Draft Ideas For Digipak Planning

Digipak forms and conventions

Conventions of Digipaks:

• Tracklist with song timings.
• Bar Code
• Link to Website
• Record Label Logos
• Copyright Information
• Artist Name, Album Name, Track Name and Identification Number all on the spine of the digipak.
• Band Names inside 
• Information about who wrote the songs.
• A lyric book inside
• Pictures of the band.

The various formats of digpak are 4 panel, 6 panel and 8 panel.

Photos of Digipaks

This photo shows a digipak album cover. On the cover, there is a large main image that stands out in front of everything.  Pictures of the artist or band are one of the main conventions of digipaks. Also shown on this image are the band name and album name. 

This photo is an image from the inside of a digipak. The design of the digipak is the front of a building shown by the bricks. Once again, a large main image is used. This is usually an image of either the band or the artist.

This photo is from the same digipak as shown above. This shows some of the creators. It shows who it was mastered by, who produced it and who the photography and design is done by. 

This is the back cover of one of the digipaks. This shows the tracklist on the right side of the cover, and the main image that takes up the whole of the back of the digipak. The tracklist is one of the main conventions of digipaks, and on my digipak, I aim to use the tracklist with the song timings. 

This photo shows another front cover of a digipak. This front cover is different to the photos above because it doesn't have a large main image. Instead, it has 2 smaller images at the bottom and top corners. 

What is a Digipak?

Difference between a jewel case and digipak:
A digipak is a cardboard CD holder. They tend to include extra information in them, such as photos. The differences between a digipak and a jewel case are that a jewel case is made of plastic, whereas a digipak is made of cardboard. Also, jewel cases can shatter and break easily because of the plastic and finally, digipaks are easier to produce than jewel cases.

Pros and Cons of Digipaks:

Pros:

• They are stronger than jewel cases because they don't break easily and shatter.
• They are cheaper to produce than jewel cases.
• They can look nicer than jewel cases as they have a better design and can include extra information such as photos.
• They are better for the environment because of using cardboard.
• Use the whole promotional package. The same design and colours are used for the digipak, a website, merchandise.
• Easier to ship. They are lighter and easier to travel with than the jewel cases which can be heavier.

Cons:

• Over time, they can get mouldy and ruin.
• Digipaks aren't waterproof so they can easily rip when they get wet.
• The digipaks and the glue to stick it together could become loose.
• It's harder to get the CD out of digipaks.
• Digipaks are more difficult to replace than jewel cases. 

Why are they increasingly popular?
Digipaks are cheaper to produce than jewel cases so people tend to prefer digipaks. Digipaks are also popular because bands use the whole promotional package by using the same designs and colours for the digipack, website and merchandise. Digipaks create things better visually as they include more photos and can have a better design than jewel cases. Also bands now prefer to design their own digipak to make them stand out. Finally, alternative bands tend to use digipaks, and alternative music bands are becoming more popular.

Is there a genre of music that doesn't favour digipaks?
Pop, Heavy Metal and Classical are three genres that nearly always go for jewel cases instead of digipaks.

Call Sheet

Prop List

PropList

• Microphone
• 2 Guitars
• Drums
• Piece of paper with a phone number written on it
• Mobile Phone
• Wooden Table
• Sofa
• Wrist Watch

Location List

Location List

• Church Graveyard
• Darkish Alleyway
•  Someone's House
•  Street in the town 
• Housing estate street 
• School Field 
• The outside of the Swimming Centre and Sports and Social club.  

Shot List

Shot List

• Medium Establishing Shot/Pan                   Mid Shot                       
• Medium/Wide Shot                                     Zoom in to a close up
• Tilt down to a close-up                               Over the Shoulder Shot
• Close up                                                      Mid Shot/Pan
• Over the Shoulder Shot/Pull Focus            Low Angle Tracking Shot
• Medium Shot                                              Wide Shot/Pan
• Close up/Zoom                                           Tilt down into a Close up
• Point of View of Shot/Eye Line Match      Mid Tracking Shot
• Medium Shot                                              Over the Shoulder Shot
• Close up                                                      Over the Shoulder Shot
• Medium Tracking Shot                               Wide Shot/Pan
• Long Shot                                                    Close Up
• Two Shot                                                     Over the Shoulder Shot
• Over the Shoulder Shot/Pull Focus             Mid Shot
• Two Shot                                                     Close up
• Mid Shot/Wide Shot                                    Long Shot
• Tilt down to a close up                                Close up
• Mid shot from the side                                Mid Tracking Shot
• Tilt down to a close up                                Mid Tracking Shot
• Tilt down to a close up                                Wide Shot/Pan
• Mid Tracking Shot                                       Close up
• Mid Shot/Wide Shot                                    Mid Shot
• Zoom in to a mid shot                                 Wide Shot/Pan
• Mid Shot                                                      Over the Shoulder Shot/Pull Focus
• Tilt down to a low angle close up               Close up
• Over the Shoulder Shot                               Close up
• Close up                                                       Wide Shot/Pan
• Mid Shot                                                       Tilt down into a close up
• Close up                                                       Tilt down into a close up
• Low Angle Tracking Shot                            Mid Tracking Shot
• Mid/Wide Shot/Pan                                      Mid/Long Shot
• Mid Shot                                                       Tracking Shot
• Tilt down into close up                                 Over the Shoulder Shot
• Long Shot/Pan                                              Two Shot
• Mid Shot/Pan                                               Wide Shot/Pan
• Close up                                                        Tilt down into a Mid Shot
• Mid Shot                                                       Mid Tracking Shot/Two Shot
• Low Angle Tracking Shot
• Mid Shot/Pan
• Over the Shoulder Shot/Pull Focus

Risk Assessment

Location Shots

Location Shots

These are shots of locations where I will film my music video. 

This image above is a photo of the back of the church and the graveyard next to the church. 

This image is a photo of the church graveyard. This is where I will film the very start of my music video. 

This image is a photo of the church gate. 

This image is a better photo of the church gate. I will use this gate in my music video as the entrance to the graveyard. 

This image is another photo of the church graveyard. 

This image is a photo of the alleyway that I will use in my music video. 

This image is another photo of the same alleyway. 

This image is a photo of the same alleyway but this is taken a bit further down. 

This image is a photo showing the school field. I have decided that I will use the school field as a location in my music video. 

This image is another photo of the school field, but I have taken this photo a bit closer to the field. 

This image is another photo of the alleyway that I will use in my video. This photo is taken at a different part of the alleyway.

This image is a photo near the swimming centre and the sports and social club. I will be using this as a location, although it won't be a main location. 

This image is a close-up shot of the house that I will use in my music video. 

This image is a long shot of the house that I will be using in my music video. 

This image is a photo of a street that I will use in the video. 

This image is another photo of the same street that I will use in my video, but at a different angle. 

This image is a photo of another street that I will use in the video. 

Evidence of asking record label about using song