Riptide

Question 1

Montage shots

Answer 1

Wide range of contrasting shots are juxtaposed to convey large amounts of information

Question 2

Intellectual montage

Answer 2

When new ideas emerge from collision of images and generates new meanings that may not have otherwise existed

Question 3

Narrative

Answer 3

Rejects a clearly defined narrative
Some short and coherent narrative sequences

Question 4

Interpretation of lyrics

Answer 4

Very literal interpretations eg I was scared of dentists and the dark
Overtly graphic interpretation repeated throughout the video

Question 5

Horror iconography

Answer 5

Victimises women

Question 6

Roland Barthes- Semiotics

Answer 6

Green dollar bill relates to both money and envy- constructed meanings have come to seem self-evident by achieving myth status through process of naturalisation
Polysemic meanings

Question 7

Representation of women

Answer 7

Women presented as an object to be watched
Sexualised
Focus on physical apperance, although this seems to be broken down throughout the video
Violence against women is a prevalent theme, arguably glamourises it

Question 8

Camera work

Answer 8

Lots of close ups
Whip pans
Dutch angle when girl runs implies confusion and disorientation