Riptide - Music Videos (Component 1, Section A)

Question 1

What genre does Riptide fall into?

Answer 1

Indie, folk, pop

Question 2

What cowboy film is referenced within the video

Answer 2

Midnight cowboy

Question 3

What is in the suitcase in the thumbnail of the music video?

Answer 3

Romanian passport, watch, cigarettes, towl, sun lotion and a hawaiian shirt

Question 4

How does the music video subvert music theory genre?

Answer 4

not a performance or narrative, montage video/surrealist film (an art form)

Question 5

When was the video released?

Answer 5

April 2013

Question 6

What music label was it released under?

Answer 6

Atlantic

Question 7

How many weeks was Riptide in the top 100?

Answer 7

120 weeks

Question 8

How does the video conform to horror stereotypes?

Answer 8

wedgie board, lack of identity, female victims in scantily dressed clothes

Question 9

What are the two narratives in the music video?

Answer 9

1. inspired by a break up

2. lyrics paralleling the visual codes

Question 10

Give an example of a Psycho reference

Answer 10

getting pulled under the bed