Star Image and development

BY NATALIA DANG

Beyoncé

Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter  (born September 4, 1981) is an American singer-songwriter, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she performed in various singing and dancing competitions as a child, and rose to fame in the late 1990s as lead singer of R&B girl-group Destiny's Child. Managed by her father Mathew Knowles, the group became one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. Their hiatus saw the release of Beyoncé's debut album, Dangerously in Love (2003), which established her as a solo artist worldwide; it sold 12 million copies, earned five Grammy Awards and featured the Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles "Crazy in Love" and "Baby Boy".

Characteristic feature

Textual Examples- videos, key

scenes/elements

How it is demonstrated or

developedBeyonce with

Destiny's ChildBootylicious A women desperately

loving a men

Beyonce as a women depended from a men

''Crazy in love'' A women desperately loving a men

Beyonce as a hurt women

’If I were a boy’’ Hurt Women trying to understand a men

Beyonce as normal girl "7/11" A girl with many girl friends having fun with them at home as well as on her own

Beyonce with Nicky Minaj as powerful

women

"Feeling Myself“ Figure of desire in charge of own sexuality

Earliest videos

The earliest videos of Beyonce were from the band she use to be, called Destiny Child’s. I think at that time, her image was rather as a strong, confident women, which was aware of her own sexuality as a leader of very famous band and the she started her solo carrer from one of her most successful songs called ''Crazy in Love'', which didn't change her image much, she just became more independent

Later Career

With years of being on the top of the list, Beyoncé started to be calling Queen B. Her Image still shows a confident women aware of her own sexuality but now she show it with more elegant and glamourous way.She also became much more mature, poised and toned. In her latest music videos you can see her confident showing body and sexy dance as well as in her live performances.

Close-ups

''Bootylicious''- Tight, small covering, colourful outfits matching with background, Beyonce usually on the front.

''Crazy in Love'' - Basic style(white top, jeans shorts and red heels) with hair down. Confident walking, sexy dance, always in the middle of the dancers. Makes her looking sexy and unforgettable.

'' Single Ladies'' - Black and white music video, Black Bodysuit, white background. Beyonce and 2 dancers dancing for all the video. Not reffering to the lyrics accpted from the parts of choreography where she shows a hand while she's sings ''put a ring on it'. Althought She looks very womenly and elegant

''7/11''- Boyfrind bluze. pijamas, home clothes, funny matched clothes (e.g. a big fur and pijama in apartment, weird caps, big gold chains), tousled hair. The character she's playing is an ordinary girl who is having pijama party with her girl friends and doing funny things like girls doing when they alone at home. It makes her look nice and friendly. Her female listeners can also feel like she's just like one of them, which can make them like her even more.

''Feeling Myself''- The music video isn't available bacause there was some problems with copy right but I found on some website. Bodysuits and fur in the pool, houseparty, big blouses and standing on the road, lying on the back of the truck, eating burgers with Nicky Minaj with their arms intertwinted. Basically is shows Beyonce and NIcky hanging out together can do everything and there are so funny and almost like queens.

Camerawork and Editing

''Bootylicious'' ''Crazy in Love'' '' Single Ladies'' ''7/11'' so many cuts, timing backward/forward, once a

shot looking like Beyonce records it herself on the selfie stick while spining around

''Feeling Myself''

Conclusion

While all of this years beyonce became very famous. She is known as very sexy and confident women with a big talent. She found her sexy, elegant, mature and sophisticated style.