Riptide Music Video

Question 1

Vance Joy

Answer 1

• Australian singer-songwriter
• First song to be successful in America.

Question 2

How does funding/budget impact the overall music video production?

Answer 2

• Low budget, unique style of the music video was an artistic decision or an economic one.
• Later Vance Joy music videos such as “Georgia” make use of larger budgets, special effects and elaborate, coherent narratives.
• Funding could be discussed in relation to music video in terms of the way that bands might start out with small low budget productions which increase in scope and budget as they gain popularity and fans.

Question 3

What genre is Vance Joy’s Music?

Answer 3

• His music can be
  categorised as fitting into indie folk-pop genre.

Question 4

What number single is Riptide? How successful was it?

Answer 4

• Riptide was Vance Joy’s first single to be
  released in the USA, following his debut EP,
  “God Loves You When You’re Dancing”.
  It became a platinum selling single.

Question 5

Who directed Riptide?

Answer 5

• The video was directed by Dimitri Basil and Laura Gorun.