Analysis of 3 Digipaks

Phil Collins

Phill Collins was born on the 30th Janurary 1951, he is an English song-writer, drummer and keybordist.Collins sang the lead vocals on several chart hits in the United Kingdom and the United States between 1978 and 1994, either as a solo artist or with Genesis.

As you can see his Digipak is quite simple and varies from a number of images. The front panel consistes of an image of a little boy playing the drums, in my opinion i do not think he should have done this because it has nothing to do with Phil Collins, wether he had been in the video it shouldnt have been done because it is and album based on a whole different songs, not just one. The font looks handwritten which i think works because it gives it a simple look. The black and white gives it an old fashioned look with the blur around the edges which works really well.

The Back which is the middle Panel constists of the image of the artist himself again this doesnt  make sense because he has an image of a boy at the front but then a picture of him self at the back which doesnt make him look like the main artitst, this picture is also bacl and white which corolates with the whole digipak. One thing i noticed was that there are a lot of texts which make the back look over crowded, which i think i wouldnt be botherd to read myself.

The middle Panel which is the last image are just a collage of images of records and record packets this in a way correlates with the whole digi pak because it is all old fashioned and reinforces old fashion entertainment.

if i had saw this in the shops i would have thought that the Genre of this album would have been Rock or Indie.

Keri Hilson

This is Keri Hilson an American R&B songwriter that was born in Georgia in 1982.  This is the Front of her Digipak. This Digipak really does catch my eye because of all the bright pictures and images that are used to make the digi pak stand out more. The title of the album is 'In my own world' so she uses the picture to try and tell a story, this picture of the clouds in the horizon shows that she is looking to the future. The big font looks like spot lights shining which shows her supiriority and her fame. The main picture of her is in black and white which does stand out and shows that it is her album.

The bottom image is the back of her digipak, this does correlate with the front cover, an image of her is used and also the same colour which work well, the same font is also used. The effects that is used in the background gives an image of the night aposing to the image of the sun rising at the front.  

Rihanna

This is Rihanna a Bajan/ American R&B recording artist and model contracted with Def Jam Recordings. She started off her career in 2005 with her first album ‘Music of the Sun’ which peaked in the top ten of the Billboard 200; which is the ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums.

Her album has a combination of gemres including R&B, Pop and Rock. The cover does unfact focus on the genre of rock i think because of the dark theme given, the costume and the make up that is used to rienforce and very dark look,There is also the letter R at the top right hand corner which could indicate her name or 'Rockstar'.The right hand is covering her right eye and her left eye is surrounded by thick black eye liner giving her a feline look.

The back of the album cover also shows characteristics of rock music established by the particular style that has been created for the artist. Her body language is aggressive towards the audience perhaps showing she is capable of defending herself and not scared to do so. i noticed that the text is in the same Ariel font used for the album’s title on the front cover, this again shows the correlation and link between the front and the back cover. I would say that the whole album is very dark and simple but very effective on the audience, although the colours are simple it still is eyecatching and makes you want to look at the smallest detail.

 As you can see the Cd also has a link between the the package, it is very simple and consists of the letter are that looks like it has been carved by a knife.