The Digipak front cover is the image below. It is a very
simple cut out of an M and a X. These are the initials of the album. I think
that it is very simple and effective. It targets no specific target audience
and is quite confusing. It has a foreign name and a confusing layout. There is
something very disjunctive about it when related to the names of their songs.
This is the back of the pack. It is again a strange layout. It is upside
down to the front cover. (above)The typography is really good. It is just a
white cut-out and through that we are able to see the art work behind. There is
random writing and graffiti in the background that may give a clue as to what
the songs are about or the target audience. There are M’s and X’s all over the
wall with lyrics from their songs over it too. The way the lettering over the
cover has been placed is really good, for example the OTO on the bottom creates
a line of symmetry. The MYL and the OTO are shorter lines to the one on the
middle creating a diamond or round shape. The idea of the cover is to get
people to observe it closely.
This
shows a much stronger colour scheme as we go through the digipak. The left
image is more reds and greens and the right image is more concentrated on
purples. They are using bright colours to get across a point. The album has a
very wide range of instruments used, and song styles. I think they want to get
the point across that it’s a very creative and free album for a wide range of
people to listen too. The album also has a wide range of stories and themes
which may be part of what they are trying to show in the digipak. There is a
sense of rebellion and freedom shown in this image too. The words “tonight the
streets are ours” on the left may give us a clue and the free roam of graffiti
that is plastered across the walls. Graffiti is not something people should do.
This is a spread of Graffiti across three pages.The pages are literally just
covered in Graffiti. For the same reasons as the previous picture I think that
they are trying to communicate rebellion and freedom in a creative way. Perhaps
the song ‘Paradise’reflects
this? Below are the symbols from the
back cover that represent each song. A number are on the graffiti board.
This Photo is to give the performance element to the pack. I
think that the way the image has been taken, with the lights in the background
and the blur of wavy lines, looks really good and mirrors the graffiti that
is through the rest of the booklet. The
photo has a very strong vignette around the image and the band is out of focus.
This all adds to the chaos of the digipak.
This is the disk for the pack. It has been well designed,
sticking to the theme of the graffiti and the colours. I like the continuous
line following the shape of the disk. The colours are the same free, rebellious
colours used as the ones throughout.
This is the back cover. The same colours are used, and also
the typography that is used for the main album title. I really like how the
words have been positioned and the composition of the cover. The symbols on the
bottom are there that are repeated throughout the albums graffiti. There are
also some clearer pictures on the back too. I think the album artwork, works
really well together and it flows from one image to the next really easily.
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