In her music video “7/11,” Beyoncé appears as an indefatigable party-girl who explicitly expresses her passion and vitality: spinning crazily on the porch, dancing widely in the corridor, and acting hilariously in the center of a party room. This liveliness intensifies as the video approaches to its end in which the music accelerates, the background movements increases, and Beyoncé’s laugh expands. Underneath her endless energy lies the game 7/11, which incorporates alcohol to drive up the atmosphere in parties. Through the joint effect of rhythm and motions, the closing sequence indicates that 7/11 and its alcohol component assist Beyoncé in rocking the party, giving her the ultimate thrill as well as heating up the entire video.
Featuring her stillness, the beginning of this sequence frames the tranquility before Beyoncé entering 7/11. In the center of the scene, sitting in a yoga pose surrounded by smooth-floating, non-diegetic music, Beyoncé seems relaxed and still. This Lotus Position reflects her calmness as this cross-legged pose serves for relaxation in yoga. Time seems stopped as she remains motionless. In addition, the peaceful music with
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flat-tone lyrics, quiet rhythm, and crispy beats further supports such tranquility. However, the transient peacefulness seems like the calm before the storm, immediately overtaken by the excitements given by 7/11. As the music speeds up, Beyoncé starts revolving around the camera and the displays behind her turn blurry, illustrating her gradually increasing joy.
Sometimes right side up, sometimes upside down, Beyoncé turns a full circle in the shot. Such continuously accelerating movements create dizziness that the drunks experience, implying the beginning of the game. Together with Beyoncé’s crazed hand swings, expressive finger-pointing gesture, and expanding laughter, the rotations also signals the start of excitements. Nevertheless, in the meantime, the crescendo comes, further stressing the growing thrill. Clear beats, drum-like sounds, and fast rhythm mix together, simulating the raising heart beats and the arousing excitements. This passion originated from 7/11 keeps escalating, spreading out the happiness and
joy. Accelerating and amplifying, the the rhythm echoes Beyoncé’s utmost thrill, demonstrating the power of 7/11 in uplifting spirits. Crazy swings accompanied with wild guffaw, Beyoncé reaches her peak of emotions. Laughter penetrates throughout this shot. Such sound gets integrated into the music to emphasize the moment of happiness. Eventually, the laugh and the music completely cover the lyrics, marking the dominance of thrill and pleasure. Beyoncé becomes the party queen, wearing golden crown, golden bracelet, and a golden necklace with a dangle resembling a hip flask, proclaiming the significance of 7/11, which underlies her moment of height. Shown by the music and movements, 7/11 excites Beyoncé, shaping her into a star, guiding her toward the ultimate, desirable happiness. As the video praises, 7/11 works as the propeller of enjoyments, possessing invaluable abilities to bring about joyfulness and setting up the perfect atmosphere for parties.
In 2013, the self-titled visual album BEYONCÉ sold almost eight hundred thirty thousand digitally in the first three days, while her sixth number one and second visual album, Lemonade, only sold four hundred ninety thousand digitally in the first week. Although Beyoncé’s second visual album wasn’t numerically successful, both show a vulnerable, an artistic, and a controversial side of Beyoncé. Both albums have surprising visuals and stunning lyrical content with either an obvious meaning or a meaning we have yet to figure out, such as the famous line, “You better call Becky with the good hair.” (Beyoncé, “Sorry”). BEYONCÉ and Lemonade show that Beyoncé tries to better herself as an artist and make herself more vulnerable.
Stereotypes are common in the United States because people have different beliefs and ideals how they view others. The article "Ghetto Bitches, China Dolls, and Cha Cha Divas" by Jennifer Pozner demonstrates the negative racial and stereotypes use in the famous national TV show America's Next Top Model. She stated that a model was making a decision whether she was more tied to her ethnicity or her nationality. Given that this situation is becoming more important in America which makes the melting pot impossible to achieve. Tyra Banks, a former supermodel and the host of the show, yelled at a African America contestant is considered racialism to Pozner. For my consideration stereotypes are a way that build up and organize the society. Furthermore,
Ten minutes after lining up, I went inside the nightclub. From the door, I could hear the song and the beat of the bass so loud that my heart could feel it. Inside the nightclub, I saw people were dancing everywhere, on dancing floor, on their own seats, everywhere. They would dance and take a big gulp of their beer. Even the bartenders were dancing too, following the rhythm of the loud funky music. The rainbow rays of light moved through the club to make the mood even more exciting and funky.
It’s no question that Janet Jackson is one of the most iconic and influential artist of all time. She has sold over 100 million albums; her tours have had some the highest selling debuts of all time, not to mention the chart topping hits she has created over the past 30 years. Janet’s presence alone is iconic. She has left an unforgettable impression on the music industry as a whole. Her music has affected fans and music lovers all around the world. Her influence is simply not a question it is a salutation to a musical icon that has embedded her legacy into musical history.
In the music video, “Doses and Mimosas,” the Cherub successfully portrays that drugs and alcohol is the road to happiness. The Cherub shows the viewers that using drugs and alcohol will resolve all problems. Their video promotes joyous times will occur when your under the influence. In each scene, everyone is bored out of their minds. Once drugs or alcohol gets involved, everyone’s reaction changes. They become alive. They become excited. Their body languages and their moods change in an instant.
music changes to show that she is sad. We then get a close up of
In the beginning, the dancers start on the ground and in the motions of the music and essentially “slipping” through the past there was this rise and sink motion that was fluid. Both dancers arced, spoked and carved. Renee made lots of lines with her entire body as he held her straight (horizontally) in his arms and she also arced as she put her arms around him to hang on to him and as she let go of him she continued to make circle with her feet. In addition, in the beginning of the video, they created an infinity symbol with their legs and feet to an extent signify the past as always being a part of your life even after you slip through and let go.
As it opens with imagery reminiscent of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, an event that devastated the black communities in the areas affected. The delayed assistance in New Orleans by the U.S. government stirred some controversy that led many to question how much America really cares about its black communities. Nonetheless, Beyoncé’s video is full of imagery that is associated with black culture, including historical references to black communities in the south. But what is really important about “Formation” are the lyrics. With lyrics like “My daddy Alabama, Momma Louisiana, You mix that negro with that Creole make a Texas Bama” and “I like my baby hair with baby hair and afros, I like my negro nose with Jackson Five nostrils,” Beyoncé is undoubtedly declaring her pride for her blackness as well as defending her child Blue Ivy who has always been scrutinized for the way her hair looked. Thus, this song is obviously geared toward the Black community which is obvious due to the lyrics and the imagery in the music video. To put it plainly, this song is a proclamation of Black pride and shouldn’t be thought of in any other way. However, after performing it at the Super Bowl people of other ethnicities became aware of the song and became offended by her performance as well as the lyrics. Controversy arose as people pointed out her backup dancers were dressed similarly to the Black Panther
We have more or less gender stereotype and create our own set of standards how men and women are supposed to behave. The music video delivers a weird impression that something is wrong with the story because the characters in the video are acting opposite from society’s expectations of gender stereotype. The video portrays a couple’s normal daily life, which may have been seen everywhere, and it’s nothing special except that the perspectives of males and females are opposite from what we would expect. The main cast includes Beyoncé as a wife who is a police officer and Eddie Goines as her supportive husband who works at an office. In the video, the storyline is slightly twisted because Beyoncé
Some could say dance events are just as fun sober as they are on something. Some could say substances enhance an individual’s festival experience. Either of these opinions could be right, but what remains a fact is that substances are indeed, in one way or another, deeply involved with music. It is not because of the music itself, however influential it may seem, but rather the choice of fans that has caused this. Everyone wants to have a great experience at a music festival. If they are offered a greater experience, then of course they will be open-minded. Although substances may be an experience for some, they may be the divider between life and death for others. From alcohol poisoning at Toby Keith shows and meth use at Metallica concerts, substance abuse has proven to be something widespread and dangerous throughout music festivals (Baca, par. 8). Society can make substances a taboo, say ...
The selection thesis: “Lorde’s eighth grade graduation was supposed to mark the end of her childhood. But it was her Fourth of July graduation-present trip to Washington, D.C. that enormously marked the end of her greenness, because there she was with confronted the abrasive reality of racism. “The picnic is seen to be Lorde’s mother’s idea which indicates how she takes care of her family as a whole, due to the fact that she provided two different kinds of pickles, covers the peaches individually so they don’t get discolor, and places them in a tin of rosewater for untidy hands. As a way of being a good mother is proven by Lorde’s mother like packing the items her family will need, such as “the marigolds from Cushman’s Bakery and rock-cakes from Newton’s” which is described in the paragraph 4.
In an interview with Vice, co-director Warren Fu stated that Julian Casablancas was “a little cryptic and hard to understand” because his vision for the music video was so abstract. However, the characters’ powerful performances in the video truly help to tell the story in a way that would be otherwise hard to convey effectively. Fu noted that Alex Carapetis, the band member who plays the man at the bar, was “definitely channeling some inner demons” while shooting the emotional drunken scene. This was clear upon watching the video – the performance was passionate and seemed too real to come from a person with no background in acting – and thus made Carapetis’ struggles resonate with the viewer. We never learn of the specific struggles any of these characters endure, which, according to Fu, was intentional. Fu stated that, “Julian just preferred to leave them vague and for them to be…feelings,” in reference to Casablancas’ desire to evoke a personal reaction with the abstract and distant storytelling in the video. The scenes of chaos spread intermittently throughout can likely be attributed to, as Fu notes, Casablancas desire to convey “a general end of the world” and to “keep it vague and not be one particular thing, just that everything is going to shit.” As one would expect, Fu eventually stated in his interview that the “Human Sadness” music video was the most challenging
The music video “Dark Horse” by Katy Perry portrays an Egyptian Queen searching for her love. The video takes place in a modernized version of Memphis, Egypt a crazy long time ago. It successfully combines Hip-Hop culture and Ancient Egyptian culture. Kings from a variety of places across the world come confidently to make the Queen their “one and only” true love. A far-reaching line of men bearing gifts await their judgement whether they are truly hers or not and meet their doom. In “Dark Horse” by Katy Perry the video takes the perspective of the mate less Queen, uses descriptive diction from the lyrics of the song, and symbolic imagery to convey the message that men are to beware of a powerful woman.
Hundreds of feet pound against the floor, sending it to its near death as it concaves with every step. Sweat rolls down my neck as the music reaches nearly 100 decibels. My hands, aching from the death grip of the boy next to me, are dragged forward to keep up with the swift kolo line that moves through the maze of the slick, sweat-filled dance floor like it is an art form. As the song approaches its twentieth straight minute, I become conscious of the energy surrounding me and realize that these people, this dance, and this culture define me, the people’s favor. The gracious and dear girl, also known as the people’s favor, is the definition of Milena, or Mila for short, and that is me.
The animation starts with a stoic shot of the original painting, then the camera begins to zoom in on the woman sitting at the table. In the background of the scene, the audience can hear the sound of diners eating, drinking, and conversing along with the sound of silverware colliding with plates. Then in a swift and sudden movement, the woman eyes start to partially close, and she begins to gaze at a glass of Absinthe and an empty bottle before snapping her eyes back to the table in front of her. A high pitched ambient sound then starts to play signifying that something is off, such as the woman's perception of reality. The woman repeats this action many different times until the objects and table in front of her begin to move and warp in