Representation in Riptide
Riptide and Representation Un Chein Andalou - This film represented gender in the treatment of the women in it, as they get assaulted and cornered and treated as objects during the short film and who should just be willing to be under the control of men. It could be interpreted that the film advocates violence against women due to the amount of violence which is shown and the amount of sexual assault which was committed by the man in the film towards women. This can compare to Riptide as in both media texts, there are similar themes of violence towards women both in horror scenarios that cause fear, and even though in riptide there is no evidence of men being the abuser or mistreated towards women, that is the impression that is perceived by the audience. I think Riptide reinforces a patriarchal world view due to the video relating more to how men view women and that they are in control. This can be seen during the scene when the women is being filmed on the sea. The people looking t