Digipack Research 2

Digipack Research 1

Album Cover Conventions

Front Covers
- A simplistic colour schemes
- A simplistic design
- Few or no characters
- Use of a different colour for the band/artist name compared to the rest of the cover
- Hidden meanings
- A title that explains to the audience what the album will be about
- Bold, simple fonts for the band/artist name
- Similar or entirely opposite font for the album title

Back Covers
- Name of band/artist at very top
- Name of album beneath this
- List of song titles, usually centred
- Barcode in bottom right hand corner
- Name of record company
- Copyright and year
-Who owns the copyright material
- Who the album has been distributed by

Insides
- Colour scheme that is the same as the rest of album
- Blank, plain background
-No characters
- Few or no text

Spines
- Name of the record company in recognised font, or logo
- Name of band/artist
- Name of album
- Both in the same simplistic fonts
- Code linking to the record company

Costume research

I have researched what clothes does the artist "Chiddy Bang" wear and what costumes my group should be wearing fir this performance. I have found the official "Chiddy Bang" store where i could buy the clothes perfect for our music video.

The clothes which are presented here have a solid one colour base layer for example red/black and colourful funky writting with some catchy phrase or brand name/logo.

Researching deeper into the rap genre and clothing of rap artists i have found that most artists appear in New Era caps or beanie hats. For example Jay-Z, who is a mainstream rap artist is wearing a shirt with a catchy phrase and a New Era Snapback. This gives me an outline of clothes i could possibly wear for my Music Video.

I have researched Chiddy Bang's costume for photoshoots and concerts and have found simmilar style to what i expected so a New Era cap and shirt with funky colours and writting which is perhaps childish to some extent which can link directly to the title of my music video "opposite of adults".

The potential costumes for the production are; shirts/jumpers with one colour base layer and a big logo or a phrase which is written in funky text. Nike or a major brand footwear and jeans which are worn perticularly low. On top of that some New Era caps to fulfill the rap clothing style.