Well first of all binary oppositions and everything else is always established with, well what is happening on screen. This means inevitably they will fall into four categories: Mise en Scene, Editing, Camera and Sound. I guess the next best thing as to writing an essay on how this works would be a example so here you are: a random teen film intro, that I have not seen.
Jennifer's Body
Now for the analysing bit. Here are the 4 categories again with what I have noticed and what it shows.
- Mise En Scene The pink bedroom shows the movie is going to be a chick flick with a sweet innocent girl but..
- Sound: the girl is evil as the music in the background slowly builds up into chromatics, implying she is evil and builds tension.
- Camera: The slow zooming at the beginning implies the movie will be calm and relaxed BUT...
- Editing: The sudden jump cuts imply something bad is already happening.
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