Formation anaylisis.

• Beyonce is now a solo artist but became known for her work in Destiny's Child.
• Formation is a song from the album Lemonade.
• She is an established star with a pre-sold audience.
• R&B, Pop, Hip-Hop, Bounce.
• Set in New Orleans, Louisiana.
• This album reflects slavery and issues with the clean-up of hurricane Katrina.

• The 19th century outfits (Antebellum) links to slavery, but Beyonce is dressed as someone who would own slaves.
• The all black religious costumes connotes death reinforcing the severity of hurricane Katrina.
• Mis en scene of graffiti 'stop shooting us' makes explicit references to racially motivated attacks made by the police.
• Cuts rapidly from high production values to low production values connotes the poverty and seriousness of the situation.
• Shot of BME people and one white man in the centre playing basketball suggesting that White people are the head race despite Basketball being a black persons game.
• Binary opposition formed by working class black cowboy framed in a poverty stricken setting emphasises themes of black poverty and deprived.
• Line of black women dancing in formation which is emphasised by the lyrics emphasises themes of strong black unity.
• police car sinking symbolises the destructive power of the us police force.
• The shot of Beyonce in the car shows she adopts a glamorous persona. The dreadlocks conveys Beyonce heritage and black culture.
• When Beyonce puts her middle fingers up its shows she's anti-authority.
• Shot of a newspaper of black activist of Martin Luther King resembling black power.