"Riptide" Behind The Narrative

This 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.

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