To provide ourselves with inspiration on how to develop the digipack we looked at the bands which are similar to The Empires, such as Green Day, Foo Fighters etc and noticed a common theme of rock bands didipacks is that they tend to involve a few pictures of the band, the bands logo, and dark colours.
We then decided that to fit the codes and conventions of a rock band we needed The Empires digipack to contain some dark images and colours, with the goal being to recognise that that the digipack is a rock album without being told.
This My Chemical Romance digipack contains a dark sombre image that they have created themselves, and a picture of the band, so this has inspired us to do something similar, develop our own logo and use it as the front cover to the album. We will also need to organise a photoshoot with the band to provide us with some photos for the digipack.
Whilst researching forms and conventions of rock bands websites, there were many common trends. Alike the digipacks, dark colours and images were a common theme. We feel we need to emulate this by making our website design consist mainly of dark colours and images, to successfully create a good rock bands website.
On Linkin Parks website, there were the usual pages about tour dates, discography etc but also the dark theme and colours. Bands websites such as Green Day, My Chemical Romance and Nirvana all followed the same trend, they were quite similar websites with just different colours and themes, the content was mostly the same. However, we find them quite tedious and boring, so our plan will be to challenge codes and conventions of a typical rock bands website by making a more interesting website, as well as following the codes and conventions by using dark themes and colours.
We then decided that to fit the codes and conventions of a rock band we needed The Empires digipack to contain some dark images and colours, with the goal being to recognise that that the digipack is a rock album without being told. 
This My Chemical Romance digipack contains a dark sombre image that they have created themselves, and a picture of the band, so this has inspired us to do something similar, develop our own logo and use it as the front cover to the album. We will also need to organise a photoshoot with the band to provide us with some photos for the digipack.
Whilst researching forms and conventions of rock bands websites, there were many common trends. Alike the digipacks, dark colours and images were a common theme. We feel we need to emulate this by making our website design consist mainly of dark colours and images, to successfully create a good rock bands website. 
On Linkin Parks website, there were the usual pages about tour dates, discography etc but also the dark theme and colours. Bands websites such as Green Day, My Chemical Romance and Nirvana all followed the same trend, they were quite similar websites with just different colours and themes, the content was mostly the same. However, we find them quite tedious and boring, so our plan will be to challenge codes and conventions of a typical rock bands website by making a more interesting website, as well as following the codes and conventions by using dark themes and colours.
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