Formation- context

It's clear from watching Formation that there is a lot going on. Formation makes use of a range of different techniques in order to create meaning for its audience. However, unlike Riptide which can possibly be described as being 'weird for the sake of weird', Formation has a clear and savage political message to present to its audience.

To do so, Formation makes intense use of the concepts of intertextuality/referential codes and bricolage

Task - If possible, go through Formation and make screenshots of each of the different aesthetic and visual styles that the video demonstrates, including from different eras, settings and situations. Why is this video not just a dance routine in a studio? Why combine so many styles and themes?

The many different things in the music explore and represented African-American culture- a group typically underrepresented in the media. The music video acts as a platform for voices and messages of diversity and culture, the use of a mixture of themes add more impact and represent African-Americans, and Beyoncé as even more powerful.

my internet glitched and the rest of the work deleted ffs.