This is a digipak for Green Day who are of the rock/punk genre and this is their Greatest Hits Digipak. The format they have used is 6 panels, 3 on the inside and 3 on the outside of the Digipak. They have included 2 disks full of songs by the band, keeping with the connotations of a 'greatest hits album' as usually more than one disk is needed as all the content required would not fit onto one disk alone. The band logo, of a man being electrocuted is featured on the first inside panel, to reinforce whose digipak it is, to contrast with the logo is a bright green background, which follows onto the two disks to keep a consistent theme throughout the digipak. On the first panel they include a short summary of the background of the band and also feature images of their previous albums to remind the audience of what they've released and that songs from these albums will feature on the current digipak. Behind the disks are images of the band from photoshoots which have been edited and given a green hue to correlate with the colour scheme of the digipak, these images can be removed from the packaging.
This is a digipak for the band The Killers and this is their Greatest hits album, they are of the rock/indie genre. They have also used a 6 panel design but only include one CD as they have created a specific playlist of what they believe to be their best songs and not included too much content like the Green Day digipak. In all 3 panels we can see black and white images of the band in various places in photoshoots, this is to reinforce the bands image and remind the audience of who the band are, their clothing and the mise en scene also relates to their genre of the Indie music being really minimalist and relaxed compared to angry punk music. On the first panel they have included a short summary of the bands career in red font to contrast with the background and images of their previous albums to show the audience what they produced before this. The CD itself is quite basic but holds the iconic Killers font on the CD label, which is instantly recognizable and things such as record company logos to correlate with digipak conventions.
This digipak is for Metallica's Death Magnetic album, who are of the rock/heavy metal genre. They have used the standard 6 panel design sticking with digipak conventions. In the first panel there is black and white imagery of a crashed car relating to the macabre music that Metallica produce and the album title featuring the word 'death'; over this image is the album cover logo, which is of a coffin, relating to the death associated with the picture of a car crash. In white font over these images are the band members names and credits such as producer names and the photographer names instead of a track-list or a band summary. This digipak uses 2 disks due to the amount of content included much like Green Days digipak. One disk is white and one disk is black perhaps to symbolize the 'Ying and Yang' symbols of life and death and how they contrast from each other but make a full circle much like life and death. Behind the disks are black and white images of the band members to reinforce the bands identity.
This is a digipak for My Chemical Romance who are of the rock genre and this is their Greatest Hits album. This digipak also consists of the typical 6 panel design and in the first panel the background is black with red spattler effects over the top, almost representing blood which featured on 2 of My Chemical Romance albums and is a consistent design feature throughout this digipak, it also links to their macabre music which is often concerned with death or murder. On the first panel is a summary of the bands history in yellow font to contrast with the dark background and images of the bands previous albums to remind the audience of their previous releases and due to tracks usually being featured on the digipak from all of their albums. Only one disk is needed for this digipak and the CD label is a black background with lots of red spatter effects again representing blood linking to their music etc. Behind the disk are small black and white images of the band and band equipment, their clothes and the mise en scene relate to the emotional music inside as there are no bright colours and busy scenery, only the band dressed in black and empty spaces. On the final panel is another black and white image of the band which can be removed from the digipak, it reinforces the bands image and the way the band look in this image tell us that they're of the rock genre due to their dark clothing which is often a convention and their confident poses relate to the confidence usually found in rock music and possible angst that's also found in their genre of music and many of their songs.
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