Riptide Flashcards
who is Vance joy
an Australian singer-songwriter
who is vance signed too
Atlantic records (a subsidiary of a major label, warner)
what genre is his music
indie folk-pop
what was vance joys first single to be sold in USA
riptide
what did riptide become in term of selling
a platinum selling single
who was the mv directed by
Dimitri basil and Laura Gorun
how many views does the mv have in 2023
513 Million
what music video of Vance’s was later made with high budget and production value
Georgia
why in funding discussed in relation to riptide
music videos funding might start out with small low budgets as the artists start out small and when their scope grows so dues their budget and fab base.
does the funding impact artistic decisions and visual styles
why could a mv been seen as a advert
discussions around whether the mv are adverts of the band or a representation of how valuable the band is to producers
how is montage editing used
used in an overt way with a wide range of contrasting shots that are juxaposed often through hard jump cuts
what does the editing suggest in riptide
The editing together of seemingly different
images lets audience interpretation
linking to Eisenstein’s theory of “intellectual montage” where
new ideas emerge from the collision
of images and generate new meanings
that might not otherwise exist
eg ‘my friends are turning green’ - paired with 2 people and dollar bills.
is their narrative in riptide
it rejects a
clearly defined narrative.
are some
short coherent narrative sequences -
the scene where the girl goes missing in the
graveyard. but for the most part the sequences
deliberately lack narrative continence.
does riptide meet or subvert mv conventions
the overt and deliberate way the
lyrics are interpreted in this music video
might be subverting this convention:
The opening line “I was scared of dentists
and the dark” is interpreted explicitly
with a shot of a female looking “scared”
with a metallic contraption in her mouth
that suggests she is in a dentist’s chair and
followed by a shot of a light swinging in
a darkened room. This overt graphical
representation of the lyrics is largely
repeated throughout the video
does riptide reference feature films
The opening shot makes use of cinematic
style credits and information about
the music is presented with a title at
the bottom of the screen. This title is
graphically similar to a “billing block”
or “credit block” which is often seen on
film posters or in trailers.
Is the video presenting itself as a short film or a music video?
