Friday 19 November 2010

Ancillary Task - Digipack Analysis


I chose this album primarily because it was the only one that I could find in my house (it belongs to my sister). This is the debut album of indie rock group 'Ge
neral Fiasco' who are from Northern Ireland. Since their formation in 2007 they have toured with Snow Patrol, The Wombats and The Pigeon Detectives, and they have performed at festivals such as T in the Park and Reading and Leeds.



The digipack (basically what a physical CD comes with - all the artwork etc) of this album basically contains the lyrics to the songs on the album and then on the final page, thanks from the band. The theme of 'buildings' is continued from the title of the album through to the inside pages, where pictures of buildings are seen in the background. Behind where the CD goes, there is a picture of the band members, conforming to the record label's demand for images of the band.



In our own digipack, I think it would be good to include an image of the artist/actor in our video behind the CD, as it is quite an unused space in the digipack. I also like the continuing theme throughout, and also the unusual album cover, which raises a lot of questions (why does he have rabbit ears on etc). I also like it when the lyrics are included in the digipack, so maybe this could be something that we use in our own one. However, although this digipack does not include any examples of this, I also think that we could possibly include some pictures of the artist/actor, maybe in the location that we film the video to get some continuity between the tasks.

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