Binary opposition

Binary opposition is a pair of theoretical opposites. For example male-female, black-white, yes-no. normally one of the two opposites assumes a role of dominance over the other. 

    In our movie we are using many examples of binary opposition as it plays a big part in it.

Our first example is our two characters who we will dress in black and white, they are twins so this will exaggerate the differences between the two girls. Their names are also an example of opposition theory as the 'good' twin is named Lily - after the flower with its meaning pure and innocent while our 'evil' twin is named Ivie - also after the plant poison ivy which gives the impression she is evil and dark, the exact opposite of her twin.

 Our titles will also reflect the theory, our film will be named DeadRinger, it will be reflected like a mirror image and the one side will be black with white shadow behind it and the other side will be the opposite colours.
Binary opposition can create mood and tension in a film using little effort, black and white are the most popular colours that are used to demonstrate binary opposition, black insinuating mystery and the unknown, a restless emptiness whereas white contrasting heavily insinuating goodness, heaven and purity.