Riptide Context

Question 1

1. What genre can Riptide be classed as?
2. How many views did this song have on YouTube?
3. What ‘style’ did this music video portray?
   - When thinking about this, we need to consider whether this decision was an ________ or ________ one.

Answer 1

1. Indie folk-pop.
2. 100 million.
3. Seemingly low-budget, unique.
   - Artistic, economic.

Question 2

1. Which film could we watch to compare this video to?
2. Which particular scene could be compared?
   - What in the music video could this be compared with?
3. What could this be used to explore?

Answer 2

1. Un Chien Andalou, 1929.
2. The eye-cutting scene.
   - Hand stabbing scene.
3. Surrealist film.