Media studies Beyonce Formation updated April 2024

A few exam series in, I have added a short PPT based on how my students wrote about Formation and scored overall near 100% on MV questions - they were pushing for links that were out of the ‘box’ and drilling down on ‘media’ the artist and the poltics of Music |Videos per se- Hope it helps

Contains 4 PPTS

1] This is a 90 slide PPT introducing formation:
This is a teacher led PPT and covers:
Beyonce’s connection to the Black Panthers
New Orleans Bounce culture
Relevance of Hurricane Katrina and the aftermath
Connections to Slavery
Awards
The Superbowl release
Oblique references to policing and #BLM
Costume/Mise en scene/ framing
Of the 90 slides about 12 are selections from the Music Video which focus on key moments suitable for evidence for writing task evidence - there are so many frames to choose from - what is included in this 90 PPT is A selection
This PPT is in a sense a generic unit - you may for example want to use the
2] DO NOW PPT which is a separate PPT at various stages interspersed in the main PPT I have assumed there is a general knowledge about cinematic terms and that is NOT included
3] PPT close analysis of 6 frames - this demonstrates to students how to use media language in dissecting frames each frame should have further analysis done by students - based on ‘I model, you know do’
4] PPT 4 is short extension PPT on mediated histroical stereotypes of Black women