firstly the reason I chose these images of the girls for the front cover was because it showed clearly each of their faces which would be good for band recognition. In addition they all look formal so its not creating a bad look on these artists and they are not fulfilling the stereotype of women being seen as sexual icons within the media. However the girl at the end i decided to show bit of cleavage as i think it may attract a wider audience and through my market research i learnt this is the best way to grab attention even though i don't fully agree with it i thought it would benefit my band. I decided to do the cover black and white as i though it may look different to the rest on the shelf and it follows a uniform as my advert and back cover are also black and white so makes it easily recognisable to my audience, standing out from the others on the shelf. I put the tittle of the band big a clear so audience are able to recognise it on the shelf. I decided to separate the band members to bring them out individually and show they are unique even though they are apart of a band. I added a "number one" sticker on the CD cover to promote it to the audience, as a consumer of music i know myself when i see the number one selling sticker or number on album sticker applied to the album or single it makes me more tempted and interested in buying it. I lastly put the title of the single "Addiction" big and clear so my audience are clear on what the single is of.
I decided to use this as an inside cover as i think the background image follows the idea of the song being about addiction and love. I took a close-up shot of the couple to portray the idea of love and affection. I decided to keep the inside in colour as i thought it would be different and bring out the digipak more rather than it being all in black and white. I think this shot also looks more professional in colour as opposed to it being in black and white. I lastly added the lyrics over the image for the audience members to study the lyrics in case they are not entirely sure what it is about or even for them to have fun and sing along. I got this idea from other examples of digipaks in which i will include in my late entries.
I decided to use this as the other part of my inside cover. This is where my cd will sit. I created this on Adobe Photoshop. Again i decided to use an image of the couple showing affection by him grabbing her knee. As it is the man who is addicted to the girl. I also kept this in colour as i thought it would break up my digipak making it look more interesting. I made it look more life like by darkening the background as if it was shadowed and brightening the circle to distinguish the diffrence between cd part and the background image. I used this as said above to reinforce the idea of addiction and go with the theme of the song.
Lastly I decided to use this as the back cover as it didn't have all three band members on the back so thought it wouldn't be a good idea as it would only be promoting two of the band members maybe giving over the false idea that these two are the main characters. I in addition again put the name of the song on the back cover to promote the single. I then blurred the name in the background crystal blaque as it was okay to do so on the back cover as the audience would have already known what it read due to the name being clear on the front cover, however again if i put the title like this on the front cover it would be hard for the audience to understand what it is saying. I decided to put it in black and white again as part of the "Uniform" of my products and i thought it made it look different and more professional.
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