Conventions of a Digipak

Conventions of a Digipak

1. What is a Digipak?

   • Digipak is a style of CD or DVD packaging
   • - They normally gatefold like a book
   • - The outer packaging is made from card/paper and the inner packaging can be made from plastic
   • - They are normally used on special addition and albums
   • - They are more likely to wear and get damaged than average cases

2. Folds

   • Digipak's are designed to fold into a square CD case.
   • The front and the back panels are the main promoters of the CD and are used to draw in the customers
   • The inside of the digipak is used for more information and extra bits to do with the artist/song/album

3. Front of the digipak

   • The front of the digipak tends to have a large eye-catching photograph of the artist themselves
   • The picture illustrated on the front panels tend to have a relation to the songs or artist
   • The song album/title will also be found on the front pannel

4. Back of the digipak

   • The back of the digipak usually consists of the tracklist, artist/album name and any extra information
   • In addition, there is a barcode usually on the back as well as the record label