Music video

the music video “Formation,” Beyonce makes is seen dominant and carries herself in a sophisticated manner. Beyonce and her backup dancers are all wearing outfits that are body hugging and that flatters their body. All of them had curves and big and poofy hair that embracing her culture. Beyonce expresses power in her outfits, but also in her walk and how she presents herself. In every scene of the music video, she was a dominant character, representing power and having high status. The music…

gaps, long legs, flawless skin, silky hair, seductive, submissive, the picture of ideal femininity is constantly portrayed in music videos and is quite difficult to obtain in real life. The majority of women cannot meet the standards that are set by the music industry. Some may argue that there are plenty of successful female artists who are not sexually exploited in music videos, however, most of these successful artists do not meet the physical ideals that society establishes. For example,…

In the Partition music video the females are seen dancing sexually in front of a male figure. This portrays that the females are seen as sexual objects to the male and they are there for the males to admire for their own pleasure. This could influence females to believe that if you’re in a relationship, it is the female's job to please the male and be there as a sexual object for them to admire. This could also influence females to believe that this is the way you need to act and portray…

Everyday people all over the world listen to music and music videos. Whether it is on their way to class or work, while their doing homework, or even just driving around. There are so many different genres of music people listen to, from hip hop, rap, country, etc. With all of these categories of music, each song has its own purpose. Each song has its own story and meaning behind the words and/or music video. A lot of the time people will listen to a song because it is catchy and they do not…

On Saturday February 6, 2016, one day before Super Bowl Fifty; Beyoncé Knowles released a music video for her new song “Formation .” Filmed in New Orleans with the devastation caused by hurricane Katrina as a backdrop. The video featured a scenes where Beyoncé sits atop a half-submerged police car that continues sinking. Giving a nod to the Black Lives Matter movement, “at the end of the clip, a line of riot-gear-clad police officers surrender, hands raised, to a dancing black child in a hoodie,…

The three music videos I have chosen are “For Everybody” by Juicy J, “All Eyes On You” by Meek Mill, and “Earned It” by The Weeknd. For the first music video, “For Everybody,” the cast is very diverse except for the artists who are all African-American. However, the women in the video are of all different cultures. The video portrays women as objects as they just walk about and flaunt their mostly naked bodies on the screen. Not only does the video portray the women as objects, but the…

February 26, 2017 Forming a Statement The music video “Formation”, by Beyoncé, illustrates many representations of blackness due to its focus on black feminism and black culture. It exposes the feelings centered around the issues that the black community has endured in the past as well as current issues faced today. It represents the identity of black women and unapologetically represents Beyoncé’s pride in being black and a woman. As I work to unpack this video, I want to focus on the…

after watching K-pop music videos that it feels very commercial. Commercial not in the sense that is a profitable business, which indeed it is. In fact, Hallyu, also known as K-pop is becoming one of South Korea’s largest exports (Leong). Therefore, there is a national effort to maintain this profitable brand. First, it is important to understand that K-pop is not just lyrics and melody, it is also about the beautiful people who perform these lyrics. So, having a “genre” of music that is heavily…

One aspect of the media where gender and sexuality is used largely in a negative way is in music videos. In order to attract attention, video producers will create extremely risque content. Beyonce, who is know as the queen of pop, displays sexual content, and gender stereotypes in the music video for her song ‘Drunk in Love’. It takes place on a beach at night where she walks through the sand wearing a very skimpy bikini with a see-through dress over it. She poses for the camera as it scans up…

of a music video. One of the most thought provoking videos from Alt-J thus far is "Breezeblocks". As the video starts we see what looks like the scene of a murder. A woman lying at the bottom of a bathtub full of water, being held down by a cement block. The next scene cuts to a distressed man whose head is in his hands - the camera zooms in on a ring on his left hand. Immediately our mind would perceive this as a homicide. A classic newsworthy tale of a husband murdering his wife. As the video…