Digipak Research

What is a Digipak?
Definition;

A Digipak is a type of CD packaging made out of card stock or other heavy paper/cardboard material. Digipaks are able to flip open like a book, or be in three parts, so that one portion of the packaging can open to the right and one to the left, with the CD located in the centre portion.

For our group to create our Digipak we had to consider the following:

• Logo
• Font Styles
• Layout
• Images
• What information to include

Conventions:
When looking through various Digipaks, I noticed some conventions of the product, that are useful information when you have to create your own.

1. It had either 4 or 6 panels.
2. A main image was placed on the front either being a logo, symbol or image to respesent the artist.
3. A track list on the back
4. Logo of the production company
5. Barcode
6. Name of the album & artist
7. Same theme running throughout digipak

Mixy's 4am Lyrics

I have listened to 4am from Mixy's MMX Mixtape and wrote out the lyrics to the best of my ability hilighting all of the woman parts in pink and the anything else: notes, instrumental, etc. in orange. Here is a link where you can download Mixy's Album from http://locality1.com/2011/01/08/mixy-mmx-mixtape-free-download/.

4 a.m.

you promise me you wait for me, cause i ll be savin all my love for you. and i will be home sooooooon. you promise me you wait for me, i need to know you feel the same way too. ill be home, ill be home soon.


(female singer sings: "ahhh ohhh ah oh ahhh oooo aaa ahhh" (echo))
when i saw her i was amazed, when she smiled at me i smiled back, she inspired so many words on my page its like i got my inner child back, and i like that i seen her plans to see if she'll come out with me for a drink and a chat, i can't dance and i cocked up from where i sat, i knew i didn't have a chance me and the lads where having a laugh on the lash chattin about the class of ass on the lash that we saw out and how we would love to get in there pants, but i got a glans from that pretty thing and i have had more than a glass, so I'm cocky and confident enough to go over and ask hey sweet how about how about how about.


you light up and let us see the rain yeah. for the while; its four o'clock in the morning and it's starting to get light!! you light up and let us see the rain yeah. for the while; its four o'clock in the morning and it's starting to get light!


(female singer sings: "ahhh ohhh ah oh ahhh oooo aaa ahhh" (echo))
so i wake up, 3:58 rough, next to a sleeping beauty who's still a cutie without her make up, its about the third date but, i think i like her enough to put the stakes up, trust, maybe i should know her better still I'm just happy i met her impressed i could get her bit early to say stay forever; whatever happens i won't forget her, i know that already, and maybe we could go steady and keep it sweet till it starts to go heavy, I'll never be ready, but as she sleeps she looks so sweet, i lay a kiss on her cheek she opens her beautiful eyes looks at me, smiles, and speaks speaks Sp speaks s speaks


you light up and let us see the rain yeah. for the while; its four o'clock in the morning and it's starting to get light!! you light up and let us see the rain yeah. for the while; its four o'clock in the morning and it's starting to get light!


i never thought i would ask you to promise me there's a lot of things i don't wana see when you are far away in a place you don't wana be, honestly we should be looking at property raisin a family, happy does it have to be like this i know gradually you'll come back to me you said you were ready to marry me, but i guess we'll have to see where we're at, when you come back and bring the fun back to a sum we've done that done math and I've do another dumb track, i feel strong I've stung and hung that we're both under that sun that sines, should be together instead we're other sides of the world remember how we spent our time it's boy over here you're seven hours ahead or am i just seven behind. just seven behind. just seven behind. 


(female singer sings: "ahhh ohhh ah oh ahhh oooo aaa ahhh" (echo))
what ever happens i wont forget her (echo/dreamy)


dream you're near (echo/dreamy)


promise me (echo/dreamy)


back to me (echo/dreamy)


just seven behind. just seven behind. just seven behind. (echo/dreamy)


when it's four am where i am it 11 am where you are, i know it's too far and too hard but sweet heart i try and keep a true heart, when its four am where you are it's nine pm here and you are on my mind when i am awake and when i sleep i dream you are near. dream you are near. dream you are near.


you light up and let us see the rain yeah. for the while; its four o'clock in the morning and it's starting to get light!! you light up and let us see the rain yeah. for the while; its four o'clock in the morning and it's starting to get light!


Ending instrumental

Apologise

It has been a long time since I last posted however, I don't want you guys to think we have forgotten about this project. since the last post we have done so much a short list of the posts to come are:

• Choosing the song
• Lyrics
• Discussions with the artist (Mixy)
• Research
• Digipak development
• Digipak prototype
• Etc.

I hope to have these added as soon as possible, with images and videos.

Codes and Conventions

Music Video on Prezi

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Deciding Upon a Song

after proposing our ideas to Mixy and discussing his ideas we had a group vote on which song to do. Mixy has already had a video made for "Pretty Spanish Girl" so we decided to veto this one, his newest song "You Know" had big plans that seemed to ambitious for our time frame so we decided upon "4a.m." a slow song that has a love song feel. we have discussed the ideas for this video and will have more follow up meetings about the progressions of the project.

Project Proposal to Both to Class and Client

Above is a prezzie that Liam put together after the group created a power point for our proposal, we then showed this to the class to gather their feedback, we will upload a video soon. We have taken their advice and then taken the proposal to the client (Mixy), we recorded the meeting we pitched our ideas and listened to his visions of what the music video should look like. He also played us some of his new songs for his new album, where we discussed the possibility of future projects.

Phone Call to Mixy

On the 8th of October I called Mixy, this was after our group presentation where we presented our three ideas to the class; since then more development has been done to one idea. we have aranged to meet with Mixy on the 14th of October, at 1:30pm, we plan to show him the project proposal and discuss ideas with him. we will record this meating and post it on our blogs.