Digipak analysis - (Evanescence) The Open Door

FRONT:
 

The digipak for 'The Open Door' album by Evanescence is 4 sided. The front cover consists of an image of the lead singer looking over her shoulder in an open doorway, and she is facing out of this door. This shot gives the impression that she is stepping out into a new life perhaps or is  leaving the past behind and moving forward which appears to relate to the album lyrically. Also the stone door is slightly distorted as it appears tall and narrows off towards the top, and we can see that the door way opens up into a cloudy sky. This perhaps relates to lyrics of the album and the distorted door is perhaps reflective of a big world that ,as individuals, we are a small part of. I also think that the decorative stonework around the door is very reflective of the music genre, whilst making the image more interesting, especially though the cold stonework colours combined with the lead singers black hair and the darkness of the image to the right of the door. In this dark space beside the door (top right of the cover), the band name and album title have been placed over the image. The gold colouring of the font makes it stand out whilst keeping with the cold colour scheme, and compensates for the small size of the font. Also spiral thorn graphics have been designed around the band name and album title, which again fits with the music genre but also helps the writing stand out. The font is serif with flicks on the letters, tying together the thorn spiral graphics and the writing. The album title is smaller still, and in a similar style calligraphy font creating continuity in the graphics and overall design.

 

INSIDE:
 

The digipak opens out with 2 sides. The left side contains a lyric booklet, with the back page stook to the digipak. The front of the booklet has the album title in a large front, in gold with black shadow added to it making the lettering stand out as the background colour of the paper booklet is also a light golden brown colour. This is accompanied by thorn style spiral graphics like on the front of the digipak, in the same gold colour as the font. The font is also the same as the front colour and this continuity ties in all the sides of the digipak with each other. Decorative page corner graphics have been added to the booklet cover, creating a round cricle in which the album title is positioned, possibly reflecting a lyrical reference to songs on the album such as 'Weight of the World'. Each page inside the booklet either contains song lyrics or photos, that relate to music videos, the band themselves and object photography that ties in well with the album theme. Some examples of internal booklet pictures are below.

 

The right hand side has a plastic CD holder glued to it. Underneath printed on this side and central to the page is a black lower case 'E' with the gold thorn graphics slightly overlapping it. The 'E' is black with gold highlighting on the edge, allowing the gold thorn graphics to be visible over the top of the letter. The style of the 'E' is fitting with music genre. This part of the digipak is shown in the picture below.

 

 

 

BACK:

 

The back cover is an image that almost appears like someone is peering round the edge of the door frame and looking out into the dark cloud. Also the distorted effect is still clear from this close up image. The track names are listed to the left of the doorway with the same thorn graphic running down the edge. The list is also slightly staggered to the left, allowing them to flow with the thorn graphics. Also both the thorn graphic and the font for the track list are gold, with the same font style used throughout and keeping the style flowing and clear throughout the digipak. The tags include the information on the release year and copyright laws. Also the record label logo is located just above it information and are in line with the bar code. The Album producers are located just above the bar code. All of this information is small, allowing the main image to still be the first place out eyes are drawn to.