A digipack is a style of compact disc or DVD packaging, it is a form of jewel case, for holding one or more CDs or DVDs, in which the outer cover is of card rather than plastic.
it is important that the digipacks link someway to the music video because they have to have some kind of way to identify them as part of the same artist/band or tour. an example of this would be Madonna's Music digipack, tour, albums photoshoots and music video all have the cow girl theme to them and she is wearing the cow girl hat in them all as well, this links the items together and helps them to advertise each other when they are seen and makes me easily recognisable as the artist or band.
Analysing existing Digipaks
This is the digipack for Madonna's Music
The theme of cow girls is on the digipack for Madonna's Music as well as the tour and all of the CD that come form that tour, even the tour and any photo shoots have the same theme and the same colour scheme of candy pink. there is also bright colours theme.
there is also the theme of the haye that is on the front and the back of the digipack. This also conveys the themes of the cow girl
Another digipak that i am going to analyse is Nirvana's Unplugged in New York digipak.
The Nirvana digipak is covered with a simple design that has a simple colour scheme and pictures from the Unplugged tour in New York.
the colours of the digipak are simple and plain compared to other digipaks, the colour scheme consisting of white and orange. the digipak is kept pretty simple with some pictures of the band.
the barcode is at the bottom of the back of the digipak in the corner along with the warnings including the FBI warning about piracy.
the back of the digipak also has a listing of the songs that are on the it on the back accompied but images of the band.
MY DIGIPACK FLAT PLANS FLAT PLAN 1
The first of my digipack designs is of the back and front of the digipack, on the front cover there is a large image of the boy and the girl that are in the video, they are looking at eachother, this is an image that would be from when they were a couple. the title of "Green day" is written in red writting, the font is fairly straight and bold. The name of the album is at the bottom of the front of the digipack. on the back of the digipack there is a picture of the band that takes up most of the back cover and on top of this there is a list of tracks that are on the album. The back ground colour of the digipack would most likely be black. 
this design for the inside of the digipack has the song lyrics from the title track on the left hand side and a picture of the band behind where the DVD will go. FLAT PLAN 2 
The front of this digipack design on the right hand side (the front of the digipack) there is a large picture of the band, that takes up the whole of the front of the digipack. "green day" is written across the top in a cresent shape again the writting will be red and the background will be black. On the back of the digipack there will be a picture of the boy and girl at the top underneith that there is a track listing for the digpack, and then beneith that there is a box that contains the record label logos, any warnings etc. 
The inside cover of the digipack has on the left hand side the list of songs that that are on the album again, and on the otherside (the right) under the DVD there will be an image of the band with Greenday written over the top of it. the background colour of the inside will be red. FLAT PLAN 3 
the next flat plan design on the front of the digipack there is a section down the side that has "Greenday " written down it and the name of the album then next to that there are three images a picture of the band then under that a picture of the boy and the girl and then again under that a picture of the band. the background for this design is again red.
The inside cover of the digipack has on the left hand side the list of songs that that are on the album again, and on the otherside (the right) under the DVD there will be an image of the band with Greenday written over the top of it. the background colour of the inside will be red. FLAT PLAN 3 
the next flat plan design on the front of the digipack there is a section down the side that has "Greenday " written down it and the name of the album then next to that there are three images a picture of the band then under that a picture of the boy and the girl and then again under that a picture of the band. the background for this design is again red. On the back of the digipack there will be a large image of the band with the track listing ocver the top. 
The inside of this design for the digipack on the right hand side underneath where the DVD would be there is a split, at the top there is writing from the band, who they want to thank and then under that there will be a list of the venues that they have played at since they formed. the writing will be either red of white. and the background will be black to contrast the colours. On the other side (the left hand side) there will be 3 images, one of the band, in the middle and one of each the boy and the girl on their own. FLAT PLAN 4
The inside of this design for the digipack on the right hand side underneath where the DVD would be there is a split, at the top there is writing from the band, who they want to thank and then under that there will be a list of the venues that they have played at since they formed. the writing will be either red of white. and the background will be black to contrast the colours. On the other side (the left hand side) there will be 3 images, one of the band, in the middle and one of each the boy and the girl on their own. FLAT PLAN 4 
the front of the 4th design there will be greenday written at the top, in a cresent shape in red writing, beneath that there will be apicture of the band that takes up most of the front cover. the back ground will be black. the name of the album will be written just above the photo in red writing.
on the back of the digipack (left hand side) there will be a track listing in a box at the top. beneath that there would be 3 small pictures of the band either on location or from other performances, and then under that there would be a section for the record label any warning logos and privacy logos. and all of this would be written in red or white writing.
and finally the final inside design for the digipack there would be greenday written on the left hand side in red or white writing, underneath that there will be a picture of the boy and girl together, either when they were happy or when they were not (like after a fight). the background for the whole thing would be black. on the right-hand side where the DVD would be there another image of the boy and girl but from when they were together. Fonts The font that i have chosen for the main font is 'Dumbnerd' form the DaFont website. i chose this font because it is a graffitti type font that conveys the syle of Green Day. 
the font has sharpe edges and it conveys the mesaage that Green Day are a punk band and it fits in with the image of the band.
i change the colour of the font to red to match the style for greenday.
the other choice that i thought about for the main font in the digipack was:
although this font is a font that i liked and thought that it would fit in well with the digipack, is font has smoother egdes that make the font look neater, it doesnt give the entended effect of the punk band that they would be looking for.
I chose the font that i did becasue this font for me gave the right image and presented the sort of thing that i wanted it to, i hope that it will appeal to the target audience.
MY FINSIHED DIGIPACK
i chose the coours that i did for the front cover of the digipack because they match the punk image that Green Day have. the image on the front of the digipack takes up most of the cover, with the black background behind it helps to make the image stand out.
the inside of the digipack continues in the same style, of dark colours with the red writting.
The inside of the digipack is very simple, this is so the attention is drawn to the CD/DVD inside. The skills that i gained during this task were, the skills required to use the Adobe Photoshop software, the skills to use the cameras to take the photographs to put onto the digipack. the feedback that i got from facebook for the digipack was:
The target audince appear t0 like the digipack but there are some inprovements that i could make, for example the lighting and making the background colour more interesting.
