Digi pack front cover deconstructions

Avenged Sevenfold album cover; The Digi pack cover has been designed to give the impression of a bedroom, but it has been transformed into the girls nightmare. It is not clear weather she is still asleep or awake.
     The artwork instantly reveals the genre of music to the viewer through the use of the Gothic elements e.g the grim reaper flying through the fog, also there are vines/plants growing around the girl appear to be covering her all of these reveal to the audience that this album genre is heavy rock/metal also these images help draw the audience in they may want to know what happens to the girl in the drawing.

     The style of the text matches the drawing it is very artistic also where certain parts of letters are missing it makes the text appear more Gothic. the colour choice of the text helps the texts stand out from the rest of the Digi pack cover, the word Nightmare is coloured blood red which ties in with the Gothic genre.

Attack Attack album cover; This digi pack cover is a real photo and shows a heavily chained man tied to a chair; this gives the impression of a highly dangerous character or war prisoner as well as this the use of the majority of the picture being black this makes the character seem isolated; all of these show that the genre is heavy rock/metal but it also hints that there is a story behind this album.

    The style of text is similar to those in superhero posters/films which makes the audience consider whether the man in the chair is innocent instead of being a villain.

Adept album cover; This Digi pack cover shows a contrast between the city on fire and the grassy hills; the town is in darkness but the hills are covered in light this could be interpreted as a visual metaphor for heaven and hell. The type of font used makes the text look old and Gothic, but the fact its in white contrasts with this view, possibly hinting that this band is going to save the city from hell.

Digi pack ideas

For my digi pack cover i would like to use a Gothic location e.g an abandoned warehouse; using either a black and white style or dark colour. In this photo i will add a key focus point (in colour if black and white is chosen to make it stand out from the background)

i have just recently purchased this Venetian styled mask and i am looking at including this as the key focus point of my digi pack cover, i will keep the mask in colour but have everything else in black and white.

A2 media coursework ideas

For my A2 media coursework i will be creating a promotional package for the local band Catharsis, complete with a digi pack, promotional video, and a flyer.

Digpack ideas;

A artistic drawing e.g

I would create a simple drawing, with elements of the gothic throughout such as dark colours, gothic locations or creatures.

A contrast between artistic and real e.g

i would use a gothic location with a key focus point on something in the vicinity and then add a drawing on top to give a more gothic feel.

A image e.g

for this i would use a area with low light, maybe darkness with a key object

For the flyer i will use a similar style of artwork with live tour dates.

For the promotional video i will be recording at a live show, with scenes focused on the band and the crowd. e.g  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iSf_cs4-E-I&safe=active 

                  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b6CleYqU2_o&safe=active

these are two examples of what i would like to create.