Digipak 1
- 1. Kanye West – Late Registration
- 2. The front cover of the album has the dropout bear in the centre which is a mascot that has become accustomed to KanyeWest has it almost made a appearance of the front cover of his other albums College Dropout (2004) and Graduation (2007). The recurring theme that KanyeWest has including in his first three albums allows the audience to create a connection with each and every one of his albums as it creates a sense of a journey. For example, the title of the albums create a link with school students as he goes from being a college dropout to eventually graduating. The dropout bear is wearing school attire as he is dressed in school uniform. He goes to a very prestigious as the wooden doors and dark colours give it a vintage feel to it as it looks as if he is going to a mansion like house.The big doors give it a daunting feeling to it as they are towering over him due to there big size. The typography is very visible KanyeWest’s name is put in a colour that stands out but doesn’t effect the styling conventions of the front cover as it still adds to the rich looks to it. It also has a noticeable feature to the text as the “Y” is in upper case. Below the name of the artists there is the title of the album with a little emblem next to it which looks like it could be the emblem of the college that the dropout bear is attending. Front Cover
- 3. CD Cover The dropout bear is shown sitting down at a desk while being surrounded by books. This links back to the theme of the Digipak as it implies that he is in college. The styling of the CB Cover looks very old- fashioned as they use books that look very dated as they are very thick which also links back to the style of the college. The typography that is used for the CD cover is very effective as it stands out which makes it easy for the audience to acknowledge the name of the CD.The white text is in a clear font that stands out from the black background as the colours contrast very well. The college emblem is included on the CD cover.
- 4. Dropout Bear The dropout bear is a key stylistic convention throughout the Digipak as it stars in several parts of the Digipak as we see him in the front cover all the way to the back cover. In the Digipak there is a website to go buy merchandise that relates to the dropout which shows that Kanye West is using the dropout bear for a form of business and money making as it has become really popular with his fans. We see the dropout bear in several different surroundings and scenarios which makes the narrative of the Digipak stronger as it represents his journey throughout a day of college. There is a close up of a wooden box near a door that reads ‘Tardus Subscriptio’ that is Latin for late registration that links back to the title of the album itself.
- 5. Back cover The colour motif has been continued on the back of the album as they have kept the design consistent throughout the styling of the Digipak. The back cover is very simplistic as there are no bold production logos or track lists as the dropout bear was the main focus throughout the album cover. The dropout bear is shown leaving through the doors that he was seen walking through on the front cover of the album.This kept a consistent theme throughout the Digipak as it represented a whole day of college for the bear as we saw him in several different scenarios. We see his shadow behind him due to the good lighting as we know he is walking to wards the light as he leaves through the doors. The track list is printed side ways as this allowed them to include the tracks without them obstructing the image of the dropout bear.