A Digipak is a design which is found in a plastic hard case, this also contains the CD which is attached inside. A Digipak differs to an album cover as a digipak allows the user to gain access to not only the music, but also added extras, such as music videos, pictures, outtakes etc.
A digipak usually consists of a 4 face net although it may also contain more if appropriate. It is a square shape which resembles that of an album cover.
On the front cover face of a digipak the visuals usually consists of an image of the artist, especially if it is their debut, this helps get the artist noticed more and helps to create the required attention that a debut artist would need to make good profit. It also has the title name and the artists name which also helps to give the artist's product maximised advertisement. The conventions of the back cover of a digipak typically have the the title name along with the track list of what the CD contains with an image behind it which compliments the image of the front cover whether it be through colours, text etc. Also on the back cover of the digipak you will find the barcode, this is so that it can be scanned when people go to buy the CD. On the inside cover of the digipak you will find another image which relates to the front and back covers but it usually has less happening in the image, the lyric book is also found in this section with the same text and similar colours used within the rest of the digipak. On the CD tray, you will find an image which also compliments the other three, although this will be a pretty empty image, it may be an image of a motif, this is because the CD will be covering the majority of the image and therefore it would be pointless to fill it with a big bold image of something that you want to stand out.
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