Riptide

Question 1

Women

Answer 1

Objectified and victimised

A woman red to a tree, dragged under a bed, tortured and bleeding

Question 2

Face expressions

Answer 2

Women have terrified facial expressions making them look like a victim

Question 3

Angles and light

Answer 3

High angles make women look smaller and dark lighting- scared
Stereotypical
We aren’t meant to enjoy the shots but feel uncomfortable
Plays on how women are betrayed in horror movies

Question 4

Escape

Answer 4

There are representations of women saving themselves- own hero’s. Contradicting and creating Enigma

Question 5

Sexualisation

Answer 5

Images of a woman taking off a bikini and up close shots of different parts of the body- legs and feet
This can be taken two ways – appealing to male audiences or ironically portraying how unnecessary it is

Question 6

Beaty

Answer 6

Glamorous make up an outfit with bright light on her singing makes her seen as important but also very feminine and aesthetic
Cut backs to her singing looking worse each time
Creates tension
Makes her seem like a victim and plays on how women are treated. We feel scared for her
Enigma codes- Barthes

Question 7

Violence

Answer 7

Knife
Gun
Violence against women
Vane joy maybe trying to create a message about how women may be treated
This in contrast with the sexualisation of women create an unclear message

Question 8

Intellectual montage

Answer 8

No one clear specific representation. Audiences interpretation

Question 9

Men

Answer 9

Voyeurs
Watching women
Powerful