Rihanna is represented as provocative in the music video through her suggestive poses and body language while wearing a wedding dress. The wedding dress and bedroom setting imply a narrative where she is inviting someone seductively. Symbolic props like the American flag, red roses, and rose bush immersed her in themes of love, lust, and passion. Technical elements like close-up shots, low-key lighting, and the guttenberg principle emphasize her submission and create a mysterious and sensual atmosphere.

1. Genre elements Conventions
Characters –
representations,
stereotypes,
behaviour,body
language,specific
actors/stars
Rihanna represented as provocative because of poses/body
language and expressions
Wedding dress- stereotypical of heterosexual love
Narrative events–how
isthe narrative
orderedand
structured?
Narrative enigma:
Wedding dress and what appears to be in a bedroom/hotel room-
looks as though she’s inviting someone. Seductive
Iconography – props,
symboliccodes
American flag- patriotism
Red/Roses- symbolic of love/lust/passion/romance
Setting- mise enscene Bedroom/Hotel room- Seductive/suggestive of lust
Rose bush- immersed in love/lust/romance etc
Technical and audio
codes– camera use,
editing,lighting,
diegetic/nondiegetic
sound,sfx
Close up- emphasise her makeup (long eyelashes/lipstick) and
expressions- shows submission
Low-key lighting- mysterious and sensual
Guttenberg principle- barcode in the primary optical area