Music video comparison - Beyonce and Stormzy

Music video comparison - Beyonce and Stormzy



Comparing representations


vossi bop by stormzy - analysis 

  • Codes and conventions – performance/narrative/experimental features
  • Camera work (framing – shot types, angle, position, movement)
  • Editing – beat-matched?
  • Elements of continuity/montage
  • How does the video interpret the music and/or lyrics?
  • Structure/narrative
  • Intertextuality
  • Sound
  • Mise-en-scene – colour, lighting, location, costume/dress, hair/makeup 


Exam question: Compare the ideologies conveyed through the representations in the music video to Vossi Bop by Stormzy and Formation by Beyonce.
In your answer, you must

  • consider how representations convey ideologies

  • consider the similarities and differences in the ideologies conveyed

  • make judgements and draw conclusions about how far social and cultural contexts affect the representations.


answer the following questions briefly, perhaps using screenshots to draw comparisons between the videos



  • What messages about black people are encoded in to the setting and mise-en-scene?
  • How do the two videos use setting in similar ways to convey ideological and political messages?
  • How do these music videos use binary oppositions?
  • How can these music videos be seen as a response to postcolonial identity? (Check out the theories and theorists section!)
  • How do these two music videos reflect the social and cultural context of America in 2016 and the UK in 2019?






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