Changes I made to my digi-pak concept

Although initially I felt I was quite firm on my decided idea of having a floating umbrella as my front album cover, and its reflection on the reverse panel, once I had viewed the photos I decided that some of my more spontaneous ideas were far more interesting and aesthetically appealing. For this reason, I decided I would instead use this image:

I decided that I would instead use this image as my front cover, and have my initial idea on the reverse panel, to create a contrasting effect which connotes a wider range of ideas than I had anticipated which were far more relevant to my video, as well as the indie-electro genre. It also managed to include the important urban city feel which comes across within the music and thus again reflects the genre. The mise-en-scene of this image was far more captivating, and I decided that once I had cropped the image and edited the colours in photoshop, it would make a far more visually appealing front cover to attract my audience.

Once I had decided to change my front cover, I felt that I had to slightly alter my planned reverse panel, and instead chose to reveal some of the umbrella rather than merely its reflection, as I again felt it would make the shot more visually interesting as well as making all the panels appear a coherent package. This was because I chose the pond location because I wanted Lily pads to accompany the reflection of the umbrella, to again encompass the idea of natural and man made elements combining to make a final product, like the genre of music. However when we went on location to take the images for my CD panels, there were no lily pads just vast water. It was mainly for this reason that I decided to include some of the umbrella to make the shot more visually interesting.

Although my final inside final panel was not a changed idea, it was an Idea which I had not foreseen, as it was not until after brainstorming ideas for my digi-pak that I decided upon a template, which would require an extra panel than I had anticipated. However I was keen and set upon my concepts, and decided that as it was not the main focus of the CD, it could be a simple neutral image which links together both images. I therefore browsed the photos from my shoot and found an image which was largely water, with reflections of the light which I felt I could make more visually appealing my again manipulating the colours in photoshop.

The image which I cropped to become my inside panel