Placebo -Pure Morning
How are binary oppositions constructed through Media Language? -
The opposites are a suicidal man and the police authorities. The initial difference is that although the officer aims to save the jumper it goes against what the jumper wants. This is shown by how the officer and the jumper are represented differently, with the officer running for most of the video while the jumper just stands on the ledge, creating a contrast between the attitudes of the two individuals.
Could you link this to issues of representation and ideology? -
The suicidal man's jump concludes with him walking down the wall and effectively defying gravity. Although this could be seen as a metaphor the metaphor may be that the jump was a release and that the man has transcended the extent of a normal persons capabilities through this, going against the wishes of the authorities. This release from authority could be seen as an anti-police ideology.
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