Digipak Evaluation.

Above is my completed mock up for this years coursework, I feel content with parts of my Digipak, and other parts I believe could've came out better, and don't portray the image I'd visualised they would in my head.

First off, the front cover of my Digipak didn't go completely to plan, I was attempting to create a roarscharke esque, philosopical theory, although due to the colour transformation of the white faces, I had to create a black background, to make the contrast look acceptable. Although the postive note to this is that I was able to use a running black and white theme throughout the Digipak.

As for the back cover, I have attempted to keep it rather simple, knowing that with real digipak, it works, for instance I took inspiration from The Beatles 'The White Album', I believe the simplicity worked to a certain extent, since the back cover wasn't too overbearing, therefore it didn't look tacky, and unrealistic. So in my opinon, I believe it proves simplicity can often be the most affective.

The inside cover insert, where the disk would be kept, was also kept very simple, I took inspiration from bands such as The Courteeners, and wrote a message aimed towards fans of The Mirrors Image, The Courteeners and artists alike, do this to make their pieces of work more personal to the people who buy it, as if they're a friend of the fans, I kept it simple and stuck to the back and white theme that ran throughout the DigiPak, and although it could look basic, in my opinion it was important that I didn't overcomplicate things, because it could've made my work look worse if I'd attempted to make my work look more glamorous, as I doubted that I'd be able to pull it off.

For the other inside insert, I tried to make something that was creative and somewhat artistic, by writing The Mirrors Image down one side of the insert, and reflecting it to the opposite way round on the other half of the page. I did for the pragmatics, to imply that it was like looking into a mirrors, and seeing your image, playing on the bands name, The Mirrors Image, something that bands such as The Cribs and Blur have done in the past, which is link inserts to the name of their band or album. Although I admit that the insert may look overcrowded and tacky, and to an extent, cheap, but at the same time, there is a meaning behind it, and it wasn't simply done as a space filler.

Finally, I believe some parts of my DigiPak may work, and I admit others could be improved upon, but I am happy with the geniune ideas and meanings behind the DigiPak, and the messages that I tried to put across, although the output wasn't quite the same, and the overall product in some way's wasn't what I ancipated when planning my DigiPak.