Digipak Process: Hugo stark

Digipak Process

Artist: Hugo Stark

Digipak Sides

Sides 4 Sides 6

Digipak Dimensions

5.59 x 0.34 x 4.93

These are the dimensions for the digipak, this is for the 6 sides.

Artists Digipaks

The following slides are to explain how our artist ‘Hugo Stark’ follows the concepts of these following artists Ed Sheeran, Ellie Goulding and Kings of Leon. As ‘Hugo Stark’ is within the same genre as these, we are going to use these to help design our digipak and to try engage our audience as much as possible and draw in as many people as possible once it has been completed.

Artist 1: Ed Sheeran

Artist: 2 Ellie Goulding

Artist: 3 Kings of Leon

Front Cover

Photos

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2

4

3

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1

Front Cover Photos, Why?

I got the idea of using the scrabble letters in the artists mouth and on the ends of his fingers as it was an adaption on the previous photo that I had seen of an artist ‘ Ed sheeran’ on the internet. Here is the image that I adapted to my own way and used for my inspiration for the front cover.

I have chosen to have this variety of front cover photos as it shows that I have experimented with different shots and angles. Varying from Low Angle Shots to eye level and also I have used the majority of the photos as Mid- shots.

These images are all natural and have not yet been edited in anyway, they were taken on the iphone 4gs with an 8 megapixel camera.

Taking these different photos allowed me to experiment and see which looks best but to also show the group what shots they favoured. The groups feedback was that the use of scrabble pieces to show the title of the album was a unique and different idea. The group were surprised at the idea that I came up with, thankfully it was positive feedback and the group were proud of the shots.

Inside Photos

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Inside Photos, Why?Again these photos have been taken on the same iphone 4gs, with the 8 megapixel camera, they have not yet been edited and are all still natural.

The affect that I was trying to get with these pictures were as if our artist wasn't under the pressure of a ‘photos hoot’ I wanted it to look as if I was taking the photo’s of our artist behaving naturally and I took them without our artist knowing, for example on one of them I made our artist smirk (8) and then laugh (1) so I quickly took them when he was in this position.

What I wanted from these photos was a natural look, I feel that this has been met well. The way that I want these to be set out within the digipak will be a sort of collage affect of photos rather than focusing on just the one. This was a group decision from the start so this was a clear instruction of what was wanted, it was just of what our artist was doing and therefore I thought of natural actions.

The photo that I am most proud of would be (11) as I have been able to capture our artist in a moving position, here I asked our artist to throw something in the air. I feel I have captured his movement and reaction to the stimuli well.

Studio Photos

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Studio Photos, Why?Here these photos were taken in a studio, with an iphone 4 which has a 5 megapixel camera on it as we were not able to get hold of the iphone 4gs. These are all the natural photos, we have not yet edited them.

These photos show our artist in his natural environment in the studio, singing and recording the track, these would be good to include. We all had a joint agreement as a group and decided that we would stick to having just the photos from the ‘photo shoot’.

We felt that these would be a good selection of photos to have for not only research but to have within our digipak, unfortunately due to the lighting of the photos and also being different to the other photos that we have shot they look out of place compared to the previous photos that we have taken. If we were to include them within our digipak it may look poor and have bad continuity.

Back Cover Photos

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Back Cover Photos, Why?Again these photos were taken with the iphone 4gs and are still in there natural state, they have not yet been edited.

With these photos I was trying to make it so that they match the front cover, for example if the front cover was of our artists face on view then the back of the cover could be either one of the back views (2,4,6,8) or it could be (3) as it is the bottom half of his body to match the his top, these were to try and match the front with the back.

Photos (1,5,7) were all being considered as ‘ Front Cover’ although talking to the group we all felt that these would be better as a back cover as it shows our artist hiding away as if he doesn't want to be seen, hiding behind his hand. We all considered these to be the most appropriate as you are still able to recognise the artist even with his hand cover half of his face.

Final Decisions (Front Cover)

Final Decisions (Front Cover), Why?After Choosing the photos that we felt were the best and worthy of being on the front cover of our digipak, I then manipulated them using an online tool called Picnik.

It was decision by the group that we wanted the pictures in black and white, therefore I did this and the outcome of each photo I feel was to a good quality and the other members of the group agreed.

Picnik is an online tool where you are able to upload photos/pictures without an account and also free of charge. You are able to then save the pictures into your files for later use. It has a various amount of options to choose from to edit your chosen photo/picture, it is fast and the photo/picture is then saved into your files ready for use.

Final Decision (Inside Cover)

Manipulating Photos:1. Brightness -102. Contrast +403. Re- Colour (Grey Scale)4. Apply5. Contrast +40

Final Decision (Inside Cover), Why?There was only one photo that we had in mind for the inside cover, we feel this one was the best for it as in the digipak there is writing telling the audience about this album and thanking them for everything they have done, it shows that our artist is pointing towards it for it to be noticed.

As you can see the picture was done in stages, first of all I manipulated the image and then tried it out on the digipak, I thought it would look better if it was a mid-shot rather than a long-shot. I cropped the image and the final design is complete

These images photos were manipulated using the tools on PowerPoint.

Final Decisions Inner side 1

Final Decisions Inner side 2

Final Decisions Inner side 1/2, Why?


For the inner sides of the digipak I wanted to the images to be a sort of collage where the images over lap each other, this makes them look more as one image rather than 4 separate images.

I feel they look better as a group rather than separate, they are all shots that were previously taken at the ‘Photo Shoot’ doing whatever he felt was comfortable doing and it makes the photos look natural.

They are all in black and white again as this is the colour scheme that is running through our digipak and we wanted it to be consistent, all of these photos have been manipulated using the tools that were available in PowerPoint.

Final Decision (Back Cover)

Final Decision (Back Cover), Why?


There was only one photo that we had in mind for the back cover, we feel this one was the best for it as it shows the artist hiding away with a close up on his hand where the lyrics will be, it is still noticeable that it is our artist but still having the hand in the majority of the shot makes it a lot harder to be noticed, drawing the focus in the lyrics.

As you can see the picture was done in stages, first of all I manipulated the image and then tried it out on the digipak, I thought it would look better if it was a close up on the hand rather that a mid shot . I cropped the image and the final design is complete

These images photos were manipulated using the tools on PowerPoint.

List of Songs

1. Intro2. Drunk3. Growing up4. Road trip5. The weekend6. Welcome home7. Snapped8. Opposites attract9. Departure10. Outro

Digipak Template

1. Intro 2. Drunk 3.Growing up4. Road trip 5. Snapped

6. Welcome home 7. The Weekend

8. Opposites attract 9. Departure

10. Outro

Hugo StarkThis is my official debut album ‘Drunk’. Here you will see the different sides to me and how I exploit my feelings through my music.

I would also just like to say a massive thank you to my fellow peers, they have supported me this whole way and without them I wouldn't be where I am today. They have helped to give me the motivation and to get up when I have fallen, this album is for them.

Hugo Stark

Hugo Stark

Artist: Hugo Stark

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