Although lady Gaga's digipak is simple as it uses the simple white font ( which stands out ) and the pictures are in black and white, it brings out a expressive and strong statement to her fans. The front cover is a mid shot of her in a latex coat, with her white 'hay' like hair coming outwards. the latex coat brings out a type of 'cover up' for her to show that she may be the 'Monster' hiding but since her eyes are peaking out, they almost look like they are hawk monstrous eyes. Shows that she may be coming out or about to capture her prey, in this case it would be her fans or someone she cares about. This links in with the title 'The Fame Monster' because it is as if she is about to burst. Her hair is a great contrast to what she is wearing by colour. You may say that she looks crazy ( which people who are not her fans, normally think she is, because of her wild fashion sense.
the second panel is a picture of her sideways, with long black 'straw' like hair. I say 'straw' like because the way the raven is flying out of her hair suggest that the bird has made it's nest in her hair. When coming across the symbolism of a raven, suggests darkness and death because that's what you generically see in horror films if it was set in a cemetery. When linking to darkness, darkness links in with monsters and monsters are classed as positive things. This picture can also be interpreted by the fact that 'Fame' has turned her into a 'Monster' and that the picture represents her battle between a normal life and fame.
There are two CD's with the same type of design with just the simple font on them saying ' Lady Gaga The Fame Monster 1 and 1 '. The white block, bold and capitalized letters really standout to her audience as it is white on black. Finally that back panel ( track list ) is a close up of her long black hair again but her in a different pose. This time she has black tears rolling down her eyes to emphasis that she is the monster.
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