Binary Opposition

1) What examples of binary opposition can you suggest from watching this clip?
Some examples of the binary opposition are: 
  • rich and poor
  • working class and upper class
  • Corporate and free spirit
  • Left wing and right wing

2) What ideologies are on display in this clip?
Some of the ideologies displayed in this clip are: that immigration is bad and is having a negative impact on our country; it means that there are fewer spaces for primary schools and GP's for people to visit. Also, it can be argued that the binary opposition of a free-spirited life and a corporate lifestyle are displayed, purely through the people argues and what they're wearing as Russell Brand has some of his shirt buttons undone, perhaps showing that he doesn't care about what he is wearing, whereas Farage is wearing a suit, looking more formal.
Ideology and your own choice of clip


1) What examples of binary opposition can you suggest from watching your clip?
Examples of the binary opposition in this clip are: light and dark, at the beginning, good evil, deranged and sane, life and death as Batman's code is that he doesn't kill, whereas "The Joker" doesn't care if he kills, free spirit and strict living as Batman lives by his code and has to stick to it, whereas The Joker doesn' care what he does, as long as he is causing destruction.

2) What ideologies are on display in your clip?
An ideology displayed in my clip is the tendency to get information from people, despite the consequences and by any means necessary, although this may be the oppositional reading of what people have in real life as they may see some information not worth going to extreme lengths for. Another ideology displayed in the clip is that a deranged psychopath, i.e. the joker, will go to any lengths in order to prove a point, being that he has the capability to turn anyone into an "agent of chaos, " similar to that of himself.

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