Genre Research

Song Mise-En-Scene Editing Camera Angles NarrationBeyonce - Sorry • Black and white filter (more dramatic, emphasises that it is a direct alternative to pop music)• Urban locations (e.g bus, car-park, connotes the urban style of hip-hop music)• Face paint represents African sub-culture and connotes the origins of the R&B/Hip-Hop genre• Ensemble wear similar costumes (connotes unity and makes the dance routines appear smoother, furthermore allows for Beyonce to stand out as an artist – thus creating her ‘star persona’.• Use of dancing and organised choreography is typical to R&B music, as it emphasises the heavy, rhythmic beat of the song.

• Black and white filter symbolises heartbreak, indicates that she feels numb after her husbands affair• Shots are significantly longer in places (creates a sense of tension, particularly during the master shots of the house)• Slow-motion on bus, when Beyonce addresses the camera (emphasises her happiness, shows that she is moving forward from this heartbreak)• Stop-motion (performance becomes disjointed, could symbolise a broken heart?)• Additionally, use of stop-motion suits the beat well, furthermore suits the hip-hop genre well and emphasises the tension connoted by the narrative

• Hand-held shots on bus (connotes guilty realism and raw emotion – also creates a more natural, urban feel) UNPOLISHED• Medium close up, staring directly into the camera and addressing the audience (deeper understanding of the artist’s anger and emotion)• Master shot (shows all dancers –strength in numbers)• Panning shot of trees (calm, juxtaposition between Beyonce’s lip-syncing)• Low angle shot (indicates power, makes Beyonce appear strong)• Wide shot on bus (all dancers in view, sense of unity)• Zoom (brings audience closer to artist, concentrate on stare, appreciate her strong, fierce persona)

• Narration at beginning (subliminal message, aimed at Jay Z who had an affair)• Religious language in narration connotes her anger (e.g Jay Z has broken 10 Commandments and should be punished)• Narrative = revenge, shows she’s stronger without him and does’t need him anymore (black and white also connotes how she is numb to his actions)• Nursery rhyme style motif at the beginning creates a juxtaposition (creates tension as contrasts with the theme of revenge)• Word apathy = means lack of interest (demonstrates how she no longer cares about her Partner)

Song Mise-En-Scene Editing Camera Angles NarrativeDrake – Hotline Bling • Vivid, contrasting colours (bright, dynamic atmosphere)

• Dancing (common convention of R&B videos, unique style represents modern themes of video)• Silhouettes of girls dancing provocatively (typical convention of R&B videos, relates to Mulvey’s male gaze theory)• Costumes = urban style (e.g knitted jumpers with jogging bottoms, incredibly casual)• Men more covered up than women (female dancers wear high heels and crop tops, particulary exposed)• iPhone links with the phone-call theme (relates to song title)• Quick colour changes (emotional, angry, annoyed?)

• Slow motion during the women’s dance scenes (attracts male attention)• Long takes (relaxed, calm, laid back video)• Cross-cutting between Drake and the female dancers (indicates his main point of interest and what his song is about)• Jump cuts between different shots of Drake (creates his ‘star persona’ and attracts the audiences attention towards him)

• Long shot (women’s body in full focus – creates a misogynistic tone)• Master shot (all women in view, emphasises the role of a ‘female call centre’)• Close up of women’s bodies (male gaze theory, engrains this representation of women onto audience’s minds)• Zoom towards women (artist’s main interest – singing about ‘girls’)• Low angle shots (Drake = dominant, in control)• Camera pans across women (demonstrates attraction, idea that visuals are directed towards heterosexual male audience)• Wide shot (shows Drake’s dancing, emphasises his ‘star persona’ and R&B convention)

• Video doesn’t have a strong narrative, more performance based• Primary focus on Drake, unique modern dance moves represent his eccentricity• Call centre scene – creates the impression that women are there to please men (misogynistic)• Women do not receive an equal portrayal to men, used as decoration to make the male protagonist appear more powerful, attractive and dominant

Song Mise-En-Scene Editing Camera Angles Narration

Usher - Chains • American Flag (resembles justice, creates a juxtapostion created by the criminal themes in the video)• Hands held together represent prayer (indicates their depeseration)• Handcuffs and gun (semantic elements, connote violence and oppression)• Hands held up to the windows (creates sympathy, indicates that black people are trapped society)• Usher’s facial expressions connote the fear they experience as a result of their oppression)• Smashed statue (failure of law and order, contradicting the constitution, going against American justice system)• Flashing lights = police

• Black and white filter (more dramatic, serious atmosphere, represents oppression)• Similar to Beyonce’s video, connoting a hurtful message, represents ‘dark times’• Low contrast editing (symbolises darkness and oppression, indicates the terror and fear within society)• Short shots and quick jump cuts (disjointed narrative, indicates the panic and fear experienced by this particular social group)• Slow-motion (strong emotional response, fully represents their oppression)

• Close-ups of victims create pathos (fully demonstrate their fear)• Deep focus shot (focuses on the victims behind the crimes, further sympathy is generated)• Extreme close ups of hands (fully represents their pain and allows us to see them as trapped by society)• Pan of lip-syncing (indicates that the artist is fighting for justice through the use of the mainstream media, getting them to focus on their side of the story)• Zoom into characters (creates the impression that they are trying to fight back, and are growing stronger in fear)

• Artist being chased and visiting the victims of unjust shootings creates empathy, and draws more attention to the ‘Black Lives Matter’ movement.• Prominent celebrity, viewing his oppression spreads awareness of the issues within society• Blood on hands and shattered statues of figures that represent justice indicate the destruction of the constitution, thus showing how law and order has failed• Use of children as extras creates a great sense of pathos (innocent yet vulnerable in society, treatment seems unfair)• Man in catatonic state at funeral represents the shock of society (people have no idea what they can do)