Formation

Question 1

What types of representations are within Formation?

Answer 1

• Gender
• Ethnicity
• Self Representation

Question 2

What are examples of the representation of Gender?

Answer 2

• use of low angle, performance of Beyonce confidently laying in relaxed body Lang, prop of police car, use of audio code “I might get your song played on the radio station”
• use of close up of Beyonce holding up middle finger, costuming in large amounts of silver jewellery, depth of field showing men in ‘servant’ outfits

Question 3

What are examples of the representation of Ethnicity?

Answer 3

• the use of wide shot of Beyonce, performance standing on the police car, setting in flooded suburb, and audio code “I just might be a black bill gates in the making”
• use of the wide shot and pan in a wig shop, “I like cornbread and collard greens”, characters with traditionally black hairstyles (natural hairstyles)

Question 4

What is an example of self representation in formation?

Answer 4

• use of close up of Beyonce holding up middle finger, costuming in large amounts of silver jewellery, depth of field showing men in ‘servant’ outfits
• use of performance of Beyonce dancing in a group of women, “earned all this money but they’ll never take the country out me”, costuming in antebellum clothing

Question 5

How is use of close up of Beyonce holding up middle finger, costuming in large amounts of silver jewellery, depth of field showing men in ‘servant’ outfits constructing a representation of Gender?

Question 6

How is use of close up of Beyonce holding up middle finger, costuming in large amounts of silver jewellery, depth of field showing men in ‘servant’ outfits constructing a self representation?

Question 7

How is use of low angle, performance of Beyonce confidently laying in relaxed body Lang, prop of police car, use of audio code “I might get your song played on the radio station” constructing a representation of Gender?

Question 8

How is the use of wide shot of Beyonce, performance standing on the police car, setting in flooded suburb, and audio code “I just might be a black bill gates in the making” constructing a representation of ethnicity?

Question 9

How is use of the wide shot and pan in a wig shop, “I like cornbread and collard greens”, characters with traditionally black hairstyles (natural hairstyles) constructing a representation of ethnicity?

Question 10

How is use of performance of Beyonce dancing in a group of women, “earned all this money but they’ll never take the country out me”, costuming in antebellum clothing constructing a self representation?