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Thursday, 29 September 2011

29th September 2011 -Codes and Conventions in Horror

Codes are systems of signs which created meaning. Codes can be divided into catergories, Technical and Symbolic.


Technical Codes - The ways in which equipment is used to tell the story in a media text.


Symbolic Codes - Shows what is beneath the surface of what we see.


Conventions - conventions are the generally accepted ways of doing something. Every genre of film have certain "typcial" conventions which the audience expect to see.

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