If I Were a Boy- beyonce-second video analysis

This video follows the genre characteristics of the genre in parts, some of the video follows the single female artist through the dissection of her showing her waist and when she is changing it focuses on her chest area. Although it does not show her singing which is common features in most female artist’s videos. This is similar in the way that she does not caress her own body to show her as an object that others desire.
Within the video there is no link between lyrics and the visuals as there is no lip syncing although the words are representing what is going on in the narrative of the song. The music of the song is connected to the video as the cuts in the music are also similar to the cuts in the video, this make the music flow with the video and making it seem more in time.
The video has close ups of the artist and her boyfriend which show emotion and the reactions to what is happening within the video, this shows how the male character is feeling when the female is going out with the other police officers.
There is a notion of voyeurism within this video as there is a constant POV of the male watching the female, this is not made clear if its actually true or if it is just showing what she is doing, and then a reaction shot of the male. This gives a notion of looking or watching but there is not use of mirrors or camera when the female is working.
This video is a clear narrative based video with the story of a cheating wife who’s job is a police women, this shows her in her job and her social life but then at the end of the video it turns out that her husband was the one cheating, this makes it go against any stereotypes and represents the two characters in a different way to most videos.