Textual Analysis; Digipak Design for 'The Jam'

The Kooks admit that they are influenced by bands such as The Jam, as they were the original Brit Rock Pop band in the late 1970's. This is a CD cover for The Jam's album, 'The Very Best Of The Jam', a mixture of their greatest hits and most popualr songs. We wanted to look at the digipak design for infleunce on creating our own and to see if The Kooks had any influence for theirs.

This is the front cover and back cover of the CD, there is a clear link between both covers and all images represent the band. There is limited use of colour, the use of black and white makes it more striking and the band look more serious. The mise-en-scene of the front cover is similar to the styling of The Kooks themselves, as today a modern day audeince would consider a checked skirt and flat pumps as part of the "indie look". Although the mise-en-scene doesn't detract from what the band want to say, it insted adds to the message that they are sesrious about their music, but less serious about life. The back cover has three slim photos in which the band are playing their instuments, again a message that they are serious about the music but enjoy what they do. The use of colour in the images is similar to a wash of colour, which links with the house style colours of red, blue, white and black. Both the front and black covers are framed with a off-white backgroud which creates a professional look and finish to the product but also adds a indie touch because of the simplicty of the digipak.