Riptide

Question 1

Who is Vance Joy

Answer 1

An austealina singger songwriter signed to atlantic records

Question 2

What genre is Vance Joys music

Answer 2

Usually categorised as indie folk pop

Question 3

How many copies did riptide sell

Answer 3

Sold over 1 million copies worldiwde

Question 4

What budget did riptide have

Answer 4

Low budget

Question 5

Riptides intertextual references

Answer 5

Intertextual refernces to other media forms like film
Woman on balcony is indicative of suzie in moonrise kingdom

Question 6

What is the effect of a montage

Answer 6

Lots of juxtaposing shots through hard jump cuts

Question 7

Does riptide have a clear linear narrative

Answer 7

No
references surrealist or avant - garde cinema

Question 8

Lyric interpretaion of ‘i was scared of dentist in the dark’

Answer 8

Straight forward interpretation with a woman looking scared with metal object in mouth followed by a shot of a light swinging in a dark room

Question 9

How is a credit block used in the music video riptide

Answer 9

The opening shot makes use of cinematic style credits which are grapbically similiar to a credit block oiften seen on film posters or trailers

Question 10

Horror genre iconography of riptide

Answer 10

Females repeatedly dragged offscreen by unseen people or character going missing in a dark graveyard

Question 11

References to films in riptide

Answer 11

Offer an implied artistic value that transcens the music video form

Question 12

Riptide unusual for the genre

Answer 12

Riptide is unusual as a mv within indie folk genre due to
Style
Rejection of narrative
Lack of special effects.

Question 13

Roland barthes semiotics in riptide

Answer 13

Signifiers - pile of dollar bills accompanying the line ‘oh all my friends are turning green’

Question 14

Steve Neals genre theory in riptide

Answer 14

Genres may be dominated by repetition
also marked by difference, variation and change
Indie folk music video genre is dominated by repretition - low fi vids with bands playing instruments -
which is subverted by riptide

Question 15

David gauntletts pick and mix thoery in riptide

Answer 15

Video constructs range of different visuals for audience to interpret
Video rejects straightforward narrative and invites various responses

Question 16

Objectification in riptide

Answer 16

Women are presented as objects in the video with one woman back to the camera undresses from a swiming costume

Question 17

How many views does riptide have

Answer 17

Nearly 100 million views on yt

Question 18

How has a low budget influenced riptide

Answer 18

Unique style of music video has an artistic direction

Question 19

What effect does the ukulele have

Answer 19

Goves off a positive vibe

Question 20

Lip sync sequences conntoations

Answer 20

At first she has pristine makeup and is framed and lit in a flattering, societal conforming way. However she becomes increasingly dishevelled with the lyrics ‘the words wrong’ challenging gender representations

Question 21

Scopophilia in riptide

Answer 21

Women are sexualised and offerd to audiences for their pleasure scopohiliar

Question 22

What is the negative representation of women in rpitide

Answer 22

Images of violence against women possibly there to mkae is feel uncomfortable to see bruises and blood.
Womans eyes glancing off screen make us feel uncomfortable and scared for her