2. album cover conventions
Artist name
often
presented in
bold font for
debut albums
especially
Image of the artist,
commonly placed central
on the front of the
album cover
Sometimes there will be a
visual motif – something
recognisable for the artist
(in Mika’s case it is cartoon
imagery)
Track list
positioned
on the back
panel
Barcode
positioned
on the back
panel
Record label
information,
along with
copyrights and
the artist
website, placed
on back panel
Title and artist
name repeated
on the spine
Synergy
between
front and
back panels
Record
label
3. how we conformed/developed these
conventions
Central image
of MiraJax
Track list positioned on the back panel –
our tracks mostly correlate with the
theme of LIGHTS which can also be seen
in the album title and the images
featuring neon lights. If not, then they
are related to disruption or the
contemporary
Synergy between
front and back
panel- MiraJax
repeated on both
panels and
background image
stretched across
both panels
MiraJax and
album title on
front panel –
we made the
artist name
larger due to it
being a debut
album so we
needed to
promote the
artist first
MiraJax and album
title repeated on
spineBarcode on back
panel
Split-screen visual motif
– in synergy with
website and video
Copyrights and
artist
information Record label
on spine
and back
panel
4. Our inside panels are simplistic which we noticed was conventional for the
Electropop genre. We used an image which harmonized the background image
on the front panels; they were both taken in the same location. As well as this,
we used MiraJax as the focal image on the inside as well as the front which tied
both sides together. The neon lights theme is also repeated on the inside panels.
We decided to leave the cd part of the inside panel clear, so nothing would
obstruct the images of MiraJax. The colour scheme is extremely similar to the
front panel colour scheme and we manipulated areas of the image as we did on
the front in order to enhance certain aspects e.g lights.
digipak inside panels
