Analysis of John Butler's Trio Album

The digipak features three CDs and a couple of leaflets, it opens up  into three segments, which each feature one of the three CDs.

 

 

The colour of the digipak is black which is quite unusual for an indie/alternative genre. Black connotes power, edge and darkness which would stereotypically be associated with a rock or heavy metal genre. Black is the majority colour on the digipak - the fact that it is a block colour is quite redundant as the audience wouldn't be shocked by it; it's what they would expect. The three arrows symbolise the name 'Trio', therefore, that also makes the digipak quite redundant as the feature is predictable. The other colours used are red and white which create a juxtaposition with the black. Red connotes danger and fire, which gives the digipak and album feeling an edge.

 

The trio are featured on the left hand side in black and white. The use of black and white is quite an entropic feature as you would expect most images of artist's to be illustrated in colour. The central man is larger than the other two which suggests that he is more important as he is the lead singer.

 

The digipak features the track listing on the back which is also a redundant feature as it is a common feature among albums and digipaks. The lion on the front cover is quite entropic as the audience may not have expected to see it. Lions are viewed as the 'Kings of the Jungle' which suggests that's what they want for their brand identity and star quality. However, it is also entropic that the artist's are not featured on the front of the digipak. This could suggest that they are more interested in their music, rather than their brand identity - which is a common feature within this genre.

The digipak features different coloured discs, which is entropic as most CDs would have the same design with the feature of 'Disc 1, Disc 2' etc. It also features a leaflet for the audience.