Hey guys,
We've just had a lesson, and learnt about the theorist Levi Straus who believed that the world was split into a series of 'binary opposites'. This means, essentially, one thing can only be defined in relation to something it is not.
Simple Examples:
- black & white.
- fat & thin.
- pretty & ugly.
- rich & poor.
- hero & villian.
- wrong & right.
When looking at how this could be used in our media piece, there are certain aspects that will always need a binary opposite. For example, as we want to represent homelessness in our short film we are relying on our audience knowing how a homeless person is usually reflected (this comes under cultural code too) and knowing that to have homelessness there is also wealth. We want to demonstrate these to two classes by usind different conventions such as mise en scene, costume, voice & camera angles.
Binary opposites are used in every film without you even knowing, an example from a film would be; In 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' the binary opposite would be sanity & insanity, as the character played by Jack Nicholson represents sanity compared to his intutionalised friends.
Simple Examples:
- black & white.
- fat & thin.
- pretty & ugly.
- rich & poor.
- hero & villian.
- wrong & right.
When looking at how this could be used in our media piece, there are certain aspects that will always need a binary opposite. For example, as we want to represent homelessness in our short film we are relying on our audience knowing how a homeless person is usually reflected (this comes under cultural code too) and knowing that to have homelessness there is also wealth. We want to demonstrate these to two classes by usind different conventions such as mise en scene, costume, voice & camera angles.
Binary opposites are used in every film without you even knowing, an example from a film would be; In 'One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest' the binary opposite would be sanity & insanity, as the character played by Jack Nicholson represents sanity compared to his intutionalised friends.
Over & Out, Caity x
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