Sound production: Masquerade's other meaning

 Masquerade's other meaning 

Our title "Masquerade" actually ties in a lot more than the narrative. It could actually work hand and hand with my sound designing. As most people should know, masquerade balls were highly popular in Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries; a little history fact is that the renaissance era actually existed up into the 17-18th century. Now, I know you must be wondering what that has anything to do with the the sound I want to incorporate or my film period, so allow me to go more in depth...

The reddit post

A Reddit post, "Can someone explain Renaissance to me :r/beyonce" written by Ludaman14 expressed how they do not understand the overall message Beyonce was trying to spread when releasing this album. That Reddit post was then replied by crazymaan92, who did an amazing job of explaining the overall message and how Beyonce presented that in everything single song in that album. Beyonce was trying to spread self-love despite society trying its hardest to bring you down and think otherwise about yourself. My film represents teen girls of all ages all around the world who all relate on one thing, how we think about ourselves. Eventually that thought turns into, how can I better myself for other people, what should I sacrifice to reach this goal, when should I start bettering myself for me. I strongly believe that the Renaissance album did an amazing job putting awareness to how young women think. If people truly understood the meaning of each song, they will understand it's purpose in my film.

 The song I will be using for instance, Alien Superstar, is all about loving yourself. Beyonce expresses how women should realize that they are unique rather than trying to fit in with everyone else, that unique is the most beautiful thing ever.

Beyonce- ALIEN SUPERSTAR (Official Lyric video) You tube 

For more foundation, I asked people who adore Beyonce their personal opinions and interpretations of the album. Samuel states that the album as a whole expresses black self-love, equality, finding our roots, accepting your unique self, change, and being eccentric.

                                                           Sam and I talking about the album

These interpretations of the album connect to my film because the ideas relate on so many levels. Our film consists of an all-black cast so it can amplify the message on black self-love. Overall, the story is about change and finding ones self; our main character has to accept her new life, new self and learn how to  thrive.