Kelly Clarkson My December Digipak Analysis

 These are two alternative CD front covers for Kelly Clarkson's single 'My December.' I know this isn't the full digipak for the CD single, however, i believe that the images on these front covers are very important to analyse to give us ideas for our CD cover designs.

In the first CD cover image, Kelly Clarkson is kneeling down in a red dress looking rather sad and depressed. The red could perhaps symbolise love or passion, as Kelly Clarkson usually sings songs in the love/indie genre. The costume she is wearing resembles a wedding dress, but could be a ball gown of some description. Their is a staircase behind her, which again follows the theme of a ball room staircase or wedding venue. Seeing the costume, body language and location that this photo is revealing represents the idea that Kelly Clarkson has been jilted at the alter or has been stood up on a date of some description. This would explain her pose and costume. Using the idea of Kelly Clarkson being upset, kneeling down in her wedding dress after something sad has happened would be a good idea to use in our CD cover/Digipak as our music video is set in a ball room and the main character and singer 'Christina Perri' is also in a ball gown/wedding dress. If we were to recreate this image/mood in our own digipack we would be following the same conventions that Kelly Clarkson has followed in her media text, which would place our 'look' into an emo, gothic, indie genre that would be appropriate for the target audience.