Analysis of a student digipak

The student digipak I'm going to analyse is "American girls"

THE FRONT

The front cover of the digipak fits the convention of having an image of the artist as the main image of the front cover, I also find the image interesting as the photo was taken at one of the locations used in the music video. Another thing I like about the front cover is the text used because I feel it links well with the video as it's quite a feminine looking font and therefore links with the song's title "American girls". However the text doesn't fit the generic convention of rock digipaks as the text is the same size and the convention is that the Artist's name is bigger than the name of the album.

THE BACK      

One convention that the back cover of the digipak doesn't follow is that there isn't a track list, however I feel this can be justified as the digipak is set out as a DVD of a specific song's music video so a track list would be unnecessary. To compensate the song lyrics have been written on the back cover, however this is also unconventional as if song lyrics are included in a digipak there are conventionally seen on the inside panels. One convention that is followed is that the main images of the back cover are photos of the band and images that are relevant to the band or album which in this case is a photo of the american flag. The convention of having copyright information on the back panel is also met.

  

THE INSIDE PANELS

The only feature of the inside panels is an image of the american flag, which is conventional as often the main image of the inside panels is orginal artwork that is relevant to the album. However it's also unconventional when used in this way as because it is the only thing in the inside panels the digipak neglects the conventions of having song lyrics and photos of the artist all in the inside panel.

THE SPINE

The spine follows the convention of having the names of the artist and the album however because the digipak is a DVD not a CD there isn't a record label logo instead there is a DVD logo and a rating certificate, however like the front cover the text breaks the convention of having the artist's name bigger than the album's name as once again all text is the same size.