media language

Question 1

what is the video’s cohesive plot?

Answer 1

five good looking men cavorting on a yacht, trying to vie for the attention of Rio, a beautiful female

Question 2

what is the setting?

Answer 2

a yacht which is clipping through blue Caribbean waters at an incredible pace and several stretches of white sandy beaches

Question 3

what are in abundance?

Answer 3

champagne and cocktails

Question 4

what does the phones appear on?

Answer 4

silver platters from unseen hands hints

Question 5

what does all of the setting hint?

Answer 5

lavish playboy lifestyle

Question 6

why does the opening scene uses point of view shots?

Answer 6

to give the audience a series of extreme close ups of an attractive female

Question 7

what are the two examples of the point biew shots in the opening scene?

Answer 7

through a telescope or binoculars

Question 8

how does the female suggests that she likes the attention?

Answer 8

She is seen smiling, laughing and looking directly at the lens

Question 9

what does the quickly cuts to a series of broken images do?

Answer 9

magically reassemble

Question 10

what is Rio presumably doing with the quickly cuts to a series of broken images?

Answer 10

sunbathing on the dock

Question 11

what do we also see one of the members doing as the shots complete?

Answer 11

lying on his stomach focusing his binoculars directly on her, zooming in on her thighs and bottom

Question 12

what references Ursula Andress in the 1962 Bond film ‘Dr No’?

Answer 12

A wide shot of a beautiful white sandy beach has Rio exit the water in a style that references Ursula Andress in the 1962 Bond film ‘Dr No’

Question 13

what happens as the drummer roger taylor approaches rio?

Answer 13

in a comedy moment, is bitten by a crab and after a quick eye-roll to show her disapproval, Rio kicks him away into the water

Question 14

what does the wide shot give after more singing on deck?

Answer 14

Rio sunbathing on a raft in the ocean

Question 15

what is delivered to Rio on a silver platter

Answer 15

A pink phone is delivered to her on a silver platter whilst another is given to the boys on the deck

Question 16

what happens with the further attempt at sweet-talk?

Answer 16

when Rio yanks the telephone cord pulling lead singer Simon Le Bon, into the water below then simply sits back and laughs.

Question 17

what does a black and white dream sequence shot mainly?

Answer 17

close up

Question 18

what does a black and white dream sequence include? (2)

Answer 18

John Taylor
the band’s bass guitarist storming the beach with a rifle

Question 19

decadence

Answer 19

decline

Question 20

what happens when the band’s bass guitarist storming the beach with a rifle? what does it suggest?

Answer 20

end up next to the stomach of a sunbathing Rio whose champagne glass magically fills from above suggesting more decadence and excess.

Question 21

what has almost of the 4 minutes shown rio as?

Answer 21

in close up

Question 22

what has almost the 4 minutes make rio look?

Answer 22

exasperated by the boys’ attempts to woo her

Question 23

what does rio do after the end of the video

Answer 23

another close up has her share a cheeky wink with the audience, suggesting she has enjoyed all of the attention

Question 24

what does the boys continue to do?

Answer 24

sing

Question 25

what heads home?

Answer 25

the yacht