upon the audience who experience this new style of music, that is it shocking and almsot unsettling, but in a positive way.

 The back cover is primarily taken up by the song titles, set out in a standard column form, but in the background there is an almost space-like scene, reflecting the futuristic, modern nature of the music on this album, and also sticking to the darker colour scheme used throughout this album's design.

There is no design behind the CD, but on the inside cover there is an image of a collection of electronic equipment broken, and suspended in a falling motion. This could represent the turn to digital technologies as a basis for musical creation which Noisia have taken to, and the breaking of traditional forms of equipment. Alternatively this could further represent the unique style of music, which is almost 'breaking' all previous forms of technology, and the equipment used to convey this new sound, i.e speaker, don't seem to be able to cope with this, and are breaking as a result. All the images used seem to link in with the idea of the creation of a new sound, which is breaking all known conventions of music, and taking an effect not only on the advance of technology, but on the audience who are bearing witness to this music, all creating a clear statement about the striking nature of this album. This links with the dark colour scheme used which reflects the almost sinister sound they have created, creating the sense of a rising unknown being, reflecting the introduction of this unconventional sound into the music scene.