Audience decoding - Roland Bathes

Roland Bathes said texts were either "open" or "closed". he suggested none were fully one or other; as there is always room for interpretation, however some texts attempt to restrict their meaning more than others. Some texts encourage polysemy and are open texts. Other texts discourage polysemy and are closed texts. The picture above shows an example of a closed text advert;

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Unit 10 - Fictional Film Codes and Conventions

The two genres I have chosen for this assignment are Action and Horror. I feel that the choices I have made are suitable as they both feature iconography of the typical film in that genre. My chosen films for the genres are; Spectre and Kingsman: The Secret Service for the action movies; and the horror movies I have chosen are The Conjuring and IT, I believe that the choices I have made are necessary as they all feature typical codes and conventions of their genre. A theorist known as Steve Neale suggested that genre is made up of repetition and difference, as the viewers we can expect familiar sequences in the movies. Neale said that people are satisfied with repetition in film genres, the audience want to see similar codes and conventions within the movie to make it that recognizable genre. Neale’s idea of repetition can be seen in the two movies; Spectre and Kingsman: The Secret Service, the two both feature and share similarities with the action genre. Action films usually...

Film Evaluation

Genre: The genre for my film will be a thriller, i have chosen thriller as i enjoy the genre and have an understanding of the genre. i will be able to focus on the codes and conventions of this genre making my movie up to a quality standard. Costume: The costume for the film hasn't been to focused on as the costumes i wanted the characters to wear is what my actors would usually wear on a daily basis, this saved a lot of time during production as i didn't have to get the actors to go out and find the specific clothes. Film Title: Taking Chase Short Longline: Two young adults are caught in a drug deal and have to go on the run from the DEA, while on the run they discover something unusual. Characters: David ( Robert Halligan) Danny (Tom Anderson) Undercover Officer/Dean ( Joseph Simmons) Shooting Schedule- Mondays and Tuesdays - Off Campus - Some shots in the VPA Building Camera Angles- The camera angles i used were pretty basic, i tended to use long shots to capture...

Creative Media - Level 3 BTEC Mitchell Dempsey

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