"Riptide" Behind The Narrative
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5 жыл бұрынThis is Behind The Narrative, a series of video essays focusing on the ability of various media objects to tell stories. For this episode, we analyzed the music video for “Riptide,” a song by Vance Joy. The purpose of this episode was understanding the synergy and simultaneous ambiguity that emerges from the literal adaptation of the lyrics into visuals.
We hope you enjoy!
Music Video:
“Riptide”
By Vance Joy & Dimitri Basil
Host:
Aleece Hanson
Producer:
Natalie Balderas
Created By:
Natalie Balderas
Editors:
Natalie Balderas
Alejandro Colon
Ronan Jensen
Isaac Kau
Rodolfo Ramirez
JJ Tolibao
Head Writer:
Shruthi Anand
Director:
Shruthi Anand
Assistant Director:
Isaac Kau
Camera Operator:
Marco Apun
Camera Assistants:
Cameron Colon
David Roh
Gaffer:
Brandon Kheang
Grip:
Ronan Jensen
Sound Recordist:
Cameron Colon
Sound Assistant:
Madison Morgan
Teleprompter:
Karla Guzman
Script Supervisor:
Erica Lander
Production Lead:
Brayden Rios
Production Assistance:
Rob Flores
Plamen Tzvetkov
Jonathan Yip
This video is for educational purposes only. This video contains copyrighted material the use of which has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. We do not own the content presented in the video. Vance Joy, if you’re watching/reading this, thanks for making an epic music video.
@untitld8621 5 жыл бұрын
It makes a lot of sense now
@user-ec8jc9eg1g 5 жыл бұрын
What about the scene where the girl stabs her hand
@calmingnature-whitenoise6945 4 жыл бұрын
Loco Moco or when she’s tied to the tree
@handfulmousefly 4 жыл бұрын
Stabbed hand? Forcibly stopped from reaching for something, ie her dreams. Tied to the tree? Forced to stay with her bf who refuses to move forward for fear of change.
@andythomas4998 Жыл бұрын
Or maybe she's saving herself from a hollywood "party" or binding contract that she had become disillusioned by, the suffocating blankness of expectations that have made many harm themselves or unalive themselves...
@emmas2917 4 жыл бұрын
i thought this song was about a guy who was a killer then went to NY then met someone fell in love and had to kill her....
@say4697 5 жыл бұрын
A level media anyone ?
@frfrffgg8857 5 жыл бұрын
Yes! Educas.
@lilchenz2801 5 жыл бұрын
Damn this is good. Very great theory!
@ricardassteckas6620 4 жыл бұрын
That's a great explanation to a great song. One of my favourites 😊
@astaecidic8434 5 жыл бұрын
this should be the real talk of today yo legit
@salvydaboss Жыл бұрын
No matter what I love this song it’s such a bop
@mouniledd3041 3 жыл бұрын
A very interesting analogy. I was curious about the song and what it meant as it wasn't clear to me but now it's more clear!
@Sorrel_Equestrian 11 күн бұрын
The funny thing is that Vance actually said he knows “Riptide” is a confusing combination of words and images, and that’s it’s a hard to follow the meaning lol
@agneebags Жыл бұрын
what i gathered from the music video was a guy kidnapping a famous singer and having her sing for him. but i love this interpretation a lot
@miahuddososn3808 5 жыл бұрын
Someone please explain so still don’t get it 😩😭
@Kai-bz9ym 3 жыл бұрын
Ok ok I got it the guy he lost his friends cuz they changed and he’s scared that he’s going to loose everything until he meets the woman and in the relationships she finds out that she’s destined for the screen like she’s gonna be an actress so he keeps trying to hold on and him pulling her back is her getting yanked in the music video and she keeps trying to run to the “riptide”/ her career And now that he’s lost everyone he’s running from himself now because he’s realized that his fears are hurting her but he doesn’t want her to be taken away by the dark side which is money, greed, and all the stuff in the world of a famous person.
@sammyaglar5015 3 жыл бұрын
@@Kai-bz9ym wow thank u smm😭
@jostinmiranda6991 3 жыл бұрын
@@Kai-bz9ym so... Isn’t he a killer? What does it means the scene when she is taken by her / man’s hand? It means that she is suffocated or killed by himself? And what about the scene when she is running to the riptide? She ran away and then killed herself? Explain me pleaseee
@lylawymer3563 3 жыл бұрын
@jostin miranda I got this one she is dying inside not following her dreams!
@alastre99 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this labor, I thought that as English is not my first language I was missing something but now I know I didn't
@aidan2353 3 жыл бұрын
i will never think of this song the same
@n.i.g.h.t.i.n_g.a.l.e 2 жыл бұрын
How did you think of it before? 😂😂
@haleysoriano2496 5 жыл бұрын
No comments?
@Justadudeman22 3 жыл бұрын
Wow excellent take. I took the singer as it's hard to be a pure in a corrupt world. I concede your interpretation while simultaneously cherishing my own.
@nicoletobincairns 3 жыл бұрын
Vance Joy's family used to stay at the Riptide Motel along the Great Ocean Road between Melbourne and Adelaide when he was a child for their summer holidays. I don't think it's as dark as you're making out. He adored Michelle Pfeiffer in many of her roles.
@cadevalentino2425 5 жыл бұрын
No dislikes?
@bobshigglebombom4924 5 жыл бұрын
Cade .V there are 2 now
@alencia5876 5 жыл бұрын
10 😕
@szofi7127 4 жыл бұрын
16 😬
@jz807 4 жыл бұрын
Ill help
@liakiller3days910 3 жыл бұрын
I always though that the line “All my friends are turning green” meant they were leaving to join the military
@yashchaudharythenics Жыл бұрын
LOLLL
@StephenWilhoite 3 ай бұрын
I thought that this line was in reference to their jealousy. The first lines tell us about his fears any references "pretty girls". (Like maybe he was shy and his friends we're more active on the dating scene.) Then he says all his friends are turning green and "Your The Magician's assistant in their dreams" like he's found this beautiful girl and hooked up with her and they seem to be a great fit. He wants to marry her... "I wanna be your left-handed man". His desire to marry her is a testament to her beauty and class and all those things characteristic of the girl you want to take home to Mom. So all of the sudden he has this great girl And his friends are jealous
@Dewaxel 11 күн бұрын
0:12 that's Miley Cyrus Wrecking Ball
@oKyeahThen Жыл бұрын
definitly has a sad surfer vibe lol
@jostinmiranda6991 3 жыл бұрын
Ahora qué alguien amable me explique en español. Entendí medio medio la hispotesis explicada por la señorita
@moraantonparcet4546 Жыл бұрын
Ahora está la traducción automática en los subtítulos, espero que te sirva :D
@whoisicy3262 4 жыл бұрын
A-LEVEL MEDIA TINGS UNAAA
@jaylinmackenziebrawley860 4 жыл бұрын
He killed her!
@Kai-bz9ym 3 жыл бұрын
WHA- WAIT CAN U EXPLAIN 😭😭
@something5120 Жыл бұрын
@@Kai-bz9ym there’s a theory where it says that it’s about a man who loses his mind and kidnaps a celebrity girl
@peterroberts7512 3 жыл бұрын
Props to the actress who got a hand on a neck and didn’t show any emotion
@Deivid-bn6yw Жыл бұрын
Media studies?
@user-lj7dp4oz4t Жыл бұрын
I thought the man was kidnapping her... haha..?
@FinalWX13 Жыл бұрын
You could decrypt why my dad left in 3 words 💀
@lylawymer3563 3 жыл бұрын
I thought by and you’re gonna sing the words wrong meant a different way of life, take the road less traveled!
@cai0braga 2 жыл бұрын
what
@Lathburn 4 жыл бұрын
i hate this song so much but i had to break it down for my A-level media studies. thank you!
@syiragalaxia5765 3 жыл бұрын
But why
@Lathburn 3 жыл бұрын
@@syiragalaxia5765 why what? I don't enjoy the song to begin with because it's an uninteresting song to me, and to it over and over didn't help that. It was the decision of the examining board to include riptide as the music video to analyse
@allnemo6406 4 жыл бұрын
Se confundieron en la edición del video el segundo no le corresponde a p!nk muestran la imagen del video de miley curia " * a nadie le interesa pero da igual lo comenté
@bayleywhite8410 4 жыл бұрын
Wtf
@TheoMill 4 жыл бұрын
What the fuck...
@simonbii5625 5 жыл бұрын
I don't like this theory