Initial Digipak Ideas

Reaching the end of the week with little left to do, me and Rachel thought we would have some initial discussions about our Digipak. This seemed a logical step to take considering we definitely know who our band members will be, so we could take their looks into consideration when devising an idea. Due to the genre of the band, we initially thought we would have a Digipak that didn't feature the band at all, emulating bands such as Alt-J with their unassuming, minimalist designs that are quite effective.

However, I recalled a piece of work that a friend of mine completed for her photography coursework last year. As part of her project, she took portraits of various members of the class. She then simply amalgamated these together on Photoshop, stretching or reshaping the faces wherever she needed to in order to make the outlines of the faces match up. It is simplistic yet ultimately effective as an image and I believe this would work really well with the band, and of course four sectors instead of three. This could take up the majority of the frame with the band title typography alongside it on a one tone background that is either white (like in the photos) or black. To continue this theme, we then thought we could complete the same principle on the back of the Digipak but alternativley with the back of the band members heads instead. I think this would be a quirky extension of this idea that would also look really interesting considering the strong features and different hair tones of all of our band members. 

Bands of a similar vein to ours such as Kings of Leon (above), and Blur (lower) have utilised a similar concept in terms of condensing different band members faces onto one album. The Kings of Leon Digipak for 'Only By The Night' is very similar in style with very clear cut editing point between the different images. This makes it clear what has been done as opposed to blending the faces more subtly. However, I prefer this as I feel it adds something aesthetically. Blur have experimented with a more 'pop-art' styled design. However, in a similar way to our idea it still includes all members of the band and has distinct personality. 

If we do in fact use the band as part of the Digipak, then we have to create an image that has visual integrity and isn't just trying to sell them because of their obvious good looks. I feel the idea we have achieves this meaning we are happy to pursue it as a group. It also gives myself and Rachel the chance to hone in on the photography skills we acquired last year.