Beyonce Lemonade Notes

● Diegetic sound
● Sound effects in the beginning of music video to build tension

● Humming (panting) that gives quite a creepy vibes
● Building tension
● Causal clothing in stage (red curtain)
● A lot of harmonizing
● Natural elements water-fire
● Repetitive phrase "I'm prayin' to catch you whispering"
● "Im praying you catch me listening"
● Black and white (mono colour)
● Dialogues and narrations in between
● Hallways at night (liminal space)
● Black female figures in the video
● Personal story, father musician
● Family background
● Past and future merge to meet us here
● strong use of words, Swear "Fucking curse" "Bitch"
● Falling off the building into the water (transition)
● "Denial"
● "tried to be soft, prettier"
● Holy book "bible"
● The transition of mood/ upbeat, funky music
● Change of costume from dull and simple to yellow and fancy
● Jealous and crazy
● "They don't love me like I love you"
● Black community, children
● Crashing thing with a bat, expressing freedom
● "There's no other man above you"
● Black and white again
● Transition of the mood again
● Violent
● "Anger"
● "If this is what you truly want, I can wear a skin over mine"
● Black women dressing over a white sheath
● Camera angle filming from bottom
● "I think of lovers as trees" metaphor
● Rock and roll, form of protester, motivated by blues
● Drawing across of history across black history
● Flames
● Change of beat again
● Upbeat, rhythmic song
● "Who do fuck do you think are you"
● The narration of Martin Luther King: "the most disrespected person in Ameria is black
women"
● Increasing volume and use of instruments (drum, bass, guitar)
● Sound of the music box (black swan)
● "So what are you gonna say at my funeral, now that you've killed me?"
● Change of beat once again
● Appearance of strong powerful black women (Serena Williams
● The repetitive phrase "Middle fingers up, I ain't thinking about you" "I ain't sorry"
● Black and white
● "Emptiness"
● Colour film again
● Red, strong atmosphere (costume/fire)
● Imagery of sex, referencing the idea of sex work, union between married couple
● Tense, gradually increasing tension, camera slowly closing in towards light in the darkness
● Emphasis of base sound
● Undertone voice
● objectified by industry
● Slow drags in between the beats
● Reference of stage that appeared at the beginning, though represented in new ways
● "She works for the money": sex workers
● costume change: laces, puffy dress
● Back to plantation, black and white scale
● "accountability"
● two girls
● "You desperately want to look like her"
● wear disappointment of her face
● Hurricane: foreshadow of something bad will happen
● photograph, scale has shifted, can be told that is was filmed from the past
● "Did he make you forget your own name" "Did you get on your knees daily"
● "Am I talking about your husband or your father"
● Jazz, funky music: Trumpet, Brass
● Relationship between father-daughter
● Short film of her younger self and her dad
● Funeral with enthusiastic atmosphere
● Constant circular movement between settings
● Tilt shift angle of camera movement
● "reformation"
● Transition to narration, black and white, plantation
● Transition to ocean setting, golden hour
● groups of slaves from Nigera, to America collectively decided to suicide in water
● Interweaving story and experiences
● lying down on the chair
● Black and white
● The juxtaposition of sound (bombastic beat to natural background music)
● Makeup, traditional face painting looks like tears
● shadows
● "1000 girls raised their arms" "Do you remember being born?" "Are you thankful"
● Piano
● Jay z, her husband
● vintage filter, brown washed
● Items from the past
● "Resurrection"
● Famous community female icon
● "You are terrifying and stage and beautiful" pauses between to emphasize each word
● Females holding photos of men who were murdered/ harmed by police
● A sudden blast of music, shows a baby
● "Hope"
● Reappearance of stage
● Thunderstorm
● Reference to witch craft, associated with progressive women
● Desire for freedom
● kendrick lamar raps in the background to advocate for fighting against justice
● "Redemption"
● The narration of making lemonade
● Hair significant identifier, a powerful symbol of history behind
● Shift of scale: indication of flashbacks, time transition
● Footage of Jay Z's grandmother
● My grandmother said "Nothing real can be threatened"
● After image
● She is standing by water but sound of fire burning (emerging of elements)
● Change of mood (synchronized harmony)
● "You are the musician"
● Bay twins, Amandla Stenberg, Zendaya, Hailey, Chloe
● Wood, forest
● Change of scale
● Change of clothes, colourful dress (kitenge)
● Story is circular
● Footage from the past (personal/reference) change in scale
● Footage of her married life, pregnancy, children
● Proceeded the album by including prelude of her previous album
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● After credit
● Appearance of Beyonce with her fancy dress
● Reference to mayor who abandoned people
● Police ran away (sitting on the police car)
● Red dress with pearl necklace
● Powerful song, choreography and expression
● "Stop shooting US"
● Police car, beynce drowning at the end

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● Diegetic sound

● Sound effects in the beginning of music video to build tension

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