Digipak Examples:

A Digipak is a patented style of packaging a CD and DVD. It usually consists of a "gatefold" paperboard and acts as a limited edition of albums and DVDs. Because of there exclusivity and it's lesser resistance to damage than the conventional CD or DVD casing, digipak's are usually collector's items and have a very limited release.

Digipak Example 1: Minutes to Midnight - Linkin Park:

Linkin Park are a multi-platinum rock band from California. They released their third album, "Minutes to Midnight" on May 14th 2007. Shortly after which, it was released as a digipak. It was very exclusive and only 500 copies of the album were made in the digipak format. The digipak consists of :

CD:

1. Wake

2. Given Up
3. Leave Out All The Rest

4. Bleed It Out

5. Shadow Of The Day

6. What I've Done

7. Hands Held High

8. No More Sorrow

9. Valentine's Day

10. In Between

11. In Pieces

12. Little Things Give You Away,

DVD:

-Making of "Minutes to Midnight"

-"What I've Done" music video

-Making of "What I've Done" music video

-Portable audio files for all tracks

-Ringtone for "What I've Done"

-Toolkit with photo gallery, screensavers and lyrics

This is a very typical digipak as it includes both the album and also the special features of a "making of" and a few music videos. It also includes a booklet of lyrics and photo's and this will make it appeal to it's fans.

Digipak Example 2: Beyonce - Greatest Hits:

Beyonce is an American singer and actress from Houston, Texas. Her "Greatest Hits" album was released as a digipak. The album contains tracks from her first two albums and also had only 500 copies made in the form of a digipak. This included:

CD:

1. Ring The Alarm

2. Crazy In Love (feat. Jay-Z)

3. Get Me Bodied

4. Naughty Girl

5. Suga Mama

6. Upgrade U

7. Baby Boy (feat. Sean Paul)

8. Hip Hop Star

9. Be With You

10. Me, Myself And I

11. Yes12. Listen

13. The Closer I Get To You

14. Fever

15. Irreplaceable

16. My First Time

17. Summer Time (feat. Diddy)

18. Work It Out

19. Check On

20. Deja Vu (feat. Jay-Z)

DVD:

-Beautiful Liar (duet with Shakira)

-Irreplaceable

-Kitty KatGreen Light

-Upgrade U (featuring Jay-Z)

-Flaws and All

-Get Me Bodied (extended mix)

-Freakum Dress

-Suga Mama

-Deja Vu (featuring Jay-Z)

-Ring the Alarm

-Listen (director's cut)

-Credits

This is also a very typical Digipak, however in contrast it seems to offer a lot less in special features that Linkin Park's "Minutes to Midnight" does. It does offer multiple music videos, some of which are extended or are "director's cuts". This Digipak will appeal to newer fan's who just want to listen to Beyonce's big singles so this may be the reason that there is not a lot of personal or "behind-the-scenes" features on the DVD that would appeal to the more hardcore fans.

These example's give us a lot of inspiration as a group and can give us a solid foundation on which we can build and bring in our own creative ideas and themes to make our Digipak look professional and conventional.We hope to incorperate many of the idea's used in these Digipak's into our own. For example, on both Digipak's, images of the band/artist are visible and we would like to include some shots of the band and actors also in our own Digipak.