Ancillary Task 1

A digipak is the cover of the DVD or CD that will give all information needed about the artist and production of the album/single. the main purpose of a digipak is to entice people into buying the album. So the cover needs to have all the right generic conventions so that the cover fits with the genre of the artist and looks attractive at the same time.

Conventions of a Digipak

• Bar code 
• Image of Artist 
• Artist name
• Name of album 
• Featured songs 
• Featured artists 
• Producer 
• Lyrics 
• Props
• Stickers 

Conventions of our own Digipak 

• Dark and light colouring - To show the funny but sad feel of the video.
• Props- Bird thing 
• Comedic - pulling faces 
• Image of artist - Performer 
• Name of Artist - Just Jack 
• Name of album - All Night Cinema 
• Featured songs - The day I died 
• Featured artists - Just Jack 
• Producer 
• Lyrics 
• Stickers 
• Bar code
• Font - Bold but colourful 
• Compostion of image 
• Scene from video as image  

Things to Consider in the Magazine

Things to consider in digipak:

·                     Layout/framing

·                     Font

·                     Main Image

·                     Information Shown

·                     Setting

·                     Colours

·                     Target Audience/genre

·                     Setting