Beyonce formation flashcards
(19 cards)
What is the first intertextual reference that we are hearing?
What happened at the New Wil’ins? - Intertextual reference to Messi Mya - youtube star, rapper and famous within black communities - this draws in a wider fandom - emphasises the theme of violence against black communities
What is the second intertextual reference within the music video?
There is a long shot of the police sirens and close up of their uniform - intertextual reference to B.E.A.T documentry (bounce music and fans of the New orleans) - signifies theme of police brutality against black people - conflict between communities and the police is then highlighted - linking to the theory of binary opposition
When is there wide angle shots of Beyonce within the music video?
Loosely framed and wide angle shots of Beyonce and she is sinking on the top of a police car - signifies dominance that she further has over the police - challenging the context of america where black people were dominated over the police - link to stuart hall as black people within the media are often represented as being seen as “weak” - her sinking on the top of the police car could further potray that the police has let her comminunity down - showing dominance by sitting on top of the police car as lot’s of the police have been abusing there power
How this particular shot then be showing links towards Huricane Katrina?
surrounding the car there is flood water - included this so others will stand up to the goverment as she is standin up for herself as there is still lot’s of inequality - linking to Hurricane Katrina as the goverment are not doing anything
What is the lyric within the song that is to do with red lobster?
“When he fuck me good I take his ass to red lobster cause I slay” - using slurs in the video as Beyonce is showing her anger and rage - communicating her emotions she feels towards both racism and discrimination and her passion to overcome this - could link to gauntlett as she may be empowering her black audience as she is communicating to the audinece all the issues black people face within America - “pick and mix” to then construct their own identities
What is the shot reverse shot that is within this music video?
There is a shot reverse shot between the boy that is dancing and the police officers that are stood in front of him - low angle of the police and the uniform - the low angle shots of the police and the uniform is contrasting to the boy as they are being seen as powerful and dominant
What shot within the music video is further eye level?
There is an eye level camera shot of the boy - encouraging the audiences to position themselves with the young boy who is seeming to come across as being really confident and unaffected
What do the police further do within the music video?
Police are doing nothing making them not be seen as being aggressive - this is the binary opposition to how the police are often then being represented within the media - they may be further linking to the context of BLM as lot’s of young people were then standing up to the police and they were trying to change the world
What is the long shot of Beyonce further in an elegant outfit?
Long shot of Beyonce who is wearing an elegant black outfit and she is also wearing both jewellery and hats - this is then further signifying both success and wealth - this could then further end up subverting gilroys theory because black people in the media are often being represented as being “other” but then she is being represented as being both wealthy and successfull
What is the tracking shot within the music video?
There is a tracking shot of Beyonce and she is in her white outfit - there is a juxtaposition which is in the historically styled setting - highlighting that black people were enslaved historically and then helps to draw attention to then how this had then ended up changing
What shot is there of the young children?
There is further a long shot of the young children - could put an emphasis on the discrimination that further may be happening to black young people today - the children are smiling and they further seem happy and they are also dancing - illistrates how the atitudes towards black people have then further changed
What further is the newspaper within this music video?
Newspaper with Martin Luther King - this could then act as another intertextual reference - drawing further attention to the racial discrimination that has been happening for a long time and it is then still an issue today - referencing the issues in the past like slavery - in past there were lot’s of struggles for black people and in the music video they are now showing them within the position of power - there is then the binary opposition between what is then happening now and what had then happened within the past
What is the lyric within the music video that talks about daddy?
“My daddy alabama, my momma lousina” - referencing her father and her mother - father’s cultural origins - she is proud of her heritage and the rich diversity that there is within America
What is the intertextual reference to the Jackson 5?
wider and larger nostrils is further a common feature in black people - represented within the mainstreram media as further not being seen as attractive - beyonces references to her liking her nose gives a strong message about celebrating both black culture and heritage - challenging the colonist representations within the mainstream media as black features being shown as “other” in comparison to white westernised ideals of beuty
Where is the reference to specific food items within the music video?
“I got hot sauce” - referencing the item that further often symbolise black culture - and then too encourage the pride within it
What shot is within the hair salon and the shop
There is a use of the tracking shot within the hair salon/shop - potraying the popularity of both wigs and hairpieces within many black women - this is then celebrating black culture and fashion - there are lot’s of different hairstyles and the different types of fashion - connoting there is more than “one way” to be fashionable black women - connoting that ethnicity is both very diverse and complex
What shot is the head and shoulder shot of the individual who is then further in the flamboyant costume?
linking the the mardi gras as the people would often take part within parades - Beyonce may have further included this information to further communicate the theme and the genre of celebrating both of your culture and heritage
Why further is this music video then be considered as being a conceptual music video?
Evident from the police sinking car - surrounded by flood water and this then links to Hurricane Katrina - she is also trying to celebrate her black culture through the use of saying her “Jackson 5 nostrils”
Why is this music video further being considered as performance?
this is further evident through the lip syncing to the lyrics and the use of the direct mode of adress - “okay ladies now let’s get in formation” - this was then matching up with the visauls of the long shot of the women that are further dancing
