Formation Beyoncé
mise-en-scene: L/S of police officers lined up opposite a small, vulnerable black child.
Mise-en-scene: "Stop shooting us" graffiti accompanies the lyric "Get eliminated" symbolises the threat of death made against the black community.
C/U- Beyonce sitting in on a police car, sinking into the water, forming a binary opposition between the police and Beyonce, a black performer.
Slow pan of dilapidated buildings accompanied by the lyrics "do you remember what happened in Orleans?"- explicit reference to Hurricane Katrina, themes of abandonment of black community.
Mid shot of Beyonce and crew in Antebellum dresses, which have connotations of slave ownership, symbolic of empowerment and self-ownership. An explicit example of cultural appropriation.
Beyonce uses direct address throughout multiple shots in the music video in order to express aggression and intimidation. However it shows a polysemic meaning as it could be a plead for help.
Her solid and fast head movement can show connotations to the supernatural and possession.
At 2:51 it shows a symbolic code of community.
An old VHS effect is used to simply look retro and cool.
The choreography of 2:53 symbolises police brutality as Beyonce shoots the last one in the circle.
She arches and uses her body to symbolise a swan.
Mise-en-scene: "Stop shooting us" graffiti accompanies the lyric "Get eliminated" symbolises the threat of death made against the black community.
C/U- Beyonce sitting in on a police car, sinking into the water, forming a binary opposition between the police and Beyonce, a black performer.
Slow pan of dilapidated buildings accompanied by the lyrics "do you remember what happened in Orleans?"- explicit reference to Hurricane Katrina, themes of abandonment of black community.
Mid shot of Beyonce and crew in Antebellum dresses, which have connotations of slave ownership, symbolic of empowerment and self-ownership. An explicit example of cultural appropriation.
Beyonce uses direct address throughout multiple shots in the music video in order to express aggression and intimidation. However it shows a polysemic meaning as it could be a plead for help.
Her solid and fast head movement can show connotations to the supernatural and possession.
At 2:51 it shows a symbolic code of community.
An old VHS effect is used to simply look retro and cool.
The choreography of 2:53 symbolises police brutality as Beyonce shoots the last one in the circle.
Figure skating
The awkward imbalance represents her conflict in life.She arches and uses her body to symbolise a swan.
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