REPRESENTATION/NARRATIVE THEORY: Levi-Strauss´'s Binary Opposition

"Conflict, the root of any narrative, is offered by binary opposition."

Theory that states narrative comes from conflict between two polar opposites, thereby the Proppian hero/protagonist and villain/antagonist will be the anthithesis of each other.

Or in the case of the antihero they could be struggling with opposite facets of their personality, the binary within themselves.

Male vs Female

Young vs Old

Urban vs Natural 
Humans vs Machine

TEEN8 - Dazed & Confused

WHAT I ENDED UP APPLYING

• The car driving in, symbol of status 
• Opening sequences mainly consisting of teenagers, 
• The cool hand , realised it reflects some parts of teen culture
• The representation of teenagers in general in my film opening was quite tame in comparison with here, I was constrained in terms of representing nicotine and drug consumption, plus none of my actors smoked, so it would have been not possible for them either. 
• My main female characters went against the gender stereotype of lavish lipstick, with their even being a binary with black lipstick. 

Dazed and Confused 

Richard Linklater, 1993

Length: 

IDENTS:
Universal Pictures with their signature sound.

Gramercy Pictures ident, reflects their status that they are shown while Alphaville and Detour Filmproduction are not included. 



TITLES:
All the titles are white serif, with all lower-case apart from capital letters, no words are fully upper-case.
First three titles are white on balk 
Gramercy Pictures Presents
An Alphaville Production, In Association with Detour Filmproduction

Dazed and Confused


THE OPENING SHOT:
We get a tracking shot

NARRATIVE, EXPOSITION:
We close-in on inside the car, with an extreme-close-up of a cigarette being licked.
We are then introduced to the multiple students in groups

EDITING:
All the different groups are shot in a single take, the camera remains static after the opening tracking shot.

GENRE SIGNIFIERS
AGE: We only get teenagers in this opening, and they are smoking, rebelling against laws.

GENDER: Lipstick in second shot, promotes traditional gender image of beauty, women's body is for display.


SOUNDTRACK:
UGC Soundtrack on Spotify, including the songs excluded from the official so

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