CD Covers: Indie Genre

From my research, I can see that Indie artists CD cover's all hold very common conventions. I had noticed that a lot of artist place their album name underneath their own name/band name (usually the fonts being different or in a different colour to differentiate between the two). Although many other genre's also do this, I found that this was very common when looking at the various types of CD covers in my particular chosen genre. 

The Indie genre also use much warmer colours to appeal to their audience, and frequently have the artist on the front cover, often looking away from the camera. From the CD covers I looked at, it is clear that the artist has been illustrated or there is some form of illustration on the album cover, something which I had noticed is quite common in my chosen genre. This makes certain artists unique and stand out a lot more in comparison to other more popular artists I have seen whilst researching different genre's and artists. 

Digipak Analysis

Extra Digipak Notes

CD and DVD DigiPaks make a big statement, they represent the ultimate custom packaging for your CD or DVD replication project. A DigiPak is also a more environmentally friendly option when compared with traditional plastic jewel cases or DVD cases.

The DVD Digipak is a popular alternative to the DVD box which is now widely used for feature film DVD releases which are special editions because it increases the value and creates a premium product.

Material: 300gsm card with matt or gloss varnish. Printed 4 colours (CMYK) or Pantone colours. Spot varnish, lamination and embossing available. Made mostly from thick card, the digipak is virtually shatterproof and allows great graphic display.

Dimensions (based on standard 4pp digipak): finished size of 139.5mm x 6mmx 125.5mm. The panels can be increased from 4 to 6, 8 or more.

Originally used for the album packaging of leading musicians, the digipak and digipak family are now priced reasonably enough to be used for any CD or DVD project. The digipak is an extremely versatile packaging. It can be made to accommodate a booklet either by placing in a die-cut slot or gluing onto one of the panels.

What Is A Digipak?

A Digipak is "a patented style of optical disc packaging" which have been designed to typically consist of a book-style paperboard or card stock outer binding, with one or more plastic trays attached to the inside, capable of holding a CD or DVD. The Digipak-style packaging is often used for CD singles or special editions of CD albums as such packaging is less resistant to abrasion than jewel cases, so it tends to show signs of wear more quickly. The standard 4 panelled Digipaks have a finished size of 139mm x 125.5mm.

Digipaks were among the first alternatives to jewel cases to be used by major record companies, as they are far more eco-friendly, their main material being recyclable. There were a number of shortcomings with the jewel case. The case is hinged on two brittle plastic arms, which often break if the case receives shock or stress due to being dropped. The teeth of the hub holding the disc are also prone to failure by snapping, something you don't experience with Digipaks. However, Digipaks still remain less common than jewel cases due to higher manufacturing costs and lower resistance to wear.

First Day of Filming!

Here is a video of some behind the scenes shots we have from while we were filming to give an understanding on how we achieved this certain shot:

Narrative Idea

We have decided to add onto our performance video by adding a narrative. This means that there's a clear reason as to why Klaudia's character is acting the way that she is which therefore will add more meaning to our music video. The narrative we have decided to go with will show the abusive relationship that Klaudia's character is in, and the performance section of the of the music video will show her feelings.

Tennis Court Lyrics: Performance & Narrative

As we have chosen a new song, we need to decide what parts of the lyrics we are going to get Klaudia performing in, and what parts should show our narrative. All the lyrics highlighted is what we will have her perfom, and what is not highlighted is where our narrative will be, once we come up with an idea. (80% Performance, 20% Narrative)

Don't you think that it's boring how people talk

Making smart with their words again, well I'm bored

Because I'm doing this for the thrill of it, killin' it

Never not chasing a million things I want

And I am only as young as the minute is full of it

Getting pumped up on the little bright things I bought

But I know they'll never own me

(Yeah)

Baby be the class clown

I'll be the beauty queen in tears

It's a new art form showing people how little we care (yeah)

We're so happy, even when we're smilin' out of fear

Let's go down to the tennis court, and talk it up like yeah (yeah)

Pretty soon I'll be getting on my first plane

I'll see the veins of my city like they do in space

But my head's filling up fast with the wicked games, up in flames

How can I fuck with the fun again, when I'm known

And my boys trip me up with their heads again, loving them

Everything's cool when we're all in line for the throne

But I know it's not forever

(Yeah)

Baby be the class clown

I'll be the beauty queen in tears

It's a new art form showing people how little we care (yeah)

We're so happy, even when we're smilin' out of fear

Let's go down to the tennis court, and talk it up like yeah (yeah)

It looked alright in the pictures (yeah)

Getting caught's half of the trip though, isn't it?

I fall apart with all my heart (yeah)

And you could watch from your window (yeah)

[Laughs]

And you can watch from your window

Baby be the class clown

I'll be the beauty queen in tears

It's a new art form showing people how little we care (yeah)

We're so happy, even when we're smilin' out of fear

Let's go down to the tennis court, and talk it up like yeah (yeah)

And talk it up like yeah (yeah)

And talk it up like yeah (yeah)

Let's go down to the tennis court, and talk it up like yeah (yeah)

And talk it up like yeah (yeah)

And talk it up like yeah (yeah)

Let's go down to the tennis court, and talk it up like yeah

(Yeah)

Mac 4 Lip Sync - Klaudia

As a group we have done some research and decided we would like to use the song 'Tennis Court' by Lorde. We chose this song as we felt it would suit Klaudia and so we got her to perform a lip sync to the section she would be singing.

Mac 4 Vlog

Permission Request

New Song Choice

Updated Actors

Esther and I have decided to use the actors Klaudia Kempa and (possibly) Aidan Broomfield in our music video. We agreed on using both of them in our music video as we believe they would work well together on camera. They also have previously acted in media projects.