Jack and Rose Binary Opposition

Jack and Rose Binary Opposition

Claude Levi-Strauss was the first to suggest that a narrative was driven by opposing forces, this idea become his theory "Binary Opposition". More detail is given on this idea in my previous blog post "Binary Opposition".
The Protagonists Jack and Rose (in the opening of the film Titanic) are portrayed as binary opposites.
These are the notes I made on their individual introductions. These notes allowed me to create my first essay on what these opposites connote. 

 

Jack:

• Dark screen
• Dulled colours
• Gambling- down to chance
• Running- no car / transport
• Walking down to get to boat
• Scruffy clothes
• Folk music
• Fast paced editing
• Laughing and joking
• No one moved out of the way for him
• Very impressed by ship
• Briefly stopped from getting on the ship
• Runs under the bridge

Rose:

• Bright lights / colours
• Hiding her face
• Wealth
• Hand shown first
• Golden light / carriage
• Walking upwards, to get to the ship
• Guaranteed passage
• Slow casual walking
• Has a car
• Purple hat - royal colour
• High camera angle, people look down on her?
• People moved out of the way for her
• Posh white clothes- innocence
• Choir music
• Slow paced editing
• No emotion showed
• Red lipstick
• Unimpressed by ship
• Escorted into boat