Component 1 - Formation

Which album was Formation the first single to be released from?

• Lemonade

• Dangerously In Love

• B'Day

• Homecoming

Which SUBGENRE of music video is Formation closest to?

• Thematic

• Narrative

• Performance

The video is mostly set in New Orleans. Which natural disaster (full name) that hit the city is referenced during the video?

• Hurricane Sabrina

• Hurricane Katrina

• Hurricane Martina

• Hurricane Catalina

bell hooks suggests that feminism is a constant struggle against patriarchal domination. Give 2 examples in which this theory is clearly conformed to.

• Beyonce calls for her ladies to "get in formation"

• Beyonce sinks with the car suggesting patriarchal institutions dominate

• The little boy facing down the line of policemen

• The 'bounce' dance seen in the video seeks to objectify women

Identify two (2) binary oppositions that are evident in the video.

• The little boy/policemen

• The wig ladies/Black cowboys

• Beyonce/Her daughter

• The abandoned pool/flooded streets

Identify two (2) examples from the video that challenge traditional stereotypes of Afro-Americans.

• "I might just be a black Bill Gates in the making"

• Basketball players

• Gospel singers

• Black cowboys

Identify two clear examples of intertextuality in the video (images that clearly reference pre-existing texts/individuals/etc)

• Mardi-gras Indians

• Beyonce on the car

• Beyonce dressed in antebellum costume

• Images using bounce moves

NOT a location in the video

• Prison

• Church

• Car park

• Plantation House

What is connoted by the fact that Beyonce is usually to be found at the centre of the frame?

• She is the star that essentially sells the product

• She acts as a role model for others

• She is a subject that is open to objectification

• All three responses thus making the positioning polysemic

Give two examples of how Beyonce might be seen to be reinforcing ideas of female objectification in the video

• The revealing costume

• The middle finger

• Her hair in braids

• The direct address