Friday, 4 November 2011

Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy - DIGIPAK





The front cover of this digipak is different to the usual expectations for a band CD cover as it has a high value of entropy. This one is very much abstract, instead of the image of the artist this one has a sheep with wings in a bedroom. The background of the picture includes a bed, a cuckoo clock (symbolising insanity possible), an empty, opened wardrobe and a bath filled with pumpkins with a crow stood on the top. The walls in the bedroom have been digitally designed to look like the night sky with the light blue dots as stars and the large 3D model of the moon beside the name of the band. The writing for Fall Out Boy is in the font of neat, swirly writing to enhance the mystical sense that the image portrays. It is also glowing next to the moon as if the writing is in the sky. Underneath the the bands's name is the Album name produced in a smaller, more blocked lettering font 'Infinity On High' which is the name of the album.




The two inner panels of the CD digpak follows the previous night sky theme with black coloured night sky with small white stars dotted over it. In the first panel, there is a convient pocket which holds tarot cards . The CD is dark blue with a darker blue ink pattern on the left corner as effect. The font on the actual CD is white with the same font them which was displayed on the front cover. The credits for the album are written in a very small white font at the bottom of the CD.


   Underneath where the CD is placed, there is a photo showing two of the band members gazing into the mirror with the other two band members staring back at them. It is interesting and usual provoking interest and again the idea of mystery for the audience. This is the first photo shown of the band within the scene that is portrayed on the front cover.

The back panel is a photo of all four band members sat together with serious facial expressions. The image has been digitally edited to create a fading technique for the edges as they fade to from a dull colour to an even more dull, darker colour. This gives the idea of a dream sense which also implies the idea of mystery and magic as a band and towards the album. They are sitting in a room with a similar lighter sky style wall paper perhaps implying that the night has ended which compliments the idea for a back cover. The five pictures on the wall behind them are unusual and abstract following the same theme throughout the digipak.  Across the bottom in a white smaller font is the links to Fall Out Boys and Island Records website and then their logo. The logos for Fueled By Ramen and Decay Dance are also there. There is an FBI Protection warning in a bold font with the bar code on the right hand side of the CD.

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