Friday, 16 March 2018

Vance Joy - Riptide
Analysis
Mise-en-scene: 
Periods of dark lighting to emphasise lyrics in the song. Costume generally gets more distorted nearer to the end of the song as tension builds. 
Some objects and costumes suggest themes of horror, eg. ouija board, knives, horrified facial expressions, objects moving by themselves (paranormal activity).
Non-linear time narrative, very postmodernist. 
Reference to 1970's fashion, style. 
Editing:
Rapid and fast paced, matching the lyrics. Variety of types of shots. The speed of the video makes it deliberately confusing/complex - breaking the rules. 
Singing motif (where the female main character sings lyrics): lack of distinction between high+low culture (postmodernist).

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