POSITIONING TECHNIQUES:
Binary
oppositions – the contrasting of two oppositional
characteristics, in which one half of the binary is always privileged (seen as
good/ right/ better).
Soliloquy/
Soliloquies – speaking without or regardless of
hearers/ other characters.
Asides – a brief comment under the breath of the character or to the
audience that reveals the characters true feelings/ intent.
Monologues – a lengthy speech that usually gives the perspective of the
character on one or several topics.
Sequencing – the order of events.
Point
of View – whose perspective a scene/ episode is
mainly seen from/ reported from.
Imagery
– lines in which there are visual images (used to
colour our opinion of a character/ event positively or negatively).
Foreshadowing – when characters’ words pre-empt/ warn of an ominous outcome as a
result of a particular action/ personality trait.
Repetition
– repeated lines/ words/ ideas/ images.
Humour – funny lines that make the audience align with what a character
says… although sometimes this shows how ‘laughable’ the character’s view is/
discredits it.
Deaths – honourable deaths, dishonourable deaths, sacrificial deaths,
redemptive suicides, drawn-out torture… consider the death of your various
representative character and how this punishes/ rewards (well, idealises) them
for the characteristic they epitomise. What message does this send the audience
about the trait/s they represent?
Language choices
Dialogue
Symbols
Motifs
