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WorksheetsComponent 1 - Formation
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
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
