Digipak Ancillary Ideas

I have sketched out some designs for my digipak front cover, these have helped me brainstorm and explore ideas for my digipak.

I hand drew them so it would be quicker, and less time consuming.

1. The first image is of the frontman of the band, he would be standing in the centre of a path holding the heart balloon. I do like this idea because the red of the balloon would contrast with the green colour of the trees surrounding him. He would be wearing the same clothes as the shoot to reference the video. 

I like the idea of this because it is simple but effective. By looking at the cover the audience will be able to tell who the frontman of the band is. It also conforms with the genre of being indie-pop because whilst normally a stereotypical indie-pop band would have an abstract cover which may possibly feature nature, the brightness of the heart balloon would cause the cover to have an element of pop within it because typical pop albums have bright covers to engage the audience. 

2. The second image is of the heart balloon in front of a sunset. This features several aspects from our music video within the video.

This is a very simple idea however it would engage the audience through the use of colours within the photo. The heart balloon would be the key feature of the cover. The brightness of the balloon would contrast with the mellowness of the sunset, it is also simple enough so that it follows the conventions of a 21st century album cover. However I feel that this cover is conforming to my idea of a cover, and is quite feminine - whereas the band is all male so it does not conform with their image. 

3. The next image is of a bathbomb which would be on a white background, this also conforms to the typical conventions of a simple cover, I feel that I could edit the colours so they are of a green colour scheme and not a blue one. This would match the green colours in the footage of the path that the couple walk down. 

I do really like this idea, however instead of the front cover I may have the image as the backcover in which the song titles are written or under the CD tray. 

4. The fourth is a stereotypical album cover of the band, standing - posing for the camera, they may have their instruments to fit in with the image of being a band who plays their own instruments. 

I like this idea with the simplicity of the image and the easy nature of the audience being able to tell who is in the band and what they do. However I do not feel that this conforms with the indie-pop genre and this specific look would go better with rock or jazz.