Beyone Music Video

In 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 video “Formation” is similar to Mulan from Mulan. Mulan is constantly being told to look presentable so she could find a man and start a family like every woman should do. Mulan goes against what society tells her to be and decides to go in the army in her father’s place and go against stereotypes of women in the army. At the end as beautiful as she is she still kicked ass and was able to do anything a man was able to do in the army. This is the message that “Formation” is trying to portray, that women can be independent and strong. A contrast to the music video is the movie 50 shades of Grey, in which the main character is submissive and delicate not being able to do anything for herself, she is a non-dominant character and is portrayed as shy and controlled by men. The audience, throughout the music video root for women, yet …show more content…
“Formation” that a woman can be in power and still be able to be married to a man and Beyonce tries to go against what everyone expects a woman should do. This shows that women can wear what they want and be confident in themselves and be dominant in the music video. Women can feel empowered when seeing Beyonce’s “Formation,” because you see this woman carrying herself with poise and made you feel in power. A woman wears whatever she wants and can be confident in herself, promotion empowerment to teens and young adults. This video shows that you can wear what you love and feel great about