Digipack - rough cut & comparison

Here is our rough cut for our digipak. We decided to have the band members as a key part of the digipak however after looking back at professional digipak we realised that indie band do not always have such a direct mode of address so therefore when we develop our digipack further we may add less pictures of the band. We decided that the back cover will be of the band, however to add a bit of a twist to it we made the lead singer face the back. However we wanted to have the pictures on the outside link into the pictures on the inside, so we used the same picture but reversed who was facing the camera.

Both the kooks and coldplay have used more casual photos for their digipak which we have also used. However their photos are edited and have effects added to them which we should take into consideration when we improve our digipak, as at the moment we have just place the raw photos straight into it. Furthermore they have all used some sort of graphic effect which we make them look a little more impressive and eye catching. Therefore we should also try to incorporate some sort of graphic effect, possibly on the very front cover of the amp. We could maybe have the logo made out of wired placed on the front of the amp and have electricity sparks coming off it. Another idea we had was to make "The Wired" logo as realistic and lifelike to the fender logo usually found on an amp. We would have to create this on photo shop. We could also just use a simple effect like the fish eye effect when taking our pictures to try and make them stand out more. 

After looking back at our rough cut we also decided that we would change the picture of Tom holding the lyrics as it didn't fit well with the genre and the rest of the digipak. Instead we could replace it with a picture of the band playing their instrument in a casual environment such as the ones on the kooks and coldplay digipaks. We might also replace it with just a picture of their instruments alone, instead of them with the band. 

Another reflection we had was our colour scheme. At the moment its quite random with no real sense of continuity. Therefore we could change it so that it is all in black and white, therefore all fitting together. Furthermore this may help the digipak and website link in together as the website's colour scheme is quite dark and simple.