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Digipak analysis
- 1. The bold, black scratchy FRONT Clearly displays album title, in different text is a dominant feature The overall colour on the page clearly font to the one used for the band. Want scheme of black and displaying the who's the album title to stand out? grey allows the band digipak it is and its title to be instantly (establishing the band). recognised as a rock This scratched text echoes or metal band due to the signs of an angry the formidable patient writing furiously in typecast of the a diary. Perhaps the album music. is a form of diary The image of a expressing the patient's skeleton marching in (the band's alter ego) disturbing, a skeleton anger at either their illness dressed in black and or treatment. The font marching hints at the resembles the hand of albums title 'The someone who is enraged Black Parade'. We which corresponds with assume this image of the genre. the patient discussed From the parental advisory sticker located Colours used reflect dark in the songs and the on the bottom left it is clear that myterious tone of the image thus, depicts lyrically, the album contains, explicit album. Contrast of white his inevitable march language and strong themes which and black mimin contrast to death. suggests the band conform to traditional of life and death?
- 2. The tracks are clearly BACK displayed in the right column much like the titles of newspaper articles perhaps indicating the album sheds light on important issues. The image again is disturbing but The back panel, as the de-robing with most of the character digipaks, contains suggests his track names and decaying numbers, running condition as the order, production album details. Minor details progresses and such as production eventual death. companies, record labels etc tend to be smaller in font than other information The grey scale colour scheme is continuous displayed this is throughout but the figure which is now because such slouched and appears to be rotting represents information is of little the narrative of the album. relevance to many fans.
- 3. COVER REVERSE This is the first covering insert of the digipak (reverse of the This is the first front) and again image that hints at the appears as the characters digipak booklet is march to opened and death, we suggests the ‘black assume the parade’ begins others here- this gives displayed in the the impression the image also album follows a suffer from journey and this is illnesses and the start. like him are on a march to death. The The red string stands out in stark contrast to image is inline the black and grey theme of the digipak. with the black The red string carried by the skeleton of girl and white disturbs the continuous black and white theme colour theme throughout perhaps indicating displayed the disturbance of death or ilness. throughout.
- 4. Like the track list on the INSERT PANELS back, the inside lyrics also take Throughout the digipak there are the form on a Victorian style clear links between the visuals newspaper article in which and images used and the albums themes freak shows were motif. common. The image’s off tone This is the flat open digipak booklet. The open beige colour also booklet contains posters and lyrics from the album. carries a Victorian style The lyrics are displayed in a newspaper article theme, with the grand fashion with a large image of the 'Black Parade' this clock. The image suggests that each song depicts a new part of depicts the grand addition to the parade and also adds to the overall march to death. dramatic appearance of the digipak.
- 5. The reverse of the INSERT PANELS When the digipak is unfolded a digipak booklet opens poster is revealed with an out as a poster of the The image depicts the skies image from the video of band standing tall opening up above the band and ‘Welcome to the Black Parade’ amongst the parade. the parade members, suggests the creating a synergistic link The band themselves band are taking a stand against between the album and a track. are dressed in military death? style attire which adds The image to the gothic of the undertone of the band albums theme. connotes horror and First time the band fear are introduced- is especially this done to with the appeal to fans? military style dress. The former parade members surround them, this image suggests they are now in the afterlife and the black and white colour theme is constant throughout. The band themselves stand tall which highlights their presence and perhaps shows them as saviours having shed light on the issues of illness, suffering and death throughout the album
- 6. The disc also contains DISC production details this is done The red string is for copyright purposes. used here Track names are again, a recurring repeated shown image throughout circling the disc, is the digipak which this suggesting the stands out against eternity of life? Or the black/grey that the story colour continues scheme, could be rope used by the Images of sky riser victims? buildings connotes ideas of suicide or even the Important materialistic worlds institutional the band are information is critical of. also The kite flying off embedded on suggests freedom the disc as and liberation this is perhaps as the separate from band shed light on the digipak. such issues.