narratives are structured around binary oppositions. For example, good vs evil, human vs alien. It creates a dominant ideology of a film. So the audience can be encouraged to make a judgment on the binary oppositions they are given. For example, which one they prefer and which one also chose to follow more than the other.
CONCEPT | strongly agree | agree | neutral | agree | strongly disagree | OPPOSITE CONCEPT |
SATISFIED | / | UNSATISFIED | ||||
MATURE | / | CHILDISH | ||||
FEMALE | / | MALE | ||||
OBEDIENT | / | DISOBEDIENT | ||||
WHITE | / | BLACK | ||||
URBAN | / | REGIONAL | ||||
POOR | / | RICH | ||||
CONFORMITY | / | NON-CONFORMITY | ||||
YOUNG | / | OLD |