Gender

• What is gender theory

  Males and females are represented differently

  Females are represented as domestic and caring

  Males are represented as social and rational

  Females are objectified
• Does riptide reinforce or subvert this

  Subverts
• What scene shows this

  The close up scene of the woman siging intot he microphone looking scared with all her makeup smudged
• What does the wide eyes connote

  She is scared
• What does the smudged eye make up suggest

  She has been crying
• What does the smudged lipstick represent

  She has been kissed roughly so she could be hurt
• What representation does this create

  The woman is seen as vulnerable from the high key lighting on her face which emphasies her facial features
• What is the shot distance

  Close up modified frontality
• What does this scne do

  Challenge typical gender stereotypes
• What context can link to this

  It was made at a time when people were becoming more concerned about objectification and feminist critique
• What could this video be

  A critiqued in the Idealised image of femininity