In today’s digital era, we are constantly on the lookout for ways to enhance our entertainment experience. The emergence of online streaming platforms brought forth a revolution that permanently transformed the way we consume music and movies. Among these platforms, one that has managed to stand out from the rest is Apple’s iTunes. With options like iTunes LP and iTunes Extras, it has taken the multimedia consumption experience a step further by offering users a creative and interactive digital world that enhances their favorite music albums and movies. Let’s dive into these features one by one.
iTunes LP – A True Homage to Vinyl Records
Transforming digital music experience and paying homage to vinyl records, iTunes LP offers a unique combination of music tracks, bonus content, artwork, lyrics, and interactive elements that bring back the charm of owning a physical album while enjoying the perks of digital downloading. Essentially catering to interactive multimedia art, this format makes for vibrant user engagement with exclusive videos, photographs, liner notes, interviews with artists, lyrics display timed on songs, making-of documentaries, live recordings and more.
iTunes LP creates an immersive experience beyond just listening to an album; it tells a story about the artist and their work through interactive visuals that complement their songs. This not only adds depth to your music experience but also encourages listeners to explore more albums and enhance their taste in music.
An excellent example of this format can be found in Gorillaz’s groundbreaking 2010 album “Plastic Beach.” This album features an extensive set of accompanying visual artistry that included animated videos, interactive elements that allow users to navigate through Plastic Beach’s island environment while listening to tracks from the album, as well as interviews with band members.
iTunes Extras – The Digital Answer to DVD & Blu-ray Extras
While iTunes LP reincarnates vinyl records in today’s digitized music scene, iTunes Extras does for movies what DVDs and Blu-rays used to give us (or still do!). It is essentially a collection of additional content included along with movies available for purchase on iTunes Store. It can range from behind-the-scenes footages, alternate scenes or endings (deleted scenes), making-of documentaries or featurettes, cast and crew interviews, photo galleries, scripts/storyboards/props details – you name it!
Adopting a DVD-like add-on approach for movies purchased from the store makes your movie-watching experience worth the investment. Some movie studios go above and beyond integrating visually appealing interactive content delivering a seamless connectivity between extras’ content and main feature.
An example showcasing this is James Cameron’s box-office hit Avatar which had its own dedicated ‘Avatar: The Movie Interactive Desktop’ offering users access to a wealth of additional content including rich background materials exploring Pandora’s ecosystem.
Reviving Artistic Value in Digital Presentation
Both iTunes LP and iTunes Extras showcase the creative boundaries filmmakers and musicians can push in sync with evolving technology. By providing fans with intricate layers of added value interactivity within artistic works they love indulging in – it becomes payback time; saying thank you for making their art come alive in homes across nations.
Moreover, these formats also hint toward rekindling lost appreciation over time due to rampant digitization shifting focus from intrinsic value towards cheap shared consumption patterns culminating into superficial artistic appreciation.
Meanwhile – without spiraling into YouTube’s ‘Black Mirror’ zone – let’s cherish interesting additions like seamless transition interactive movie extras unraveling complementary stories or immersive multimedia albums recreating nostalgic days when held fold-out printed cover art formerly illustrated tales each track revealed… Apple truly greets us with creative gifts!
