Monday, 22 June 2009

Digipack

A digipak is a style of CD or dvd casing. It is also a registered trademark of AGI Media.

A digipak:

  • Is a book style folded disk
  • There is no common name for them. so they are just known as Digipaks
  • It is the first alternative to a jewel case.

Pro's of the Digipak

  • fit promotional material in the digipak
  • extra's can be attached
  • usually designed to be eye catching
  • more design options
  • excellent display/ graphics to promote the band/ artist.
  • shatter proof
  • cheap to produce.

Con's of Digipak

  • Expensive to consumer
  • plastic teeth & CD holders can easily get broken
  • trays can fall off
  • Can tear, break or rip.

Pro's of jewel

  • less packaging
  • cheaper to the consume

Con's of jewel

  • can break easily
  • old fashioned/ starting to become outdated

1 comment:

  1. You’ve haven't posted any material on music videos yet - why not? Add a detailed analysis of one video, using the headings we used in class. Also, you need to construct a checklist of conventions for the music video using the headings that we identified in class.

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