Research: Converntions of a Digipak

Front - The front of the album cover will be likely to include the artists name and the name of the album. The album cover will either have an illustration that links it with the artist or a picture of the artist/band. This will serve the purpose of making the album recognisable, distinguishing it from other artists albums. The album cover above follows the codes and conventions of a Digipak as it has an image of the artist on the front in order for the artists target audience to know that it is Katy Perry's album. This digipak is made up of a certain colour pallet. The pastel pink, blues and reds are used throughout the product, thereby coordinating the contents together in an aesthetically appealing way. These colours have been used to reflect the intended target audience of females, as they are stereotypically feminine. 

Spine -  The spine of the cover includes the artists name and the name of the album in the same font and colour. It also shows the format of the disk inside of the album case. It will show a DVD logo and a serial code which would define it from every other CD. The spine is necessary for the digipak to be formatted to be wide enough to hold a CD in. The spine can include information about the artist, such as their name, record label, name of the album/single and important dates.

Back - The back of the album cover will include a bar code which can be found on all CD's. This is typically found in the bottom left hand corner but can e placed anywhere on the back as long as it's functional. A parental explicit logo will also be found on the back of the cover, sometimes located on the front, dependant on the location of the other graphics. This will be included if the language is inappropriate, to give a warning to parents and people who buy the product so that they are aware  that the language may be explicit/inappropriate for some people. It's used as a type of age restriction logo and will sometimes display which specific songs are explicit. I would need to include this on my own digipak as the song includes explicit language. Additionally, the back of the cover may include a list on the songs on the CD(s), although this is typically only found on full albums and not on singles.  

Inside Flaps - The inside will show two or three compartments displaying images of the artist, using the same theme and colours as the front and back of the album cover. In some instances, the cover will depict illustrations that relate to the music itself or the genre in general. The first compartment will contain a booklet of more images of the artist again using the same colours, themes and illustrations. The booklet sometimes includes lyrics, the song titles, who wrote them and information about the music company the artist belongs to. The middle compartment known as the second compartment is usually used to hold the disk which holds all the music. The disk will usually display the same colours and themes as the album cover may have the albums title on it and the artist name.